Maastricht Hotel Management S Chool
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2005-2006 HOGESCHOOL ZUYD Maastricht Hotel Management School Studying with perspective Maastricht Hotel Management School | Hogeschool Zuyd Contents 4Maastricht Hotel Management School 6Studying at Maastricht Hotel Management School 8Constant involvement 10 And this is what it’s all about 14 Student life 16 With the Funda in your hand, the world is your oyster 3 17 Where graduates of Maastricht Hotel Management School have found jobs 19 Student grants 20 Student Fees 23 Are you interested? 26 Route Description 27 Application form Hogeschool Zuyd | Maastricht Hotel Management School Maastricht Hotel Management School Management Training Maastricht Hotel Management School is a bachelor’s degree course in hospitality management. Moreover, Maastricht Hotel University of Professional Education - Hogeschool Zuyd Management School offers two master’s degree courses. On graduation, you can embark on a career as a manager or Maastricht Hotel Management School is just one of 15 faculties of consultant with hospitality and service organisations such as the University of Professional Education - Hogeschool Zuyd. With 12000 students hotels, restaurants, catering companies, facility departments in and 1200 members of staff, Hogeschool Zuyd is one of the largest universities of healthcare institutions and homes for the aged, recreational professional education in The Netherlands. About 50 courses are on offer, located and tourism companies, and congress and conference centres. in Maastricht, Heerlen and Sittard, and this number is growing steadily. 4 Hogeschool Zuyd is part of an extensive knowledge network, two important The training course is centred around the professional profile or partners being Universiteit Maastricht and the Dutch Open University, based in skills needed to be a hospitality manager. This professional Heerlen. This network has also resulted in a number of invaluable international profile offers a strong basis for a wide range of management contacts and it goes without saying that an internationally minded institute like functions providing young professionals with the first step up Maastricht Hotel Management School has been able to profit in full from this the ladder to success in a fantastic career. cooperation. For more information about Hogeschool Zuyd and specifically Maastricht Hotel Management School, log on to www.hszuyd.nl Founded in 1950 or to www.hotelschoolmaastricht.nl Since its foundation in 1950, Maastricht Hotel Management School has built up an excellent reputation both at home and abroad. The annual intake of students is 300 and at present, approximately 1,100 young people are studying at our institute. Teaching and administration staff number roughly 120. Maastricht Hotel Management School | Hogeschool Zuyd 5 Location Maastricht Since 1970, Maastricht Hotel Management School has been The ancient city of Maastricht attracts more than 15 million housed in the midieval mansion “Kasteel Bethlehem”, situated on tourists each year. It can also be said that the magic of the city the edge of Limmel housing estate in the suburbs of Maastricht. plays a role for students in their choice of places to study. Many The modern campus, built in the 22 acre grounds, consists of a people consider Maastricht to be the most “European” city in wing for theoretical studies including the great hall, 26 lecture Europe. With more than 1500 officially registered monuments, halls and classrooms, 12 rooms fully equipped for project work, the city’s future as a highly valued tourist attraction is computer and language labs, and an ultra-modern library and guaranteed and the hundreds of pubs and restaurants make it learning centre with extensive internet facilities and reading an excellent centre of recreation for young and old. As a result room. The applied skills wing consists of the Housekeeping of the establishment of modern industries, service companies Department, a linen room, stores, kitchens and restaurants. The and institutions of learning in recent decades, the region of ‘Kasteel Bethlehem’ building houses the staff offices, an Maastricht has also become a destination for businessmen and auditorium and several meeting rooms. The rooms Division scientists. Consequently, Maastricht has moved into the top 30 practical skills department is also located here, including the of leading international congress cities in the world - ahead of Front Desk, Business Centre and the Reservations Office. major cities such as Madrid, Buenos Aires and Hongkong! Furthermore, the Halls of Residence comprising of 4 blocks of flats with 259 rooms, our private guesthouse, the Amphitryon Student Union, sports fields including a 3 par 9 hole golf course are all situated within a minute or two walking distance. Hogeschool Zuyd | Maastricht Hotel Management School Studying at Maastricht Hotel Management School The duration of the study at Maastricht Hotel Management The curriculum at the Maastricht Hotel Management School is School is 4 years of fulltime study. The curriculum is divided