Bachelor's Degree in International Hotel Management

What is the methodology of the International Hotel Management Degree?

CETT has a proprietary four-stage experiential learning method which it runs in its own facilities and experimentation classrooms. It is a system which fosters leadership skills characterised by personalised service and care:

Plus you can also take part in:

• Simulations: simulation sessions enable you to practice various operational aspects in hotels.
• Seminars: which allow you to learn about the latest trends and challenges in the sector while adding to your professional contacts by networking with the speakers.

Assessment

You can choose from two types of assessment:

• Continuous assessment: involving the assessment of the teaching-learning process through ongoing monitoring over the year of the work you do and the learning you take on board.
• Single assessment: if you can’t come to class on a regular basis on justified grounds. It does not involve compulsory attendance at face-to-face classes, means you can do fewer projects and individually, and affords greater weight to the written exam.

Choose the skills enhancement itinerary which best suits your goals

The Bachelor’s Degree in International Hotel Management offers two specialisations and various electives, which means that from the third year onwards you can choose the field that best suits your interests and professional aspirations:

What subjects are there in the degree?

The International Hotel Management Degree program develops, during the first two years, the subjects common to all specialties. From third year onwards, you will be able to take the specific credits of the itinerary you choose*. To finish, you must complete your Degree Capstone Project. Learn more details about this work here.

FIRST YEAR

SECOND YEAR

THIRD YEAR

FOURTH YEAR

*Plan subject to change.

HOTEL ASSET MANAGMENT AND CONSULTING ITINERARY

*Plan subject to change.

MARKETING AND SALES ITINERARY

*Plan subject to change.

Final Project

Your Final Project (12 ECTS) is the culmination of the degree learning process, where you showcase the skills you have gained and their application and development. It can be a research or practical project. The Final Project is tailored to your interests and professional motivations, expanding on the specialisation and the skills enhancement pathway you chose.

There are three types:

1. Free subject: you carry out your research work under the guidance of a CETT lecturer.
2. Entrepreneurship project: you develop a business project in which you have to map out the strategies and actions needed to launch it on the market. The project’s structure is a business plan (executive summary, market and competition research and strategic, marketing, operations and financial plan).
3. Final Project linked to national or foreign companies, organisations and institutions: The focus of your DCP is on applied research or implementing an innovative and entrepreneurial project in these organisations in both Spain and abroad.

Develop your studies internationally

CETT-UB offers you the services of the International Relations Office. This department is in charge of managing the mobility of students, faculty, and non-teaching staff, as well as guidance, advice, and attention to students who want an international experience.

CETT-UB has different international mobility paths:

• Academic mobility programs

CETT-UB offers you the opportunity to study abroad. The European Union Erasmus Program, SICUE Program in Spain, and, in the rest of the world, specific agreements for undergraduate students. Do you want to know more?

• Global intership programs

When you finish your studies, you will have the opportunity to carry out an international business internship, between 6 and 12 months, in:

• Leading tourism and hotel companies recognized for their level of competitiveness and excellence.
• Solidarity tourism projects in which you would participate in international cooperation plans with NGOs to develop responsible and sustainable tourism (10 projects).
• Start-ups where you can be involved in the entrepreneurial and creative process of their projects.

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• International Minor programs

These are interdisciplinary postgraduate courses at prestigious international universities. They will allow you to expand into a specific field of knowledge linked to your degree or explore other specializations that will broaden your curriculum:

• Grenoble École de Management, Grenoble (France).
• JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä (Finland)
• Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey (Mexico)
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Galapagos i Quito, Ecuador)

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Do internships in top-level companies

During the degree, you will have to do internships in tourism businesses or organisations. If you’d like to gain more practical experience or explore different departments or companies, you can do voluntary extracurricular internships whenever you want.

• Curricular internships or practicum: they enable you to get a year’s work experience in Spanish and international companies. They are divided into two internship periods, one in the second year (ideally in a hotel’s operational departments) and another in the third (targeted at learning about a more strategic or administrative department).
• Extracurricular internships: in Spanish and international companies. You can do voluntary internships starting in the first year to build a highly qualified professional profile with a maximum length of 900 hours per year.

The goals of the internship are to:

• Use the theoretical knowledge gained in the academic year in real hotel industry situations and challenges.
• Gain essential hospitality industry communication skills, including interaction with guests, co-workers and supervisors
• Identify common operational challenges in hotel management.
• Apply the service standards of a hotel company’s different departments.
• Forge professional relationships in the hospitality industry.
• Identify the specific organisational culture of a hotel, including its values, regulations and practices.

If you’d like more information about internships, visit the Career Services area on the first floor of the Campus or write an email to careerservices@cett.cat

Dual education, a commitment to practical learning

The Bachelor’s Degree in International Hotel Management features an innovative learning model based on the combination between the academic and professional settings. In the dual education model, the company becomes a learning classroom, furnishing, in conjunction with CETT, the theory and practical experience needed to excel in the hotel industry.

Dual education, which you can choose in the second term of the third year and the first term of the fourth year, offers you the opportunity for:

• Hands-on learning: you gain practical experience in a real-world work environment, providing you with a deeper understanding of your field of study.
• Professional skills development: alongside technical skills, you will also develop skills including communication, teamwork and problem solving in real contexts.
• Bridging the gap between theory and practice: dual education allows you to immediately apply theoretical knowledge in practical situations, thus underpinning your learning.
• Enhanced job prospects: the experience you gain significantly increases your job opportunities after graduation.
• Professional network: you build a network of professional contacts that will be extremely valuable in your future career.
• Exclusive option: reserved for the most proficient students with an outstanding attitude and academic record.

