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Leading Hospitality School in the heart of Switzerland
Start your hotel management, business or culinary arts education at IMI and benefit from small class sizes, personalised work placements and a global employer network offering a world of opportunity!

Leading Hospitality School in the heart of Switzerland

Start your hotel management, business or culinary arts education at IMI and benefit from small class sizes, personalised work placements and a global employer network offering a world of opportunity!

Why study at IMI Switzerland?

 

 

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Top Ranked

One of the leading hospitality schools in the QS World Rankings.

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UK-Degree Awards

All degrees validated by Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Global Family

Join students from over 35 different nationalities on our beautiful lakeside campus.

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Your Future

Internship support for all students and 97% employability rate after graduation.

2024 Open Days

Discover our unique study environment at one of our 2024 Campus Open Days.

Hospitality Management

Degree study that prepares you for leadership...

Our UK-validated awards offer you the management training required to excel in leadership roles within the hospitality industry and beyond. Small class sizes, personalised learning support, and paid internship placements all enhance your knowledge and set you on a path to career success.

Hospitality Management

Degree study that prepares you for leadership...

Our UK-validated awards offer you the management training required to excel in leadership roles within the hospitality industry and beyond. Small class sizes, personalised learning support, and paid internship placements all enhance your knowledge and set you on a path to career success.

International Culinary Arts

Perfect your cooking skills while enhancing your management theory...

More than just a cooking degree, our international culinary arts programme equips you with both practical kitchen skills as well as business management theory. Whether you dream of becoming a head chef or aim to become a culinary entrepreneur running a chain of successful restaurants, this is the perfect study programme for you.

International Culinary Arts

Perfect your cooking skills while enhancing your management theory...

More than just a cooking degree, our international culinary arts programme equips you with both practical kitchen skills as well as business management theory. Whether you dream of becoming a head chef or aim for success as a culinary entrepreneur running a chain of successful restaurants, this is the perfect study programme for you.

"Studying in Switzerland was an incredible experience - the atmosphere, location, staff and students who became part of my family!

Antoine Golinvaux - 2016 Alumni

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A Global Family

With students from over 35+ countries on campus each year, we offer a truly international educational environment.

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A Global Family

With students from over 35+ countries on campus each year, we offer a truly international educational environment.

The IMI Student Experience

UK-Accredited Degrees

All our degree programmes are accredited by our partner Manchester Metropolitan University, meaning our students receive a UK degree award on top of our Swiss hospitality expertise. An unbeatable combination that prepares you for both academic and career success.

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Hospitality Management

Degree pathways in hotel, tourism and events management.

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Culinary Arts

Expert kitchen training alongside business management theory.

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Business Management

Management training to prepare you for leadership roles.

97%

Alumni employment rate one year after graduation.

No.1

Ranked hospitality school for Employer Reputation in German part of Switzerland.

40+

Student nationalities on campus each year.

Your future in hospitality...

IMI's dedicated Careers team works directly with the world's biggest hospitality brands as well as leading international companies to secure you CV-enriching, paid work placements in exciting destinations across the globe.

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...or international industry

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97%

Alumni employment rate one year after graduation.

No.1

Ranked hospitality school for Employer Reputation in German part of Switzerland.

40+

Student nationalities on campus each year.

Your future in hospitality...

...or international industry

IMI's dedicated Careers team works directly with the world's biggest hospitality brands as well as leading international companies to secure you CV-enriching, paid work placements in exciting destinations across the globe.

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Summer Programme

Experience two weeks in Switzerland and discover the magic of IMI!

  Alumni Success

Naci Kusadali

Director of F&B

With a career that spans Europe, the Middle East and China, Naci has gone on a truly international career journey since graduating from IMI. This path has led him to his current leadership roles at one of the world's biggest hotel brands.

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  Alumni Success

Emi Fukahori

Business Owner

After her IMI studies, Emi followed her passion for coffee and established the MAME brand operating out of Zurich. With two cafes and a restaurant already established, the company also ships coffee to an international customer base.

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  Alumni Success

Emi Fukahori

Japan

After her IMI studies, Emi followed her passion for coffee and established the MAME brand operating out of Zurich. With two cafes and a restaurant already established, the company also ships coffee to an international customer base.

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  Alumni Success

Amit Shama-Levaillant

Israel / Switzerland

IMI students are highly entrepreneurial and Amit is a great example of this - opening a successful chain of restaurants on completion of his hospitality studies with us.

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"Our greatest pride is our alumni success and the fact that they always remain a part of the IMI family.

Heinz Bürki - IMI Founder and Owner

A rapidly
growing
industry!

$9,950 billion

The estimated value of the hospitality industry in 2028.

100 million

The number of new jobs predicted to be created within the hospitality sector by 2028.

16.3% growth

Anticipated Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of the hospitality sector between 2022 and 2028 -
making it one of the world's fastest growing industry sectors.

A rapidly growing industry...


$9,950 billion

The estimated value of the hospitality industry in 2028.

100 million

The number of new jobs predicted to be created within the hospitality sector by 2028.

16.3% growth

Anticipated Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of the
hospitality sector between 2022 and 2028 - making it one of
the world's fastest growing industry sectors.

Campus
Kastanienbaum

Live and study at our beautiful lakeside campus just minutes outside the historic city of Luzern.