The post-graduate degree in NDS HF Hotel Management was established by HotellerieSuisse. It is designed for entrepreneurs and senior management professionals in the hospitality industry who are eager to enhance their leadership and management skills. This program equips participants to meet evolving industry challenges and lead their businesses into a successful future.

Next intake: October 2025

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Federal recognition: This post-graduate degree is the only one recognized by the higher professional school (HF) level. 

Practical learning: The program focuses on real-life applications with modern ways of learning. You can immediately apply what you learn in your own working environment. 

Industry experts: Your lecturers are practitioners, who are able to adapt their teaching content to the current issues of the industry. 

Seminar based classes: Classes are held in seminar-format at selected hotels. This allows for an intensive training in an environment that fosters exchange and discovery. 

Key Facts

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Diploma

Postgraduate diploma in Hotel Management  

(Dipl. Hotel Manager NDS/HF) 

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Duration

Learning time of 500 hours spread over 1.5 years

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Location

Selected seminar hotels in Switzerland

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Format

Part-time in 6 to 15 days modules over 1.5 years

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Language

German

Courses by Module

The 500 hours of learning time consist of 4 modules completed by a project and a diploma thesis. You will take a written exam after each of the first 3 modules. 

  • Team development
  • Leadership
  • Communication and interviewing
  • Employee motivation and selection
  • Employee qualification and development
  • Business management 
  • Strategic management 
  • Environment and sustainability
  • Markets
  • Customers
  • Trends
  • Strategies
  • Operational planning
  • Marketing mix
  • Collaborations and sustainability
  • Business management
  • Financial accounting
  • Financial planning and control
  • Financing
  • Investments
  • Taxes
  • Planning and implementation of construction measures
  • Economics
  • Real-time project
  • Impulse events
  • Project management

The module is completed with the diploma thesis.

Course 51
  • Module People: 1st part 13.10. - 25.10.2024. 2nd part 4.11. - 8.11.2024
  • Module Market: 27.4. - 10.5.2025
  • Module Means: 14.9. - 27.9.2025
  • Module Hospitality: 15.3. - 21.3.2026

Course 52

  • Module Human: 1st part 12.10. - 24.10.2025. 2nd part 3.11. - 7.11.2025
  • Module Market: 26.4. - 9.5.2026
  • Module Means: 22.8. - 5.9.2026
  • Hospitality Module: 7.3. – 13.3.2027

Course 53

  • Module Human: 27. - 30.10. / 16. - 28.11.2026
  • Module Market: 18.4. - 1.5.2027
  • Module Means: 28. - 11.09. 2027
  • Modul InnoTrans: 12. - 18.03.2028
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Admission Requirements

  • Tertiary level (higher vocational education, higher professional school (HF) and university)
  • 3 or 4 years of management experience at division level.
  • Practitioners without a corresponding degree can be admitted based on documented management experience at division level and a successful assessment.
  • Interested persons with foreign qualifications can be admitted following the verification of their diploma equivalence or following a successful individual assessment. 
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Join our online info sessions

We will be happy to share with you all the details about the NDS program and answer your questions.

Next sessions:

  • April 24, 2025, 17:00, online
  • Wednesday, 30.04.2025, 13.00 - 18.00 Info Session, 25hours Zurich West
  • Monday, 19.05.2025, 13.30 - 17.30 Open Day
  • June 05, 2025, 17:00, online
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Program Fees

  • Tuition: 

CHF 16'800.- for HotellerieSuisse members
CHF 19'000.- for non-members

The costs include the four modules, the examination fee, the one-time registration fee, the supervision of the diploma thesis, access to Teams, cultural events, the diploma and the graduation ceremony.

  • Seminar fee:

CHF 12’000.- to CHF 13'000.-

Financial Aid

The first 24 participants of the NDS HF Hotel Management, whose operation is mandatorily subject to the L-GAV at the time of registration, will receive subsidies of up to a maximum of CHF 6,720 from the implementation costs contributions of the L-GAV. In addition, the employer receives compensation for loss of earnings in the form of daily allowances. The corresponding application will be sent to the participants after registration. The funds are limited. There is no entitlement to subsidy contributions.

The Hans Schellenberg Foundation of the Association of Graduate Hoteliers also awards scholarships and interest-free loans. Find out about the conditions and procedure directly from the Hans Schellenberg Foundation.

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Benefit from the Alumni Association

The Association of Graduate Hoteliers VDH stands for networking, continuing education, exchange of experience and friendship among graduates, as well as for the promotion of the next generation of entrepreneurial managers.

The members are characterized by their entrepreneurial attitude. As role models, they set an example in the industry. Various membership categories take personal development goals into account.

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