Your pathway into the BHMS bachelor degrees · Lucerne
What you study for six months
One semester, six modules, two awards. Here is the Certificate in Hospitality and Business Operations — module by module, with nothing hidden in a brochure.
The modules
Six blocks, one semester
Everything is assessed through coursework — projects, presentations and real briefs — building week by week towards the BTEC. Learning by doing, not one final exam sitting.
Exploring Business & Hospitality
Discover how global service and hospitality businesses operate while learning the fundamentals of management, customer experience and entrepreneurship.
Creative Marketing & Brand Promotion
Learn how brands attract customers through creative marketing strategies, digital promotion, and campaign design.
Team Building in Business
Inspire collaboration, strengthen relationships and lead high-performing teams that drive success.
Managing an Event
Gain practical insight into event planning, from concept and promotion to delivering a successful event.
Advanced Hospitality & Business Communication
Strengthen academic, communication & presentation skills to prepare for successful degree studies.
Languages for Global Hospitality (optional)
Develop essential German, French or Spanish skills and cultural insights to help you integrate in the local community or build on previous studies.
What you walk away with
Two awards in your hand
Finish the semester and you hold two named qualifications — not an attendance letter.
Award 1
Certificate in Hospitality and Business Operations
The BHMS award for the full Certificate semester in Lucerne — the qualification the programme is named after.
Included award · Pearson
BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Business
An included second credential: a UK Level 3 qualification regulated and awarded by Pearson, equivalent in size to one A-level. Coursework-assessed — a different way of learning, on the same route: Year 1 at BHMS. How it bridges into Year 1 →
BHMS is a Pearson BTEC Approved Centre.
Entry requirements
The entry floor, in plain terms
Three requirements, stated up front. Meeting them is what makes the BTEC and the bridge into Year 1 real.
17+
Minimum age
5 iGCSEs
including Maths and English, or equivalent
5.0 / B2
English, or equivalent
Different school systems name things differently. If you are not sure whether your certificates count as equivalent, do not guess — take the Fit Check or ask admissions on WhatsApp.
Why this semester works
Built to make Year 1 feel normal
The factsheet puts it in three lines, and they hold up:
- Build confidence and study techniques for a smooth transition to degree studies
- Study core business and hospitality concepts in advance of the BA
- Study alongside students from around the world
By the time Year 1 starts, the campus, the teaching style and the subject matter are already familiar ground — that is the point of the Certificate semester.
See the full pathway
Where it happens
One campus: Lucerne
The whole semester runs at the BHMS campus in Lucerne — Guetschstrasse 2-6, 6003 Lucerne, Switzerland. Lake on one side, mountains on the other, and a compact city you can cross on foot at 17.
The fee is CHF 26'200 all-inclusive, with shared accommodation — so where you sleep is settled before you land.
Six months in Lucerne. Then your bachelor’s degree.
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 →