Master of Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management with Specialization
1.5 years (2 academic semesters)
+6 months internship or applied research project
34 US / 68 ECTS total credits
Professional experience essential
Choice of 5 specializations
Business field trips in the first semester and Immersive experience in the second semester
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Intakes: Spring and Fall
Master of Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management with Specialization
2 semesters (+ 6 months internship)
Professional experience essential
Choice of 5 specializations
Business field trips in the first semester and Immersive experience in the second semester
Campus
Intakes: Spring and Fall
Become a master of hospitality and gain specialized knowledge
- Open to graduates and non-graduates with professional experience
- Highly applied, career focused academic content
- Choose the specialization that will support your career plans
- Exceptional networking opportunities from business field trip and immersive experience
This master of hospitality management program is suited to candidates with or without a Bachelor’s degree, who have acquired relevant professional experience and now wish to supplement this with an accredited graduate qualification.
You begin with a semester focused on core hospitality business content. Upon completion, you will undertake a one-semester specialization, choosing from a range of six professionally-focused topics that allow you to tailor your learning to your future career ambitions. Complete your degree by finetuning your skills with an internship or applied research project (depending on your work experience).
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Academic Structure
Semester 1
Academic content
+ Business field trip to Dubai
Semester 2
Specialization Semester
See specializations below
+ Immersive experience
6-month internship or applied research project
Academic content
This is our most flexible program, enabling you to pair essential hospitality business learning with insights into one of six specialized topic areas.
Semester 1
Available to study at both our campuses, this first semester comprises topics relating to the business of hospitality, including financial and revenue management, marketing, business modeling, and event management.
Semester 3
At the end of your taught semester, you can choose between a professional internship or applied research project to earn your Master of Advanced Studies.
Internship: your six-month professional internship will place you directly into a hospitality setting, enabling you to put to the test what you learned in the previous semesters. This is our recommended option if you did not have significant hospitality industry experience before joining the program.
Applied Research Project: working with a partner company, you will tackle a real-world business challenge, drawing upon the skills and knowledge you learned in class. This is our recommended option if you already accrued hospitality experience before joining the program.
Semester 2
For your second semester of study, you can choose one of these specializations:
- Leadership & Talent Management (Marbella)
- F&B Entrepreneurship & Management (Crans-Montana)
- Digital Transformation (Crans-Montana)
- Marketing Management in Luxury Tourism (Marbella)
- Golf Management (Marbella)
- Cruise Line Management (Marbella)
Business field trip/Immersive experience
Field trip takes place in the first semester, while immersive experience takes place in the second semester of this program. Each involves a careful-curated series of visits to important industry players, giving you the chance to meet and interact with senior management and, in many cases, to see behind the scenes of their operations.
Through these visits you will be able to connect what you learn in class to the strategic and operational realities of doing business in the 21st century, while also growing your industry network.
You can choose one of 5 specializations
You can choose one of 5 specializations
- Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship & Management
- Leadership & Talent Management
- Marketing Management in Luxury Tourism
- Golf Management
- Cruise Line Management
Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship & Management
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If you wish to establish your own business, direct hotel F&B services, or manage within the wider F&B sector, this specialization provides the perfect foundation.
- Master the art of creating extraordinary dining experiences
- Analyze key trends in F&B operations
- Learn the essentials of F&B management
- Gain insights into best practices in customer service
Admission Information
Next intake dates:
March 2025
September 2025
Minimum age:
21 years old
Professional Experience
With a degree: Minimum 2 years experience
Without a degree: Minimum 5 years experience
Qualifications:
Bachelor degree desirable.
English level:
If English is not your first language, or if you have not spent the last two years studying in an institution where English is the primary language of instruction, please enclose a copy of one of the following:
- IELTS: overall 6.0 and min. 5.5 in every sub-component*
- TOEFL: Internet-based 80 or paper-based 550
- First Cambridge Exam: Grade A
- Cambridge Advanced Exam: Grade C
- Duolingo 115 with no component under 105
*Only tests taken/issued in an official IELTS testing center are accepted.
Help with your English
Those below the stated official English level can take additional English support classes. We offer intensive programs in Switzerland and Spain.
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Fees
This is an illustration of the basic fee structure you can expect for the program. For a full breakdown of fees download a course brochure.
Switzerland
| Academic Expenses | CHF |
| Tuition fees | 38,400 |
| Learning resources | 1,180 |
| Les Roches for life career support | 1,500 |
| Health and accident insurance | 2,680 |
| Business Field Trip | 3,200 |
| Immersive Experience | 3,200 |
| Total academic compulsory expenses | 50,160 |
| Living Expenses | CHF |
| Flexible board | 7,600 |
| Total living compulsory expenses | 7,600 |
Switzerland + Spain
| Breakdown of fees in CHF for Semester 1 in Switzerland and in EURO for Semester 2 in Spain | |||
