Bachelor’s programme curriculum

In the first year, students completely immerse themselves in the world of hospitality. We teach you everything you need to know about operating a hotel or restaurant and give you a solid foundation for moving on to programme’s managerial and strategic courses.

As you rotate between working on our campus’ food and beverage outlets, our reception and our room division departments, this is your first opportunity to enhance the guest experience.

The adventure begins in the second year as you go on a six-month internship in the real world. This is where you test your skills and develop your sense of independence and professionalism in a hospitality workplace.

The third year is all about discovering what works in a business. You will be personally accountable for the daily operations of food & beverage and rooms division outlets. This course teaches you how to try out different styles of leadership and how to get your team to put in a consistently top performance. ‘Action research’ is a key part of the curriculum in the third year. You will experiment with new products, services and technologies to test their impact on business operations.

During the first half of your final year, you will choose a minor or participate in an exchange programme with another university or start our pre-master programme. During the second half, you will work on your graduation project at a hospitality company of your choice.

Our bachelor’s programme gives you the opportunity to gain valuable experience abroad through two different internships. In Year 2, you will work at operational level for at least 19 weeks in a full service hotel or in a Michelin star restaurant (within a hotel). The internship is a golden opportunity to broaden your horizons and immerse yourself in a different culture. Your second internship will take place at the end of your Bachelor. HTH students have the opportunity to apply for the Erasmus+ Programme, which is intended for students who go on placement within Europe and contributes to the extra travel and living costs abroad. More information here >

Practical placement (Start of the 2^nd year)

Our students gain a great deal of knowledge during their first year when being trained in various departments within Hotelschool The Hague, amongst which: Food & Beverage, Rooms Division, Kitchen, Reception and Housekeeping. The students are eager to extend their knowledge and gain greater insight into operational processes and learn how the different departments within the hotel are connected.

The practical placement is due to take place in a full service hotel or in a Michelin star restaurant (within a hotel), outside of the students’ home country. As the primary goal of the practical placement is to gain operational knowledge, the placement you offer should be operational.

Management placement

The graduation phase of the Hotelschool The Hague degree programme has been designed to bridge the gap between the students’ education and their future career. In this programme, students have the possibility to work on a different projects within a time span of 30 weeks.

The student needs to showcase bachelor-level thinking while focusing on developing Intercultural Hospitality Leadership by collaborating with various stakeholders.