Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne school
Description of Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne school
- Founded: in 1893
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland; partner campuses in Brazil, India, Thailand, UAE, USA, Hong Kong, Mexico, Lebanon, China, South Korea
- Age of students: 18 years and over
- Total number of students: 2000 people
- Language of instruction: English, French.
The oldest school of hotel management in the world - École hôtelière de Lausanne (School of Hotel Management in Lausanne) - was founded in 1893 and since then has not lost its first positions in national and world rankings. Today, 2,000 students study at the Lausanne campus, and the total number of graduates has exceeded 30 thousand people - they are building a successful career in the best world companies and organizations, becoming top-managers and businessmen of the highest class in demand.
The opening of the school was caused by a surge of interest in tourism in Switzerland and Europe at the beginning of the XIX century and the growing need for qualified personnel in this field. One of the members of the prestigious association Swiss Hotel Association, Jacques Tschumi, founded the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, where for the first time they began to educate professionals in these areas, without intermediate qualifications and unnecessary subjects. Today the school carefully preserves historical traditions and simultaneously builds education on innovative techniques and cutting-edge equipment, sensitively catching all world tendencies and becoming the legislator of new trends. The main areas of the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne are:
- Restaurant industry;
- Hotel business;
- Hospitality industry;
- Luxe service;
- Consulting;
- Marketing;
- Management;
- Banking;
- Real estate management.
Since 2001, the EHL course offers the EMBA (Executive Master of Hospitality Management) program MBA: the course has already been separately recognized by the Swiss Center for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AAQ) as fully meeting the highest standards of quality.
The main campus of the school, its flagship is located 8 kilometers from the center of Lausanne, a developed and at the same time cozy Swiss city. Here are represented more than 130 nationalities and states, harmoniously combined with each other and constantly exchanging experience and knowledge. The institution also works with affiliates and partner educational institutions in Brazil, India, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Hong Kong, Mexico, Lebanon, China, South Korea. The school actively cooperates with the University of Applied Science and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO): this is the only such example of cooperation throughout the country. Since November 2015, the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne also includes the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) in Paschus (Switzerland).
Today, the Lausanne School of Hotel Management is part of the prestigious EHL Group (established in 2015): this group develops education in the sphere of hotel management and services, ensures transparency of this work area, actively strengthens international partnership between states and educational institutions. The school is accredited by the Association of Schools and Colleges in New England (NEASC, USA), which confirms the recognition of the quality of its programs at the international level.
The school maintains partnerships with many Swiss, European and global companies, organizing internships and subsequent employment for students. In the process of learning, students prepare a variety of business projects that are regularly shown to leading firms and corporations, enabling students to work with serious resources and the best specialists, to find non-trivial solutions for a wide variety of problems. The annual Job Fair has already become a tradition, attracting prestigious and promising employers from around the world, and a unique business incubator, which has been operating since 2012, enables students to implement their own projects and startups in the restaurant and hotel industry. It is also worth mentioning the useful International Consulting Center: the best specialists in vocational guidance in education, leadership and the hospitality industry are here, always ready to share with the students many years of experience and the subtleties of work.
Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne founded the partner company Lausanne Hospitality Consulting (LHC), which advises and delivers the best staff in the company around the world:
- Escola de Hotelaria Universidade Estácio de Sá (Brazil)
- King Abdulaziz University Tourism Institute (Saudi Arabia)
- Ecole Hoteliere Lavasa (India)
- Ecole Superieure d'Hotellerie et de Restauration d'Alger (Algeria)
- Beijing Hospitality Institute (China)
- Centro de Estudios Superiores de San Ángel (Mexico)
- Hanyang University Hospitality Academy (South Korea)
- Dusit Thani College (Thailand)
- Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (UAE)
- Université La Sagesse, Department of Hospital Management (Lebanon).
