Hotel and Restaurant Management, B.A.
The hotel and catering industry is an extremely varied field of activity that challenges and entertains at the same time. With the hotel and restaurant management degree, we offer the perfect mix of studies and practical experience. In addition, further development with and without vocational training in one of the most emotional and fastest growing industries: hotel and catering.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
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| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German, English |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €142.50 per semester |
| Campus | Bildungscampus Heilbronn |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
Hotel and restaurant management at Heilbronn University is above all a business administration course, which means that a large part of the events and modules deal with economic content. Building on this, specialist knowledge is added in the course of the course, i.e. modules in the area of hotel management and restaurant management.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Academics are still relatively rare in the hotel and catering scene - but they are very welcome, especially at management level and in leadership positions. So the chances are good that you will find a suitable job right after your studies. But the same applies here: Without practical experience it will be difficult, so try to do as many suitable internships or part-time jobs as possible.
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In the hotel industry, you will be faced with strategic and operational management positions after your studies. These include:
- Company development
- Revenue Management
- Sales and HR
- F&B and MICE
In the restaurant business you can expect:
- Concept developments
- Restaurant management
- Expansion
- Marketing
- Operations in a system center
as well as self-employment e.g. as a franchisee in the hotel and catering industry. Positions at the interfaces to the hospitality industry are also possible career prospects, e.g. as management consultancy or sales manager for suppliers.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
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| Semester contribution | €142.50 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application after recognition of the certificate until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.