
Would you like to study Hotel Management in English? At our SRH University in Dresden, we offer you a Bachelor's degree in Global Hospitality Management, a business programme with a focus on the hotel industry, entirely in English.
As the only bachelor’s degree programme in Germany taught entirely in English, the B.A. in Global Hospitality Management at our Dresden campus equips you for leadership roles in the international hotel industry. You will acquire the skills to strategically and sustainably manage a hotel, motivate and lead staff, develop marketing and event concepts, and create financial and business plans. The programme also covers entrepreneurship and start-up idea development, as well as key topics such as digitalisation, sustainability, and modern technologies shaping the future of the hotel industry. Additionally, you will enhance your language abilities, preparing you for a successful career both nationally and internationally.
Your studies are highly practice-oriented. Alongside your classmates from across the globe, you will participate in numerous projects, often in collaboration with renowned hotel chains or students from our prestigious partner universities, including Institut LYFE (Lyon), University College Prague, University of Nicosia, Technological University Dublin, and ERASMUS Hogeschool Brussels. Guest lectures from international industry experts, excursions, and practical internships will further deepen your understanding of hotel operations.
As a graduate of the English-taught B.A. Global Hospitality Management program, you can work for hotel companies worldwide. Your opportunities are incredibly diverse: you can apply your skills in marketing, human resources, controlling, revenue management, or other responsible positions. Globally, the hotel industry is one of the largest employers. Due to the shortage of skilled workers, qualified professionals are in high demand in this sector. If you aim to enter or advance in this field, you are choosing an industry with a bright future.
You can kickstart your career in the following areas:
With an internationally recognized bachelor’s degree, you also qualify for further studies at the master’s level, laying the foundation for an advanced academic career in Business Administration or Hospitality Management. This will open doors to higher leadership positions in the hotel industry, including General Manager roles, or even to opportunities in teaching and research.
On the Bachelor's degree programme in Global Hospitality Management, you will acquire business and industry-specific knowledge. You will learn about future hotel concepts, trends, innovative business models, technologies, sustainability and HR management. Internships and an international work placement semester provide you with valuable experience. Foreign language modules and the Master's thesis round off your degree programme.
Global hospitality industries: brands, trends and markets
6Language I
6International Business Management
6International Hospitality management: focus Africa, America, and Asia
6Rooms Division Management and lodging concepts
6International Economics
6Language II
6Research methods and statistics
6Creating and managing event experiences
6Food & Beverage Management and gastronomy concepts
6Academic writing and presenting
6Language III
6Marketing & PR
6Principles of accounting and financial techniques
6Leadership & People Management
6Business diversification: Recreation, Health & Wellness
6Consumer behaviour and quality management
6Hospitality challenging technologies: AI, robots and extended realities
6Principles of Hospitality Law and applied negotiations
6Hospitality Financial Management: operational decision making
6Business Optimisation: Sales, Distribution & Revenue Management
6Hospitality entrepreneurship & Business planning
6Applied change and transformation management in the hospitality industry
6Language IV
6Hotel projects: Design & Development
6Internship I
30Internship II
12Bachelor Colloquium
6Bachelor Thesis
12Global hospitality industries: brands, trends and markets
6Language I
6International Business Management
6International Hospitality management: focus Africa, America, and Asia
6Rooms Division Management and lodging concepts
6International Economics
6Language II
6Research methods and statistics
6Creating and managing event experiences
6Food & Beverage Management and gastronomy concepts
6Academic writing and presenting
6Language III
6Marketing & PR
6Principles of accounting and financial techniques
6Leadership & People Management
6Business diversification: Recreation, Health & Wellness
6Consumer behaviour and quality management
6Hospitality challenging technologies: AI, robots and extended realities
6Principles of Hospitality Law and applied negotiations
6Hospitality Financial Management: operational decision making
6Culinary and Food experiences: traditions, trends, and innovations
6Exploring International Beverages: producing and pairing
6F&B Operations Project: Design and Maintenance of service excellence
6Language IV
6Profitability and Positioning: gastronomy business planning
6Internship I
30Internship II
12Bachelor Colloquium
6Bachelor Thesis
12Students at SRH University in Dresden have the opportunity to complete an internship at a Swiss hotel. As one of only two German universities, we are part of the HotellerieSuisse network, the association representing the Swiss accommodation industry, which is a prerequisite for this opportunity.
Today, soft and social skills are crucial in addition to hard skills and expertise. That's why SRH University's innovative, successful, and award-winning CORE principle promotes independent and active learning so that you can apply your knowledge directly to projects and your future career—for a clear competitive advantage.