The school has its own Association of Alumni - AEHL - working since 1926. Today the network numbers more than 30 thousand graduates working in 120 countries:
- Christian Clerc: President of hotel operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (hotels and resorts Four Seasons)
- Christopher W. Norton: President (Global Product and Operations in Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts)
- Bernhard Bohnenberger: President (hotels, resorts and Six Senses Spa)
- Alain Delamuraz: Vice President and Director of Marketing (Blancpain SA)
- Hans Wiedemann: Managing Director and Board Member of the Badrutt's Palace Hotel
- Alain Kropf: general manager (Royal Savoy Hotel, Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Peter C. Borer: Chief Operating Officer at The Peninsula Hotels and CEO at The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited
- Jacky Lorenzetti: Fonica Group founder and president of Racing Métro 92 Rugby
- Andreas Bergmann: CEO of TGV Lyria
- Nathalie Seiler-Hayez: Managing Director of Beau-Rivage Palace (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Christophe Laure: general manager (InterContinental Le Grand Hotel, Paris, France)
- François Dussart: Managing Director of Beau-Rivage Palace SA
- Georges Plassat CEO Carrefour Group
- Michel Jauslin: Regional Vice President of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
- Lorenzo Stoll: CEO of Suisse Romande (Switzerland)
- Kurt Eduard Ritter: general manager of the group of hotels The Rezidor
- Arnaud Bertrand: founder of Housetrip
- Philippe Durand-Daguin: founder of the Eurent Group
- Tomas Feier: general manager of Disneyland Hotel, Association of European Hotel Managers
- Mathieu Jaton: CEO of the Jazz Festival in Montreux
- Philippe Peverelli: CEO of Montres Tudor SA (Rolex Group)
- Flo Sander: Managing Director of iThink Consulting Group
- Dominique Seiler: Head of Talent Acquisition, UBS Switzerland.
- Claude Membrez: general manager of Palexpo
- Simon Rusconi: Vice President, Operations Group, Morgans Hotels
All students and teachers follow the officially established dress code - both in theoretical and practical classes: it is believed that this helps to develop the potential of pupils, teaches them to discipline and fosters good taste, forms an integral, unified student community.
Programs and prices, tuition fees in Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne school
Bachelor's program
Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management
The duration of study in the main higher education program is 4 academic years. Studying is possible in both English and French. The program is divided into annual stages:
- The first course, the preparatory
Here students get acquainted with various specialties of the chosen sphere, study a common wide range of subjects and directions in order to further more accurately determine their specific work. This is an introductory year, devoted to a detailed acquaintance with the peculiarities of the industry, combining both theoretical and practical exercises. Despite the "introductory" nature of the year, it still ends with a semi-annual practice: students work in a hotel or restaurant, starting to apply and check the theoretical knowledge gained in practice, to work individually and in groups. Students can organize events, celebrations or banquets, work in the kitchen, bakery or bar, learn how to manage the hotel, starting with the smallest units and subtleties.
Students are assisted by well-deserved, experienced professional practitioners-for example, the gastronomic restaurant team, which ranks 15th in the world ranking of Gault & Millau. You can learn good taste and manners, on "living" examples to understand the features of high cuisine and luxe class service, to study the enology and the rules of the combination of foods and dishes.
- The second course
The list of subjects for study remains basically the same, but the study deepens, becomes more complex, thorough and professional. Much attention is paid to business disciplines: business law, business practices, marketing and management, accounting and audit.
- The third year
The most intensive, in-depth study of business and finance, marketing and management of the organization at all levels and in all aspects. Students actively participate in numerous projects, teamwork and research, honing their skills on practical assignments. For this year, the second internship (also 6 months) is planned, but already in the position of manager, not junior staff, as it was in the first preparatory year.
- The fourth course
Students are identified with the future specialty and direction, devote the maximum time to studying the profile, the most priority disciplines and write the final qualifying work (diploma).
In addition to internships, students are given the opportunity to fully consult on career development and future employment (the consulting course is designed for 10 weeks).
Paid additionally:
- Accommodation and utilities
- Power
- Registration fee (one time)
- Organizational services
- Compulsory medical insurance
- Tutorials, books and materials (depending on the course)
- Visa fees and Consular fees of the Embassy, ​​translation and certification, courier delivery of documents
- Air tickets in both directions
- Roundtrip transfer
- Personal pocket expenses
- Additional leisure or recreational activities (optional).
Bachelor's program
Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management
The duration of study in the main higher education program is 4 academic years. Studying is possible in both English and French. The program is divided into annual stages:
- The first course, the preparatory
Here students get acquainted with various specialties of the chosen sphere, study a common wide range of subjects and directions in order to further more accurately determine their specific work. This is an introductory year, devoted to a detailed acquaintance with the peculiarities of the industry, combining both theoretical and practical exercises. Despite the "introductory" nature of the year, it still ends with a semi-annual practice: students work in a hotel or restaurant, starting to apply and check the theoretical knowledge gained in direct practice, work individually and in groups. Students can organize events, celebrations or banquets, work in the kitchen, bakery or bar, learn how to manage the hotel, starting with the smallest units and subtleties.
