Master of Science in Luxury Management and Guest Experience
Location: Switzerland
Professional Internship
Business field trip
Duration: 1.5 years
Remote study option available - Learn more
NEXT INTAKES: SPRING 2025 & FALL 2025
Dive into the world of luxury
With its intensive courses, immersive learning and a real-world internship, this one of a kind Master’s will position you perfectly for a career in the luxury sector.
Discover the essence of luxury
Learn from the experts
Develop your management skills
Build your luxury network
Program Structure
Course overview
Academic content
This Master’s brings luxury to life. It teaches future managers in luxury businesses the unique skills of a hospitality expert.
Your two-semester academic program covers a diverse range of luxury sectors, including hotels and resorts, fine food and wine, ultra-luxury travel, plus fashion and design.
You don’t just look from the outside inwards: your course content delves deeply into economic and sociological trends, digital transformation, as well as the marketing and business strategies that make a luxury brand successful in the 21st century.
To complete your academic program, you can choose between a Business Research Project or a professional internship, providing you with vital, real-world experience.
CAREERS
With the specialized luxury business knowledge delivered by this Master’s, you will be able to target careers with prestigious brands operating in:
- Luxury hotels and resorts
- Fine dining and gastronomy
- Bespoke luxury services
- Luxury brands and retail
- Yachts, private jets and automobiles
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.
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Professional internships
Average Internship offers per student
Recruitment visits per year
Your academic studies can be supplemented by a professional internship, giving you the opportunity to put what you’ve learned in class to the test.
You will not only gain six months of work experience to add to your CV, but also strong professional skills, valuable industry connections and a sharper awareness of the quality and service standards that are essential to the luxury industry.
You will build the contacts, references and employment history to enhance your status as a Master’s graduate.
Business field trip
The business field trip is genuine highlights of your Master’s studies.
You will be encouraged to fully appreciate luxury products as you experience and apply classroom theory in the real world.
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
∙ Duolingo: min. overall score of 115 points and min. 105 in every subcomponent
* 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
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.
Watch our webinar and Q&A
Learn more about the Master’s in Luxury Management & Guest Experience in our recorded webinar and Q&A.
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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