into constructed in the form of four increasing levels of abstraction 11 modules, each of which can best be described as dealing with respect to competence development over the four years of with a specific management skill. These are in fact the parts the programme. which go towards completing the profile of a manager in the Years 1 and 2 focus largely on the operational - and later on the hospitality branch. more tactical - aspect of the work of hospitality managers/ entrepreneurs. In the third year, the trio operational, tactical and The first two years each consist of four 9-week modules, the strategic action finds expression within the various modules. In final week being reserved for tests. The 3rd and 4th years year 4, it is primarily the tactical and strategic areas of include further modules plus a 20 week operational traineeship competence required for the profession which determine the with a hotel company in the 3rd year and a 20 week contents of this section of the curriculum. management traineeship in the 4th year. Graduation is achieved 6 on successful completion of a management project. The Maastricht Hotel Management School considers the traineeship to be an important part of the program. We view it In order to guarantee the integral nature of each module, each as “education on location”. The ratio between operational module consists of the following components: traineeships abroad and those in the Netherlands is aprox. 93%: 1 Hospitality 7%. This ratio is determined primarily by the fact that 2 Economics traineeships with international host companies allow you to gain 3 Social sciences specific culture-dependent experience and to improve your 4 Languages language competence. 5Attitude In the case of the management traineeship, the ratio during the These components give the acronym “HESLA”. The extent to same period is 40% international to 60% national. This ratio which these elements are dealt with depends on the theme of reflects, on the one hand, the practical side of the Maastricht the module. Hotel Management Schools’ international outlook and on the other the fact that national host companies can provide better The order in which you sit the modules in each year is preconditions for effectuating the management traineeship determinded by which group of 75 students you are placed in. goals at tactical and strategic level. Lectures are given in front of the full group however, some classes will be in groups of 30 but most of the lessons will be in seminars of approx. 15, as with languages and communication classes, or a maximum of 12 during PBL sessions. Maastricht Hotel Management School | Hogeschool Zuyd Self-guided study as educational philosophy a study task, an application task, a product-oriented task or a product presentation task. By making use of the ‘seven paths’, After applying the concept of “process-focused” learning for 4 you and your group members are encouraged to analyse the years, your career competencies are developed in such a way problem at hand and to define your learning goals together that, as a coming professional, you will be capable of managing with your tutor and to report on your progress. The form and the further development of your own competencies, using a content of the various tasks are designed by the authors of the personal development plan. particular module, in keeping with the relevant area of Self-directed learning is also expressed in the attention given to competence. A tutor guides the entire process and monitors ‘tailor-made’courses. Increasingly more attention is devoted to students’ progress. All PBL tutors make use of the “Maastricht creating individualized learning, based on the personal PBL Model” and have been trained in this model by Maastricht ambitions of the future hospitality manager. University. In view of the importance of PBL, future students are given a Problem Based Learning (PBL) taste of this teaching method very early on when they attend a 7 PBL session during their selection procedure. All in coming Maastricht Hotel Management School applies various teaching students are given an introduction to PBL during the first week methods. In addition to lectures and craft training, there are of classes at the start of the academic year. This teaching many types of seminars. Problem Based Learning is one of our method is used primarily in year 1 and year 2 and in the cornerstones. optional modules in year 3. In problem based learning, you are divided into a group of no more than 12 and are required to perform various tasks, for example a problem task, a discussion task, a strategy task, Hogeschool Zuyd | Maastricht Hotel Management School Constant involvement Also in theory classes Practical Training externally Your study at the Maastricht Hotel Management School is a Excursions to branch related companies, two 20 week constant combination of theory and practice. The teaching traineeships and a management project directly confront you methods stimulate the integration of knowledge, skills and with authentic practical situations. A traineeship abroad offers attitude development.