Students are assisted by well-deserved, experienced professional practitioners-for example, the gastronomic restaurant team, which ranks 15th in the world ranking of Gault & Millau. You can learn good taste and manners, on "living" examples to understand the features of high cuisine and luxe class service, to study the enology and the rules of the combination of foods and dishes.
- The second course
The list of subjects for study remains basically the same, but the study deepens, becomes more complex, thorough and professional. Much attention is paid to business disciplines: business law, business practices, marketing and management, accounting and audit.
- The third year
The most intensive, in-depth study of business and finance, marketing and management of the organization at all levels and in all aspects. Students actively participate in numerous projects, teamwork and research, honing their skills on practical assignments. For this year, the second internship (also 6 months) is planned, but already in the position of manager, not junior staff, as it was in the first preparatory year.
- The fourth course
Students are identified with the future specialty and direction, devote the maximum time to studying the profile, the most priority disciplines and write the final qualifying work (diploma).
In addition to internships, students are given the opportunity to fully consult on career development and future employment (the consulting course is designed for 10 weeks).
Paid additionally:
- Accommodation and utilities
- Power
- Registration fee (one time)
- Organizational services
- Compulsory medical insurance
- Tutorials, books and materials (depending on the course)
- Visa fees and Consular fees of the Embassy, ​​translation and certification, courier delivery of documents
- Air tickets in both directions
- Roundtrip transfer
- Personal pocket expenses
- Additional leisure or recreational activities (optional).
Master's Courses
Global Hospitality Business Master's program
Studying at the master's degree provides for a more in-depth, thorough and accurate study of the aspects of the chosen profession. This is a narrower specialization: the master's degree course is suitable for students (holders of a bachelor's diploma) who want to deepen their knowledge, to more accurately determine the scope of their activities, to take up prestigious and highly paid posts in the best companies around the world.
The beginning of the program is in September, the studying period is 16 months. Master's courses are held not only on the main campus in Lausanne, but also in the branches of Hong Kong (Polytechnic University) and Houston (University of Houston).
Master's Courses
Global Hospitality Business Master's program
Studying at the master's degree provides for a more in-depth, thorough and accurate study of the aspects of the chosen profession. This is a narrower specialization: the master's degree course is suitable for students (holders of a bachelor's diploma) who want to deepen their knowledge, to more accurately determine the scope of their activities, to take up prestigious and highly paid posts in the best companies around the world.
The beginning of the program is in September, the studying period is 16 months. Master's courses are held not only on the main campus in Lausanne, but also in the branches of Hong Kong (Polytechnic University) and Houston (University of Houston).
Subjects, specialties
Activities Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne school
Students of the University created a lot of clubs and communities of interest - everyone will find an assignment to their liking:
- Sports, outdoor activities and team games, tourism
- Photo (classical and digital)
- Cookery
- Art (various kinds)
- Academic practice and academic communities
- Charity, volunteerism, socially useful work
- Career development and career guidance.
Advantages
- The best profile school in the world (data for 2007, 2010, 2013 from TNS Sofres - opinion of the best international recruiters and managers);
- Highest percentage of students' employment;
- The best school of leading cadres for the hotel and restaurant industry (2013, 2014 according to the international competition Worldwide Hospitality Awards);
- The only high school in Switzerland, cooperating with the University of Applied Science and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO);
- Accreditation of the Association of Schools and Colleges in New England (NEASC - USA);
- The availability of campuses, branches and partner institutions in many world countries: in Brazil, India, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, USA, Hong Kong, Mexico, Lebanon, China, South Korea;
- Since 2014, the research center of the school (together with STR) is the main source of research in the field of "International Hospitality";
- Since 2010, unique research has been carried out in the sphere of changing the restaurant industry: they are conducted by the Department of Food and Beverages together with Saviva (a large producer of food and beverages);
- Unique research and implementation of cutting-edge innovations in hospitality (Department of METRO Innovation);
- Skilled, experienced instructors-practitioners: among them are several best chefs of France and Europe (Meilleurs Ouvriers de France - MOF).
