Making a Prestigious Education More Accessible 

Eligible Swiss citizens and residents will be able to benefit from subsidies from the Haute École Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO) for the Master's in Hospitality Management.

This agreement aims to make academic excellence more accessible. In line with this commitment, tuition fees for eligible students will be limited to CHF 700 per academic semester, starting with the intake in September 2025, the remainder being paid by the HES-SO (additional costs such as infrastructure, services, or catering packages are excluded). 

Eligibility Criteria 

To benefit from this subsidy, students must meet one of the following criteria at the time of enrollment: 

• Students with Swiss nationality whose parents reside in Switzerland. 

• Swiss nationals living abroad or whose parents live abroad. 

• Refugees or stateless individuals assigned to a canton in Switzerland. 

• Permanent residents who have lived and worked full-time in the same Swiss canton for at least two years, achieving financial independence. 

• Foreign students with civil residence in Switzerland (excluding B permits for education purposes). 

• Foreign students with parents or legal guardians residing in Switzerland. 
  

• Foreign students whose parents live abroad but at least one parent works in Geneva under a G permit. 

Important Notes: 

• Eligibility is determined by the relevant canton under the Intercantonal Agreement on Universities of Applied Sciences (A-HES). 
  
  
• The questionnaire determining the granting of A-HES status will be sent to students one month before the start of the academic year.
  
  
• The status defined at the beginning of the studies remains unchanged for the whole duration of studies at EHL.
  
  
• Should a student abandon his or her studies or fail before 15 October, depending on the half-year in progress, he/she will lose his/her funding, and the HES-SO will stop contributing to tuition fees. In this case, the full amount of tuition fees for international students will be applicable and invoiced.