Hotelschool The Hague | Fast Track Bachelor of Hospitality management

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From dream to goal

Our Bachelor Fast Track programme is the perfect choice for people wanting to take their careers to the next level. It is an accelerated version of our BA Hospitality Management programme. During approximately 2.5 years you will build on your experience and management skills.

The accelerated programme kicks off with an intensive four-week Preparation Course that takes place during the summer. You must pass all exams of the Preparation Course in order to start the Fast Track programme. You then move on to the second year of the regular bachelor’s programme. After successfully completing years two, three and four you will graduate with an internationally recognised ‘Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management’ (BA.HM).

Programme type

Fast track | Bachelor of Arts

Duration

2.5 years

Preparation course

4 weeks in July and August

Language

English

Location

The Hague

Accommodation

On campus (during preparation course)

Diploma

Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management (BA. HM) - (Dutch title Bachelor in Hotel Management)

CROHO code

34411 BA

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Cost overview EEA students

Overview intake September 2026

Tuition fee EEA-students: € 4.519
4-week preparation course: € 3.380
Administration costs (Applicable for payment in instalments only): € 24

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Cost overview non-EEA students

* Living costs around € 7.000. For more information contact: visaaffairs@hotelschool.nl.

Overview intake September 2026

Tuition Fee non-EEA students: €17.816
4-week preparation course: € 3.380
Visa costs: € 243 (This rate applies to applications submitted till 31 December 2025. The fee for applications from 1 January 2026 onward has not yet been published.)

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Additional information

Payment

If you have a SEPA bank account, you can give us permission for a direct debit payment to deduct the fees automatically from your bank account. This can be arranged via Studielink.

You can choose to pay your tuition fees in once, or in 10 instalments.

More information can be found on https://www.hotelschool.nl/tuition-fee-payment/.

Tuition fee

As a student you will pay an annual tuition fee.
There are two different fees: the statutory fee and the institutional fee.
To be eligible for the statutory fee:

You have an EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality/ or you are eligible for student finance with your Dutch residence permit
You did not already obtain a Dutch Bachelor’s of Masters’s degree.

If you do not meet both conditions, you will pay the institutional fee.

The tuition fee for our bachelor programme is higher than usual in The Netherlands. Because Hotelschool The Hague offers small-scale and intensive education. This distinctive feature is given to us by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science.

In addition to the tuition fees, there are other costs:

Student expenditure for practicals

There are additional costs for uniforms and a knife set.

Study books

Books can be bought from the school’s supplier. Other lesson materials consist mainly of a course guide that contains important information for each course, such as the number of EC’s it provides, who the lecturers are, etc. Workbooks and manuals provide additional reading material to supplement the books. These course materials are available free of charge after your start on the school’s intranet: www.myhotelschool.nl.