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top management two educational programmes lead to the goal of the highest professional dreams a well-established postgraduate diploma in international hospitality management validated by imi for graduates and others who wish to enter the industry and a respected mba in international hospitality management that can be pursued following the postgraduate diploma or entered directly from graduate-equivalent qualifications the postgraduate diploma includes strong practical as well as theoretical elements the mba attracts outstanding visiting international faculty to teach its courses both courses offer participants the opportunity for up to six months practical training in switzerland or overseas entry criteria are a recognised degree in any subject or three years experience within the industry at supervisory level and fluency in the english language with a toefl score of at least 525 postgraduate diploma in international hospitality management the objective of the postgraduate diploma is to train students in the technical managerial cultural and human relations skills required for the successful operation of a modern hotel or catering establishment and may include an optional period of five or six months of practical training the postgraduate diploma involves a five month semester of around 25-30 hours per week a period of practical training is optional for students intending to complete only the postgraduate diploma mba in international hospitality management the objective of the mba is to offer an additional study of contemporary management issues the course leads first to the postgraduate diploma involving a five-month intensive semester of taught modules second there is a period of practical training which is optional for those wishing to proceed to the mba this lasts for five to six months the mba component of the course involves six months of study mba in international hospitality management means ­ studying at master s level ­ strategic international marketing management ­ managerial processes in hospitality management ­ strategic management in hospitality management ­ food and beverage concept development ­ enterprise development in the hospitality industry ­ project appraisal for hospitality

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