Starting Your Career Excellent opportunities for our graduates

Outstanding Job Prospects

More than 95 per cent of our students find a job quickly after graduation, with around 70 per cent going straight into management positions. This shows just how much demand there is for qualified young people who start their careers with us. 
The strong demand for well-trained specialists in the international tourism sector - also recognised by our global partner organisation UN Tourism - forms the foundation of our degree programme. Trends such as growing travel and the commitment to sustainable solutions create numerous opportunities for graduates who are professionally prepared and future-orientated.

Diverse Career Opportunities

Graduates are well qualified for a variety of roles in:
• Hospitality and accommodation
• Destination management
• Airlines, tour operators, incoming agencies
• Tourism associations and ministries
• Development cooperation and NGOs
Indirect employers such as certification bodies or platforms for marketing tourism services also offer opportunities, as does the public sector at municipal, regional or national level.
Sustainable positioning and the associated marketing and communication work as well as the development and design of tourism products are further conceivable fields of activity for graduates.

Attractive Career Entry Programme Especially for International Students Young Professionals Programme Switzerland

For international graduates from certain partner countries, Switzerland offers the Young Professionals Programme - a state-regulated model for gaining professional experience in Switzerland with excellent conditions:
• Duration: up to 18 months
• Payment: at Swiss salary level for young professionals - significantly higher than traditional internships or comparable positions in countries with lower incomes
• Access: for university graduates (aged 18-35) from participating countries
Switzerland has concluded agreements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine and the USA.

This programme makes it much easier to enter the Swiss world of work - with a fair income that corresponds to the level of regular entry-level positions. This is a clear advantage for students of these nationalities!
Further information directly from the State Secretariat for Migration SEM.

Important information for international students
During full-time study, the focus is clearly on academic education. Foreign students from non-EU/EFTA countries may
• not work during the first 6 months,
• thereafter work up to 15 hours per week during the semester (full-time during the semester break).

Straight into self-employment?

The degree programme not only prepares students for employment. (Future) founders of their own start-ups or successors in family businesses acquire sound knowledge for their entrepreneurial path in tourism.