Bachelor’s in Luxury Business
Location: Switzerland
Internships/On-The-Job Experience: 3
Luxury Discovery Trips
Applied Business Project or Bachelor’s Thesis
Duration: Experiential Year + three-year BSc*
Credits: ECTS 180 / US 120
*BSc – Bachelor of Science
NEXT INTAKES: SPRING 2025 & FALL 2025
All of luxury in one degree
A Bachelor’s degree from Glion will transform you, inspire you and set you on the pathway to a leadership career.
SPECIALIZED LUXURY BUSINESS STUDY
COMBINING HARD AND SOFT SKILLS
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERSONALIZED CAREER SUPPORT
Your Bachelor’s degree curriculum delivers full-spectrum luxury industry knowledge, starting from a firm foundation in operational principles and building all the way through to strategic leadership concepts and behaviors.
Luxury Immersion – your first semester delivers a multi-sensory immersion into the world of luxury, as you discover the industry’s founding principles and iconic brands in the company of seasoned professionals and lecturers.
Luxury Management I & II – after putting your knowledge to the test with real-life customers and colleagues during your first internship, you will build your management skills while also exploring key business activities including marketing, finance, sales, and talent development.
Strategic Leadership – develop your managerial behaviors throughout your second internship, before returning to campus to undertake a suite of modules focused on strategic luxury leadership.
The Future of Luxury – encompassing omnichannel strategies, sustainability concepts, and new technologies.
The Bachelor’s in Luxury Business is your ticket to enter the universe of luxury. Whether your career ambitions involve ultra-luxe hospitality, iconic brands, private travel, exquisite experiences, or another field within this dynamic industry, the knowledge and skills you acquire at Glion will be in demand.
Our dedicated Career Services team provides you with the resources, techniques and tools to achieve your professional objectives – from your first internship search to securing your dream job at graduation. We offer every student highly personalized career services, tailored to their skills, interests and career ambitions.
Your three professional internships/on-the-job experience play a crucial role in your Bachelor studies, providing you with vital, real-world experience at leading organizations in the luxury sector. Alongside a full year of employment history to add to your CV, you will acquire important professional skills, valuable industry connections and enhanced awareness of luxury standards.
Our outstanding global reputation and close industry relationships will put you in prime position to secure the best available internships from a wide variety of luxury segments and organizations.
In addition, we will bring the industry to you through interactive learning with experienced faculty members, conferences, expert guest lectures, field trips, and opportunities to work alongside luxury brands.
Your transformative learning experience means taking your knowledge from the classroom and applying it to real-world projects, from creating a bespoke luxury event to competing in an Entrepreneurial Challenge.
In semester 2 of your BSc program, you will undertake a Luxury Business Applied Project, while the climax to your degree brings the opportunity to complete an Applied Business Project, where you will work directly with a luxury brand to solve a genuine business challenge.
Program Structure
Why study luxury at Glion?
Glion occupies a unique position at the apex of luxury and hospitality business education. In doing so, we mirror the evolution of the luxury industry itself, where providing flawless service and creating memorable customer experiences have become essential to success.
Throughout the past decades, we have reached into the luxury industry to build relationships with famous brands including Cartier, Dior, Moncler, Panerai, and Hublot, as well as with global powerhouses LVMH and the Richemont Group.
Our reputation and status within the luxury industry is your unfair advantage as a Glion graduate entering the workplace.
Academic content
Your Bachelor’s degree curriculum delivers full-spectrum luxury industry knowledge, starting from a firm foundation in operational principles and building all the way through to strategic leadership concepts and behaviors.
Luxury Immersion – your first semester delivers a multi-sensory immersion into the world of luxury, as you discover the industry’s founding principles and iconic brands in the company of seasoned professionals and lecturers.
Luxury Management I & II – after putting your knowledge to the test with real-life customers and colleagues during your first internship, you will build your management skills while also exploring key business activities including marketing, finance, sales, and talent development.
Strategic Leadership – develop your managerial behaviors throughout your second internship, before returning to campus to undertake a suite of modules focused on strategic luxury leadership.
The Future of Luxury – encompassing omnichannel strategies, sustainability concepts, and new technologies.
Your career advantage
The Bachelor’s in Luxury Business is your ticket to enter the universe of luxury. Whether your career ambitions involve ultra-luxe hospitality, iconic brands, private travel, exquisite experiences, or another field within this dynamic industry, the knowledge and skills you acquire at Glion will be in demand.
Our dedicated Career Services team provides you with the resources, techniques and tools to achieve your professional objectives – from your first internship search to securing your dream job at graduation. We offer every student highly personalized career services, tailored to their skills, interests and career ambitions.
Direct industry exposure
Your three professional internships/on-the-job experience play a crucial role in your Bachelor studies, providing you with vital, real-world experience at leading organizations in the luxury sector. Alongside a full year of employment history to add to your CV, you will acquire important professional skills, valuable industry connections and enhanced awareness of luxury standards.
Our outstanding global reputation and close industry relationships will put you in prime position to secure the best available internships from a wide variety of luxury segments and organizations.
