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

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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

Hospitality Immersion Program
4 weeks (Optional)
Switzerland
Semester 1
Switzerland
Semester 2
Switzerland
Luxury Event
Internship
or Business Research Project
MSc
1.5-year program
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.

ACADEMIC CATALOG

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.

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

6
Average Internship offers per student
250
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.

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.

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

∙ 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.

 

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
Luxury Event
Internship
or Business Research Project
MSc
1.5-year program
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.

ACADEMIC CATALOG

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.

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

Professional internships
6
Average Internship offers per student
250
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

 

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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Preparing Students for
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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Benjamin Dalton

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