| Academic Expenses | S1 | S2 | |
| Tuition fees | 19,200 | 16,995 | |
| Learning resources | 1,180 | – | |
| Les Roches for life career support | 750 | 750 | |
| Health and accident insurance | 895 | 940 | |
| Business Field Trip | 3,200 | – | |
| Immersive Experience 1* | – | 1,000* | |
| Immersive Experience 2** | – | 2,495** | |
| Total academic compulsory expenses | 25,225 | 19,685* 21,180** |
** Specialization in Leadership & Talent Management, or Golf Management, or Cruise Line Management.
| Living Expenses | S1 (CHF) | S2 (EURO) |
| Flexible board | 3,800 | – |
| Half board | – | 2,655 |
| Total living compulsory expenses | 3,800 | 2,655 |
Spain
| Academic Expenses | EUR |
| Tuition fees | 33,990 |
| Learning resources | 960 |
| Les Roches for life career support | 1,500 |
| Health insurance | 1,405 |
| Business Field Trip | 2,495 |
| Immersive Experience 1* | 1,000* |
| Immersive Experience 2** | 2,495** |
| Total academic compulsory expenses | 41,350* 42,845** |
** Specialization in Leadership & Talent Management, or Golf Management, or Cruise Line Management.
| Living Expenses | EUR |
| Half Board | 5,310 |
| Total living compulsory expenses | 5,310 |
Spain + Switzerland
| Breakdown of fees in EURO for Semester 1 in Spain and in CHF for Semester 2 in Switzerland | |||
| Academic Expenses | S1 | S2 | |
| Tuition fees | 16,995 | 19,200 | |
| Learning resources | 960 | 590 | |
| Les Roches for life career support | 750 | 750 | |
| Health and accident insurance | 465 | 1,785 | |
| Business Field Trip | 2,495 | – | |
| Immersive Experience | – | 3,200 | |
| Total academic compulsory expenses | 21,665 | 25,525 |
| Living Expenses | S1 (EURO) | S2 (CHF) |
| Flexible board | – | 3,800 |
| Half Board | 2,655 | – |
| Total living compulsory expenses | 2,655 | 3,800 |
Your unique hospitality journey
Solidify or further develop your knowledge about the world of hospitality in multicultural environnements and awesome backdrops, before deep diving in the specialization of your choice to improve your hospitality skill set and take your career to the next level.
We’ll make sure to provide you with exceptional networking opportunities throughout the immersive field trips planned during the academic semesters, as well as a constant support before and during your professional internship or applied research projectt .
The Masters in Hospitality Management will open doors to careers across sectors
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Events
- Exhibitions & conferences
- Theme parks
- Airlines
- Cruises
- Luxury retail
- Sports
- Management consulting
- Real estate
- marketing
- Spa health & wellness
- Finance & investment
Leading brands hire our students
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The Campuses
Our Master of Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management with Specialization can be studied at our campuses in Spain and Switzerland
Marbella, Spain
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
FAQs
What is a Master’s degree in hospitality management?
A Master’s degree is a postgraduate qualification usually studied across one year, and which is focused on a specialized topic or subtopic. A Master of Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management zeroes in on the skills and knowledge required to manage within the global hospitality industry and all its related sectors.
For example, in your first semester you’ll learn about finance and performance management, marketing, event management, and business modeling – all within a hospitality/services economy context.
Is a Master’s in hospitality management worth it?
Yes it is, because it delivers a breadth of knowledge and skills that would be difficult to impossible for you to acquire at this level of detail through on-the-job experience.
Our Master of Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management with Specialization gives you the added benefit of being able to tailor your learning more closely to your future career ambitions, thanks to the six available specializations, delivering an even more favorable return on investment.
Is hospitality management a MAS degree or MBA?
At Les Roches it is both – with hospitality management the focus of Master’s degrees and an MBA. These programs are tailored to different levels of prior qualification and professional experience. For example, the MAS in Hospitality Management with Specialization is open to those with or without a Bachelor’s degree, provided non-graduates have relevant professional experience.
For our MBA in Hospitality Management, students must have a degree plus a minimum of two years’ relevant work experience, in keeping with the program’s leadership-focused content
What sets this Master’s in Hospitality Management program apart from others?
The unique advantage of this program is the ability it gives you to tailor your learning to your future career ambitions. Following one semester focused on core hospitality business content, you can then select a second semester that concentrates on one of six specializations.
Another important feature of this program is the way it immerses you in your topic, through business field trips in both semesters. These allow you to delve much more deeply into your topic, while also growing your industry network.
What career opportunities are available with a Master’s in Hospitality Management?
With this program, your career opportunities will very much depend on your choice of second semester specialization. Do you wish to work in the global cruise industry? Then you can choose that specialization. Do you have leadership ambitions? Then opt for the Leadership & Talent Management specialization. With this program, you are the master of your own future!
What skills and knowledge are gained through a Master’s in Hospitality Management program?
In your first semester, you will focus on core hospitality business knowledge, including finance and revenue management, marketing, events, and more. This gives you the strong foundation you need to succeed in the industry.
In your second semester, the knowledge you acquire depends on the specialization you choose. If you wish to learn more about data analytics, e-commerce and artificial intelligence (AI), pick the specialization in Digital Transformation. Or if your desire is to learn about F&B concept development and best practices in customer service, you can opt for the specialization in F&B Entrepreneurship & Management. There are six specializations in total to choose from.
Convert to MBA
Convert to MBA
Your optional MBA pathway
Should you choose, and subject to your academic performance, you can use the first semester of this program as a stepping-stone to our industry leading MBA in Global Hospitality Management.
Upon successful completion of the first semester, you can transition directly to the second semester of the MBA, including your choice of career-focused specialization. Once you have passed that semester, you will be awarded an MBA
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