CETT at your service

As a CETT student, you will enjoy all the advantages that the center has to offer:

• Access to the Resource Center for learning and research:

  • Have access to CETT's own resources to reinforce, complete, and expand training. All information (both physical and digital) is available in the different spaces dedicated to this function.
  • Free access to the entire digital library of World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) resources.
  • The University of Barcelona has an extensive catalog of databases to consult documents, reports, and scientific articles.

• As a center affiliated with the University of Barcelona, we enjoy the advantages of being part of the most prestigious university in Spain: UB Sports Services, We are UB Card.

• Discounts at the University of Barcelona School of Modern Languages. Besides, thanks to the University of Barcelona University Card, you will enjoy promotions on products and services such as opticians, restaurants, technology, pharmacies, accommodation, travel, leisure activities, among others.

• CETT has different restaurant services, such as the Fòrum or the Aula Restaurant CETT. The Fòrum is a space that favors creativity and cultural exchange among students. It has a varied, healthy, seasonal gastronomic offer that adapts to the day's different times. It is also possible to eat at the Aula Restaurant CETT, an à la carte restaurant with the same characteristics as an authentic gastronomic restaurant.

• If you are an international student, you will also have access to the International Relations Office, which will help and advise you with the procedures you need.

• Be part of the CETT Alumni community to be in contact with CETT's extensive alumni network.

• Discount at ÀGORA BCN International University Residence. We are the only higher education tourism center with a student residence to stay here while you study. As a CETT student, you will have unique conditions. Do not hesitate to ask!

Lecture rooms

These are 30 lecture classrooms with projection systems and the necessary equipment for videoconferencing in streaming with the possibility and synchronous participation.

Specialized technical classrooms

These facilities are equipped to provide high-level professional training. All these spaces are renovated and updated with the latest technologies to facilitate the pedagogical function.

Spaces for students, CETT team and are open to the public

CETT has different spaces and its own application companies. Our students face real day-to-day challenges with real clients, always supervised by our teaching and professional team.

• Classroom restaurant and gastronomic space.
• Forum: Bar-cafeteria space.
• Hotel Alimara: our four-star hotel where you can also find Summum Restaurant, where the practical training is part of hotel services such as banquets and lunch service.
• Ágora BCN Hall of Residence of the CETT Foundation: They actively participate in the kitchen service for collectivities.

CETT International support

Because we understand the challenge of living in an environment that is not your own, the CETT-UB Campus offers you the International Relations Office (IRO), as an area designed to provide guidance, advice, and attention to international students during the Master's programs.

Our International Relations team will give you the necessary information related to logistical aspects of life in Barcelona, such as residency registration, the processing of your foreign resident's identity number (NIE), or how to find accommodation in the city.

Procedures related to your academic stay

The IRO team will provide you with updated information on the necessary procedures to carry out once you are in the city. They will provide you with guidance on essential documents such as your foreign resident's identity number (NIE), the official census at the City Council, or your university student card.

Languages

If your native language is not Spanish, the IRO team will advise how and where to learn it. They will also tell you where to learn Catalan, facilitating your integration into the city's daily life. Besides, you will strengthen your Spanish through the certified courses offered by our Language Department at CETT-UB. On the other hand, if you want to practice any different language informally, you can participate for free in our language exchange program with CETT students.

Accomodation

CETT-UB is the only higher education center with a residence hall - Agora BCN, with affordable prices for the CETT student community. We also have our four-star hotel, Hotel Alimara, where you and your family and friends can enjoy advantages and discounts.

Being close to old students

CETT-Alumni was born as the CETT-UB Alumni Association on March 1, 1994, as an initiative to offer a service to alumni, a space for personal and professional guidance, and a meeting point for experts in the tourism, gastronomy, and hospitality sector, with the CETT-UB as their common bond.

As an association of CETT-UB alumni, its primary mission is to promote the relationship between them, thus creating a network of professionals. Their shared link is to be CETT alumni.

The main objectives of CETT-Alumni are:

• To promote the lifelong professional development of its associates at all levels and to favor access to the world of work, professional promotion, and lifelong learning. To foster creating a hub for exchanging knowledge and experiences among alumni, offering them the association as a meeting point in the professional world.
• To facilitate knowledge and networking through conferences, lectures, colloquium dinners, and expert sessions. CETT Alumni wants to be a center of opinion and influence on the tourism environment.
• To establish agreements with other organizations, favoring synergies that generate value for alumni.

Àgora BCN International University Residence

CETT-UB is the only university tourism center that has a student residence, the Ágora BCN International University Residence. As a student of any of our degrees you will enjoy exclusive discounts so you can stay here while you study. Ask us without obligation. We also have our own four-star hotel, the Hotel Alimara, where you and your family members can enjoy advantages and discounts.

Hotel Alimara

As part of our application companies we have our own four-star hotel, the Hotel Alimara. Located at the foot of the Collserola mountain range and within the CETT Campus itself, both you and your family members will be able to enjoy advantages and discounts.

*The fees of the University of Barcelona (UB) are an amount that the student of an affiliated centre has to pay for academic services. This amount is exempt from any type of discount and is paid at the same time as the registration.

**This is the annual price for cash payments. Consult the prices and conditions for other payment methods with our Future Students Guidance Team.

Know all our scholarships

CETT Foundation, with the firm conviction that training and transmission of knowledge are fundamental, extends the study aid program.

Besides, CETT will also accept payments in 6, 10, or 12 months through bank financing plus a 5 % discount of total enrollment fees should students wish to choose this option. Find out about the special conditions.