Master of Science in Hospitality, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Location: Switzerland

Professional Internship

Business field trip

Duration: 1.5 years

Credits: ECTS 90 / US 45

Remote study option available -Learn more

NEXT INTAKES: SPRING 2025 & FALL 2025

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Enhance your entrepreneurial expertise

Designed for career-switchers, aspiring or current entrepreneurs, as well as professionals who own a family business, this Master’s teaches the A-to-Z of entrepreneurship.

Develop your business idea

Learn from industry experts

Transform your entrepreneurial skills

Build your network

Hospitality Immersion Program
4 Weeks (optional)
Switzerland
Semester 1
Switzerland
Semester 2
Switzerland
Innovation Week
Internship
or Business Research Project
MSc
1.5 year program
Two semesters of intensive academic study take you on a journey of innovation and entrepreneurship, from idea to business model and then to market.

You will be taught how to scale a business, how to secure funding and how to market your product or service in this digital age.

Your curriculum also includes the opportunity to collaborate with your fellow students to organize an Innovation Fair (see separate tab for more details).

To complete your academic program, you can choose between a Business Research Project or a professional internship, providing you with vital, real-world experience.

ACADEMIC CATALOG

By enhancing your entrepreneurial expertise and innovative mindset, this degree provides a stepping-stone to a variety of career possibilities, including:
  • Hospitality entrepreneur
  • Start-up
  • Family business owner
  • Business development manager
  • Innovation leader
  • Consultant

With personalized support and advice from our Career Services team throughout your studies, you will develop the tools to build a lifetime of professional achievement – from creating the perfect CV to devising strategies for successful job hunting.

Click here to learn more about how Glion accelerates your career.

With the support of the Program Director, you will join your fellow students in the Innovation Week.

The Innovation Week is an intense experiential learning that allows students to create novel ideas to a well-defined client problem in a short timeframe.

Students need to think outside the box and apply the Design Thinking methodology to define, test, prototype and finally pitch a customer-centric innovation to the client.

View here an example >

You can put entrepreneurship theory into practice during your field trip.

You will have the opportunity to put theory into practice on a business field trip. During this immersive, specially-curated trip, you will meet innovative companies, strengthen your professional network and enjoy exciting life experiences.

Our dedicated Career Services & Industry Relations team will give you the resources, techniques and tools to achieve your professional objectives as a Master’s graduate.

We offer every student highly personalized career services, from advice on writing the perfect CV to finding the right roles to match their skills and interests.

Team members act as your personal career counselors; working tirelessly to develop an ever-growing list of premium quality industry partners, so you have access to the very best career opportunities.

Next intakes
Spring 2025 & Fall 2025

Age Requirements
21 years at the start of the program.

Education
Bachelor-level undergraduate degree* in a relevant field (business or hospitality preferred).

Minimum English Language Entry Requirements

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

* If a degree/transcript is not in English (for UK) or English, French, German or Italian (for Switzerland), an official certified/translated copy in English will be required.

** Only tests taken/issued in an official IELTS testing center are accepted.

Note: All English certificates must have been issued in the 12 months prior to program start.

More information on the English Language Assessment.

 

Please find below the tuition fees for Master’s Programs

Tuition Fees 2025 for Master’s >

Program Structure

Course overview
Hospitality Immersion Program
4 Weeks (optional)
Switzerland
Semester 1
Switzerland
Semester 2
Switzerland
Innovation Week
Internship
or Business Research Project
MSc
1.5 year program
Academic content
Two semesters of intensive academic study take you on a journey of innovation and entrepreneurship, from idea to business model and then to market.

You will be taught how to scale a business, how to secure funding and how to market your product or service in this digital age.

Your curriculum also includes the opportunity to collaborate with your fellow students to organize an Innovation Fair (see separate tab for more details).

To complete your academic program, you can choose between a Business Research Project or a professional internship, providing you with vital, real-world experience.

ACADEMIC CATALOG

CAREERS

By enhancing your entrepreneurial expertise and innovative mindset, this degree provides a stepping-stone to a variety of career possibilities, including:
  • Hospitality entrepreneur
  • Start-up
  • Family business owner
  • Business development manager
  • Innovation leader
  • Consultant

With personalized support and advice from our Career Services team throughout your studies, you will develop the tools to build a lifetime of professional achievement – from creating the perfect CV to devising strategies for successful job hunting.

Click here to learn more about how Glion accelerates your career.

Innovation Week
With the support of the Program Director, you will join your fellow students in the Innovation Week.

The Innovation Week is an intense experiential learning that allows students to create novel ideas to a well-defined client problem in a short timeframe.

Students need to think outside the box and apply the Design Thinking methodology to define, test, prototype and finally pitch a customer-centric innovation to the client.

View here an example >

Business field trip
You can put entrepreneurship theory into practice during your field trip.

You will have the opportunity to put theory into practice on a business field trip. During this immersive, specially-curated trip, you will meet innovative companies, strengthen your professional network and enjoy exciting life experiences.

Personalized career support

Our dedicated Career Services & Industry Relations team will give you the resources, techniques and tools to achieve your professional objectives as a Master’s graduate.

We offer every student highly personalized career services, from advice on writing the perfect CV to finding the right roles to match their skills and interests.

Team members act as your personal career counselors; working tirelessly to develop an ever-growing list of premium quality industry partners, so you have access to the very best career opportunities.

Admission information

Next intakes
Spring 2025 & Fall 2025

Age Requirements
21 years at the start of the program.

Education
Bachelor-level undergraduate degree* in a relevant field (business or hospitality preferred).

Minimum English Language Entry Requirements

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

* If a degree/transcript is not in English (for UK) or English, French, German or Italian (for Switzerland), an official certified/translated copy in English will be required.

** Only tests taken/issued in an official IELTS testing center are accepted.

Note: All English certificates must have been issued in the 12 months prior to program start.

More information on the English Language Assessment.

FEES

 

Please find below the tuition fees for Master’s Programs

Tuition Fees 2025 for Master’s >

Flexible study options

September 2022 intake

Study your Master’s 100% on campus, or ask us about remote learning options* if you need more flexibility.

*some Master’s remote study options for 2022 intakes are subject to NECHE approval. UK only: Master’s remote learning options for September 2022 intake are subject to QAA approval in June 2022.

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High-Level Careers

Hiring managers trust Glion
98%

job-seeking students have one or more employment opportunities on graduation day

6

internship offers per student

Alumni Career
52%

Hospitality
tourism

48%

other sectors: FMCG, Luxury goods and services, marketing, events, banking and finance

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