Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality
| SSTH Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality | |
|---|---|
| SSTH Schweizerische Schule für Touristik und Hotellerie | |
| Motto | Your future is our mission |
| Established | 1966 |
| Type | Private AG (Ltd.) |
| Director | Ursula Gehbauer Tichler |
Administrative staff | 94 |
| Students | 515 |
| Location | Chur and Passugg, Graubünden, Switzerland |
| Colors | Red |
| Website | http://www.ssth.ch |
The Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) is an institution of higher education located in Passugg in Switzerland. The fields of study include tourism, gastronomy, hospitality and management. Courses of study range from basic vocational education with apprenticeship, higher vocational education to undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Profile
SSTH was founded by Dr. Markus Christoffel in 1966. Since 1988, the former spa hotel in Passugg serves as the educational facility for the 300 plus students at the College of Applied Sciences. With the international orientation of the school students from more than 40 nations study their education at SSTH. As the first recognised German speaking Hotel School, SSTH has been teaching according to the new Swiss national frame work since 2009.
The programmes at SSTH are under the control of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology OPET, The Cantonal Office for Higher Education (AHB) as well as the Association of Swiss Hotel Schools (ASEH). The courses of the vocational school are supervised by the Cantonal Office for Vocational Education (AfB).
Educational programmes and diploma
Vocational education
- Hotel and Gastro Specialist (cantonal certificate) with integrated Federal Certificate of Vocational Training and Education as Restaurant Specialist
- Commercial Assistant Profile E
- Travel Specialist Profile E
- Commercial Trade Diploma of the Association of Swiss Commercial Schools (VSH)
Higher vocational education (Hotel Management School)
- Higher Federal Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management HF
International Courses (Bachelor Degrees & Post Graduate Degree)
- Bachelor of Arts in International Hospitality Management
- Swiss Higher Diploma - HF Degree in International Hospitality Management
- Post Graduate Diploma in International Hospitality Management
- Language and Hospitality Preparation Course - Foundation Degree (preparatory course for IELTS Test)
The “Stagiere-Course” is a course of further education for hotel industry studying students from Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Latvia) with subsequent internship in the Swiss hotel and restaurant industry.
Cooperations
- [Edinburgh Napier University], Edinburgh, Scotland
- University of Delaware, Newark, USA
- University of Applied Sciences HTW, Chur, Switzerland
International Student Exchange Programmes
- USIL, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru
- GATE, Global Academy of Tourism & Hospitality Education, Kathmandu, Nepal
- PIHS, Panama International Hotel School, Panama
- Cheju Halla College, Cheju Island, South Korea
International Food Festival
The food festival is a student-based project that is organised by the students as part of their project management education. Since 2003 the food festival has been open the public and annually welcomes around 2000 guests for a culinary trip around the world. On the 20 degustation stands the students present specialities and exotic dishes from their home countries. Workshops, tasting sessions and presentations supplement the food festival programme.