Facilities and equipment at Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne school
A huge, superbly equipped campus of high school is an ideal place for full-fledged disclosure of its potential and talents. Here everything necessary for study, living and extra-curricular activities is located:
- Restaurants for practical work and internships (open including for students of the preparatory, first year undergraduate)
- Gastronomic restaurant Berceau des Sens (included in the world tour guide Gault Millau and open to visitors)
- More than 48 classrooms and lectures
- Experienced bars for practical exercises
- A huge library
- Classrooms for self-study
- Tasting wine room
- Student cafe
- Sports grounds and halls - indoor and outdoor, for individual lessons and team sports
- Residence for living.
The University follows environmental regulations: there is a special system for eco-friendly garbage processing, a private garden with vegetables and herbs, a heat recovery system for heating and storage in the cold, solar batteries and two electric vehicles for university needs.
In 2013, a project on the exchange of ideas between world students of the specialties "Architecture" and "Landscape Design" was launched on the campus - 385 people took part in the project. The project will be completed by 2020, it is invested more than 226 million Swiss francs.
Admission dates and extra charges
The list of the following services is paid additionally:
- Accommodation and utilities
- Power
- Registration fee (one time)
- Organizational services
- Compulsory medical insurance
- Tutorials, books and materials (depending on the course)
- Visa fees and consular fees of the Embassy, ​​translation and certification, courier delivery of documents
- Air tickets in both directions
- Roundtrip transfer
- Personal pocket expenses
- Additional leisure or recreational activities (optional).
Tuition fee of the summer course already includes:
- Studying on a special summer course
- Accommodation and meals on campus (full board)
- Program of excursions, extra-curricular activities and entertainment
- Finishing Gala dinner at the end of the program
- Preparation of a package of documents for obtaining a visa.
Separately paid:
- Registration fee (one time)
- Compulsory health insurance
- Air tickets in both directions
- Roundtrip transfer
- Visa fees and Consular fees of the Embassy, ​​translation and certification, courier delivery of documents
- Personal pocket expenses.
Extras:
- Registration fee (for a programme/course) 200 CHF
- Registration fee (for a programme/course) 175 CHF
- Medical insurance 1620 CHF
- Deposit for a course/programme 2500 CHF
Entry requirements, how to apply, what is required to enrol
School of hotel management in Lausanne - an educational institution is very popular, prestigious, which can not but affect the strict competitive selection of entrants. In total, representatives of more than 130 nationalities study at the university, but 70% of the students represent Switzerland and other countries of Western Europe.
Minimum requirements for admission to the undergraduate program are as follows:
- Age from 18 years old
- Certificate of secondary education + a copy of it
- Results of USE (for Russian students) or SAT exam
- A report card with grades for the last three, high school. It is possible to conditionally enroll students who are just completing a secondary education program: they must provide a table of previous years of study and anticipated graduation marks. The final decision is made by the selection committee after the final exams (documents with examination scores will have to be sent immediately upon receipt).
- In addition to the school report card, it is necessary to attach information about the educational system by which it works and according to which the document on secondary education was issued.
- Personal essay written by the student: a list of his strong qualities and merits, motivation for development and education (no more than 2 pages of A4 format)
- Excellent knowledge of the English language: at least 6 years of study in an English-language school or the corresponding certificate of a language exam.
As a confirmation of the high language level, the following documents are accepted:
- TOEFL: from 600 (paper version) / 250 (computer) / 100 iBT (new Internet-based). When applying, you must provide the school code (9090) and department code (00). Please note: TOEFL results are valid for 2 years
- Cambridge Advanced Certificate (from B and up)
- IELTS (from 7.0 points and above).
2) Master:
- Age: From 24 years old
- Diploma and Bachelor's Degree in Business / Economics and Hospitality / Tourism
- Work experience is not less than 21 months in the relevant specialty.
3) Summer program:
- Age of student: 16-20 years old
- The level of English (TOEFL iBT from 80 / IELTS from 6.0 and above) or French (DELF from B1 and above) is above average.
Please note: all documents must be translated into English / French and notarized. In addition, the selection committee may ask the student for other documents - this issue is decided individually. Applicants can be offered analytical, quantitative tests, an examination of their ability to work in the chosen field, an online interview with a representative of the admissions committee. If the number of applicants is much higher than the number of available seats, a final selection is arranged directly on the campus: a tour of the territory, a test group session, a personal interview with faculty and staff.
Admission is conducted twice a year - in January and February.
Scholarships Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne school
The university offers substantial financial support to the most talented and promising students. The list of scholarships and conditions for their receipt you can check with your manager.
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Residence permits, citizenship and other services
- Guardianship services during the studies
- Student supervision
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Recommendations on when to apply
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