AP programme in Service, Hospitality and Tourism

Interested in The AP programme in Service, Hospitality and Tourism Management?

The AP Programme in Service, Hospitality and Tourism Management programme is a two-year programme that aims to qualify the student to work at management level within administration, economics, general management, marketing and organisation in the hotel, tourism and service sectors.

If you have any questions about the programme, the admission requirements, or just want some information, please call us or send an email to Christine Nolsø: cnh@hrs.dk.

Structure and Content

The AP Programme in Service, Hospitality and Tourism Management is a two-year programme where the students specialize in hotel and restaurant management, tourism management or service management.

The programme take two academic years and consists of four semesters. The overall structure of the programme is shown below:  

Industrial placement

The AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management includes a three-month industrial placement in the beginning of the 3'rd smester.

The placement must be undertaken in a company that is related to the student's specialization. The purpose of the placement is that the student gains practical insight into the activities and responsibilities of a middle manager within the chosen area.

The placement can take place in either Denmark or abroad. While many students do their placements in Denmark and other EU-countries, students have completed placements in for example the USA, Switzerland, Fiji, Brazil and Peru.

The students are responsible for finding placement companies. The college does, however, offer students assistance in the progress.

During the industrial placement, the students start working on their dissertations that take their points of departure in the placement companies.

The AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management has two main groups of subjects: Manatory subjects are common to all students and a specialization that is chosen by the students on an individual basis.

The mandatory subjects include a rang of topics that are relevant to managerns in service companies. The subjects take their point of departure in service management theory and include the following:

• Methodology and research
• Service management
• Economics
• Management
• Human resources
• Strategic planning
• Business development
• International marketing
• Culture
• Customer relations
• English

The three specializations allow the students to specialize in a particular sector of the service industry. The areas offered are hotel and restaurant management, tourism management, and service management with the following subjects:

Hotel and restaurant management
• The hotel and restaurant industry
• Front office
• Food & beverage
• Housekeeping
• Security
• Conference
• Yield management
• Law

Tourism management
• The notion of tourism
• The history of tourism
• The tourism industry
• Distribution in tourism
• Tourism organizations
• Trends in tourism
• Tourism researching
• Tourism marketing
• Law

Service management
• Product and concept development
• The role of the consultant
• Event management
• Experience economy

Graduates from the AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management find employment within the hospitality and tourism industries as well as in the service sector in general.

Graduates wirh extensive work experience commonly take on middle-management positions, while graduates with less work experience usually assume operations positions after graduation.

The AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management is a good starting point for management positions such as:

• Hotel manager
• Food & beverage manager
• Restaurant manager
• Conference and banqueting coordinator
• Front office manager
• Booking manager
• Head housekeeper
• Marketing manager
• Marketing coordinator
• Product manager
• Project manager
• Service consultant
• Yield manager

Copenhagen Hospitality College offers a BA in International Hospitality Management. The BA takes 18 months for graduates from the AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management and gives students the opportunity to combine their studies with exchanges or industrial placements in other countries.  

Furthermore, the College has agreements with universities in Europe and abroad that enable graduates from the AP Programme in continue their studies towards a bachelor's degree in hospitality management, tourism management or service management.

Applicants who want to apply for admission to the AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism management must satisfy the following admission requirements:

An upper secondary school diploma with business accounting or mathematics on level C

or

a technical education as a waiter, receptionist or chef

or

a technical education relating to event coordination, office work, retail, wholesale or baker's ot butchering trade.

In addition, all applicants must have advanced qualifications in English corresponding to IELTS 6 - 6,5 and should be prepared to participate in an English test at Copenhagen Hospitality College.

Some applicants are required to supplement their upper secondary school diploma with a number of years of university depending on where they have completed upper secondary school.

The College recommends that all applicants attain qualifications in business accounting om level C prior to the beginning of the programme. The College offers courses in this subject immediately prior to the beginning of the programme in August.

Copenhagen Hospitality College attanches great importance to the fact that applicants have work experience from hotels, tourism companies or the service sector in general.

Applicants who want to apply for admission to the programme must do so via the Coordinated Enrollment System (Den Koordinerede Tilmelding). Application forms are available from the beginning of Febraury. The deadline for submitting applications is March 15 for applicants with foreign qualifications, while applicants with Danish qualifications should submit their applications in the beginning of June, while all other applicants receive their results on July 30.

Tuition Fee, Scholarships and Study Grants

Student who are not citizens of an EU-country or a country associated with the EU (i-e. Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein) are charged a tuition fee. Students who have permanent residence permits or residence permits in anticipation of permant stay in Denmark are not charged a tuition fee regardless of citizenship.

The fee is DKK 33,000 per semester that is payable before the beginning of each semester.

The Danish Ministry og Education manages a scholarship programme that includes a limited number og scholarships to highly qualified students om the AP Programme who are not citizens of an EU-country or a country associated with the EU. The students must satisfy all admission requirements of the AP Programme, submit their applications before March 15 and have extensive work experience or have completed a similar programme om a lower level.

Copenhagen identifies and recommends eligible applicants to the Ministry of Education that awards the scholarships. Applicants can find more information about the scholarship programme om 

http://studyindenmark.dk. The Colleges's study counselors assist applicants with information pertaining to the programme.

Some students enrolled om the AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management are entitled to receive study grants (SU) from the Danish Education Support Agency. Applicants can find more information om study grant's on the Agency's homepage om www.su.dk. The College's study counselors assist applicants with questions pertaining to study grants. 

Tuition Fee, Scholarships and Study Grants

Student who are not citizens of an EU-country or a country associated with the EU (i-e. Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein) are charged a tuition fee. Students who have permanent residence permits or residence permits in anticipation of permant stay in Denmark are not charged a tuition fee regardless of citizenship.

The fee is DKK 33,000 per semester that is payable before the beginning of each semester.

The Danish Ministry og Education manages a scholarship programme that includes a limited number og scholarships to highly qualified students om the AP Programme who are not citizens of an EU-country or a country associated with the EU. The students must satisfy all admission requirements of the AP Programme, submit their applications before March 15 and have extensive work experience or have completed a similar programme om a lower level.

Copenhagen identifies and recommends eligible applicants to the Ministry of Education that awards the scholarships. Applicants can find more information about the scholarship programme om  http://studyindenmark.dk. The Colleges's study counselors assist applicants with information pertaining to the programme.

Some students enrolled om the AP Programme in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management are entitled to receive study grants (SU) from the Danish Education Support Agency. Applicants can find more information om study grant's on the Agency's homepage om  www.su.dk. The College's study counselors assist applicants with questions pertaining to study grants.