Double certification : Suisse Diploma & European Title
* Vatel’s 5-week Passerelle program is designed to enable students with a bachelor’s degree in management to acquire the skills and knowledge in hospitality and restaurant services management to continue their schooling with a Vatel MBA, while optimizing their previous knowledge.
In Bachelor year 1
In Switzerland: Maturité / In France: Baccalauréat
In Belgium: Certificat de fin d’études secondaires
In other countries: High School Diploma
In Bachelor year 3
In Switzerland: Maturité +2 additional studies
In France: Baccalauréat +2 additional studies
In Belgium: Certificat de fin d’études secondaires
+2 additional studies
In other countries: High School Diploma +2 years
English Proficiency: CEFR level B2, TOEFL 580 (90 IBT)
or IELTS 6.0 (academic) + one-page personal essay or a
cover letter written in English.
Complete knowledge of management, team-building and executive functions in an international environment. Acquiring a professional, legal, business and linguistic culture with the objective of having an operational management post in the company.
Bachelor year 1
Students are introduced to Marketing, Human Resources, Administration and Professional Culture. They also learn the rudiments of Catering and Culinary Arts, as well as how to address constraints and unexpected events that arise in Banqueting, Reception and Seminars.
Semestre 1 > Alternating theory & practice
Theory (alternate weeks)
Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Computer Science, Company Economics, Professional Culture, Self-image, Hygiene and Safety, Nutrition, Wine Vintages,
Hotel Visits, English, Foreign Language 2, F&B Environment, Hospitality Environment
Practice (alternate weeks)
Front Office, Housekeeping, Restaurant, Bar, Banqueting, Kitchen, Pastry
Semestre 2 > Internship
In Switzerland
Operational in-company internship*
Length: 5-6 months
In Switzerland: CHF 2,303 gross
per month
In Europe: on average, €500 net
per month
Internship report written in English
*These internship conditions are for reference only. They are not binding and can change from one internship to another, according to the host country.
Bachelor year 2
While continuing to enhance their theoretical knowledge, students are introduced to management. During the practical training, they manage the first-year students, while being managed themselves by the third-year students. Students gain in self-confidence and do an internship in a foreign country other than France.
Thanks to the Marco Polo program, students may do their second year at a Vatel campus elsewhere in the world. This is an opportunity to further develop an international culture while continuing to focus seriously on their syllabus.
Semestre 3 > Alternating theory & practice
Theory (alternate weeks)
Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Computer Science, Company Economics, Professional Culture, Self-image, Hygiene and Safety, Nutrition, Wine Vintages,
Hotel Visits, English, Foreign Language 2, F&B Environment, Hospitality Environment
Practice (alternate weeks)
Front Office, Housekeeping, Restaurant, Bar, Banqueting,
Kitchen, Pastry
Semester 4 > Internship
In Switzerland
Operational in-company internship*
Length: 5-6 months
In Switzerland: CHF 2,303 gross
per month
In Europe: on average, €500 net
per month
Internship report written in English
*These internship conditions are for reference only. They are not binding and can change from one internship to another, according to the host country.
Bachelor year 3
Having learned the fundamentals needed to begin team management, students now apply this knowledge in their third and final year. They develop their analytical skills while using the knowledge acquired thus far in the program. They are able to devise strategies and take their first managerial decisions.
Semestre 5 > Alternating theory & practice
Theory (alternate weeks)
Introduction to cost control, Marketing, Human Resources, Taxation, Computer Science, Multicultural Management, Hospitality Sales, Wine, Beers & Spirits, Geopolitics, Negotiation, Foreign Language I,
Foreign Language II, Tourism & Travelling, Capstone Project (Star-up Project)
Practice (alternate weeks)
RFront Office, Housekeeping, Restaurant, Bar, Banqueting, Kitchen, Pastry Event, Marketing
Semester 6 > Internship
In Switzerland or another country
Operational in-company internship*
Length: 5-6 months
In Switzerland: CHF 2,303 gross
per month
In Europe: on average, €500 net
per month
Internship report written in English
*These internship conditions are for reference only. They are not binding and can change from one internship to another, according to the host country.
Those who want to have a career in the hospitality and tourism industries must have an international and cross-cultural outreach. Present in over 30 countries on four continents, Vatel Group gives its students the opportunity to develop their cross-cultural mindset by doing their second year in different Vatel school.
The educational concept remains the same, the only things that differ are the cultural environment and language. Vatel schools throughout the world have the same educational programs: students thus continue their courses abroad before going back to their home school, in France, for their 3rd year of the Bachelor in International Hotel Management program.
The Marco Polo program has been granted by the international hospitality professionals the Best Innovation in an Educational Program Award at the Worldwide Hospitality Awards. A recognition expressed by those who recruit Vatel interns and Vatel alumni throughout the world.
• Master an additional foreign language.
• Enrich your resume and increase your employability.
• Gain maturity and credibility.
• Quickly assimilate other forms of know-how, savoir-vivre
and savoir-être.
• Familiarise with different teaching methods.
• Open to other types of management in various cultural contexts.
• Better understand the expectations of an international clientele.
• Prepare to manage teams of various nationalities.
• Gain solid knowledge of the international hotel industry.
1 You contact the Vatel Campus of your choice (at a forum, by internet, by email, etc.).
2 You send your completed application form and all other documents requested back to the school.
3 The school will study your file, and should you be admissible, will invite you to the next entrance exam.
4 You take the entrance exam in the school you would like to attend.
5 You will receive your results within a few days.
6 Your admission will be validated after an interview with the school director of the school you would like to attend.
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