In addition, we will bring the industry to you through interactive learning with experienced faculty members, conferences, expert guest lectures, field trips, and opportunities to work alongside luxury brands.
Applied learning & projects
Your transformative learning experience means taking your knowledge from the classroom and applying it to real-world projects, from creating a bespoke luxury event to competing in an Entrepreneurial Challenge.
In semester 2 of your BSc program, you will undertake a Luxury Business Applied Project, while the climax to your degree brings the opportunity to complete an Applied Business Project, where you will work directly with a luxury brand to solve a genuine business challenge.
ADMISSION INFORMATION
Next intakes
Spring 2025 & Fall 2025
Minimum Age
17.5 years old at the start of the program.
Education
For students entering the Experiential Year prior to the Bachelor’s program
Holding a secondary education diploma that meets Swiss/ European university entry requirements (Maturité, IB diploma, Abitur, French Bac, A-levels, high school diploma or equivalent).
For students entering the Bachelor’s program directly*
Holding a vocational baccalaureate linked to initial Vocational and Educational Training (VET) in a profession related to the field of study; or a professional or specialized baccalaureate in a specialization related to the field of study; or a secondary education diploma and a work certificate(s) demonstrating a minimum of one year work experience in the relevant field.
Admissions Assessment
Personalized assessment to ascertain motivation and review application documentation. This could include a scenario-based exercise to be completed beforehand.
English Language Qualifications
If English is not your first language, or if you have not spent the last two years studying in a school where English is the primary language of instruction, please enclose a copy of one of the following:
- International English Language Test (IELTS): 5.5 overall (min. 5.0 in every subcomponent) Only tests taken/issued in an official IELTS testing center are accepted.
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Internet-based 70 or paper-based 525
- First Cambridge Exam: Grade C
Note: All English certificates must have been issued in the 12 months prior to program start. If your English level does not meet the levels indicated above, Glion offers an Intensive Hospitality English Language Program (IHELP). Please contact us for more information.
More information on the English Language Assessment.
*Students not required to complete the Experiential Year prior to entering the Bachelor’s in Luxury Business.
Preparing Students for
High-Level Careers
job-seeking students have one or more employment opportunities on graduation day
internship offers per student
Hospitality
tourism
other sectors: FMCG, Luxury goods and services, marketing, events, banking and finance
Careers that
started at Glion
“It is evident that Glion as a brand name puts you to the top of any pile of CVs in luxury hospitality”
Benjamin Dalton
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Bachelor’s in Luxury Business FAQs
What is a Bachelor’s in luxury management degree?
This Bachelor’s degree is a Bachelor of Science – or BSc – giving a clue to the business orientation of the curriculum. It’s all about the business of luxury, and it covers all the key sectors, from watchmaking to haute couture to hospitality – making it ideal for anyone who has ambitions for a management role regardless of their chosen luxury sector.
How does a Bachelor's degree in Luxury Business differ from a traditional business degree?
This is a business degree, packed with academic content that gets to the heart of what it takes to lead a successful business. It includes the essential operational knowledge and soft skills that modern managers must possess.
What is different to a ‘traditional’ business degree is its laser focus on luxury. This is not a generalist business degree, it’s a luxury business degree, because we know that luxury employers value the kind of specialized knowledge that will enable a new hire to hit the ground running. If you want to make your name in luxury, this is the degree to aim for.
What can you expect to learn in a Bachelor's in Luxury Business program?
In a nutshell, you will learn how the business of luxury works, including product design and manufacture, branding and marketing, corporate finance, supply chains and distribution channels, new technology, sustainability and governance. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work on an applied project with a real company.
What skills can I gain from a Bachelor's degree in Luxury Business?
You will gain a mixture of hard and soft skills. The ‘hard’ skills include knowledge in areas such as finance and accounting, also marketing, data analytics, legal, strategic management and much more.
The ‘soft’ skills are equally important to your future career. These include leadership skills, change management, talent management, and entrepreneurship. Plus you will acquire a year of employment experience through your three professional internships/on-the-job experience.
What are the career opportunities for someone with a Bachelor's degree in Luxury Business?
Potential career paths for graduates of our Bachelor’s in Luxury Business can include: personal luxury goods; luxury retail; luxury brand marketing; yachts, private jets and automobiles; private banking; luxury hospitality; bespoke events; high-end health & wellness clinics; real estate investment; UHNW concierge services, fine dining, food and wine.
We’ll support you all the way to your chosen career path – through our dedicated Career Services team we offer every Bachelor student highly personalized career services, tailored to their skills, interests and career ambitions.
What types of jobs can I get with a Bachelor's in luxury brand management degree?
You will no doubt have your own career goals and ambitions. But to give you a flavor of potential directions, these are some actual first jobs secured by Glion Bachelor’s graduates:
- Marketing Assistant, Cartier
- Relationships Ambassador, Hublot
- Junior Global Product Development
- Manager, Veuve Clicquot
- Client Advisor, Louis Vuitton
- Hospitality & Services Coordinator, Richemont
- Management Training, Four Seasons
Once you are on the career ladder, with the knowledge and skills you gained at Glion, combined with your own hard work and commitment, the sky is truly the limit!