Fees · published, not quoted
CHF 26'200 — all-inclusive, with shared accommodation
Six months in Lucerne, a shared room inside the fee, four starts a year. That is the entire price list for the Certificate in Hospitality and Business Operations — printed here, before you have filled in a single form.
Price transparency
The number most schools make you ask for
Fees for pathway programmes usually live behind enquiry forms: you hand over your details, a counsellor calls, and the price arrives late in the conversation — when it is harder to walk away.
Families plan better with the number up front. So here it is, from the current official BHMS factsheet: CHF 26'200, “all-inclusive, with shared accommodation”, for the full 6-month Certificate semester in Lucerne. No other fee figures appear on this site, because no others are published.
The whole fee picture
Three numbers, and that is the table
CHF 26'200
All-inclusive, with shared accommodation
One published price for the semester. Your room is part of it, not a line on top of it.
6 months
One semester, fixed length
A defined block of time with a defined destination: the Certificate is designed to bridge into Year 1 of a BHMS bachelor degree. See the pathway →
4 intakes
February · May · August · November
Whenever results arrive, the next start date is close. Find your nearest intake →
What is inside the fee
“All-inclusive”, and what that phrase does not tell you
The factsheet commits to “all-inclusive, with shared accommodation” — and stops there. It does not publish an itemised inclusion list, so rather than pad this page with a guessed one, we send you to the source.
Before you commit a franc, ask admissions for the written, itemised list for your intake — meals, insurance, BTEC registration, arrival arrangements, all of it in black and white. That written answer, not a marketing page, is what you should plan against.
For parents
Budget on the fee, not on wishful arithmetic
Whatever the written inclusion list confirms, plan these lines yourself:
- The programme fee — CHF 26'200
- Flights to and from Switzerland
- Personal spending money for the semester
And one rule keeps the plan honest: no earning assumptions. Non-EU students cannot take paid work during the first six months of a Swiss study permit — which is this entire semester. If anyone’s arithmetic depends on a part-time job at 17, it is wrong. How the visa works →
The Certificate fee covers the six-month semester only. Fees for the degree years that follow are a separate conversation with admissions — have it early, so the full picture is on the table. The parents’ page →
Questions
Straight answers on money
What does CHF 26'200 actually include?
The official factsheet wording is “all-inclusive, with shared accommodation” — one figure for the six-month Certificate semester, with a shared room inside it. BHMS does not publish an itemised inclusion list for this programme, so we do not print one. Before you pay anything, ask admissions to confirm in writing exactly what is covered for your intake.
Are there other fee levels or programme variants?
No. One programme, one campus in Lucerne, one published price: CHF 26'200. There is no tuition-only rate and no per-module pricing on the factsheet, and none are printed here.
Can my son or daughter work part-time to cover part of the cost?
Plan the budget as if the answer is no. Non-EU students cannot take paid work during the first six months of a Swiss study permit — which is the entire Certificate semester. The visa page explains the rules in detail.
Are there scholarships or discounts?
BHMS does not publish scholarship or discount figures for this programme, so none are quoted here. Ask admissions directly what applies to your profile and intake — and get any offer in writing.
Can the fee be paid in instalments?
Payment schedules are not published on the factsheet, so we do not print one. Admissions confirms payment terms in writing before you commit to anything.
One price. In print. Four starts a year.
Four starts a year — February · May · August · November. Lucerne, Switzerland.
Finish the 6-month Certificate semester — earn the Certificate in Hospitality and Business Operations, with the BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Business (Pearson) included — and step into Year 1 of a BHMS bachelor degree validated by Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. See the full pathway →