Students from Savignac
expand internationally
As part of your program atthe Savignac Hotel School, you have the opportunity to gain international experience through one or more opportunities: either a study abroad program at a foreign university or an internship abroad. These experiences help you mature, enhance your resume, prepare you for your career, and expose you to diversity.
Studying Abroad
In the second year of the Bachelor’s in Hospitality, you have the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner universities in Europe or around the world.
For one semester, you’ll take courses at your host institution, and your academic progress abroad will count toward your degree at Savignac, thanks to the ECTS credit system.
Students who participate are selected based on academic excellence. You do not pay tuition at the host university: this opportunity is included in your tuition at Savignac.
Moving Abroad to Work
Every year, you have the opportunity to complete internships all over the world. This allows you to experience different cultures and discover the business world from an international perspective. These experiences will help you build the kind of international profile that companies are looking for.
Good to know: Savignac partners with HRC International, an organization specializing in supporting young hospitality talent internationally. This partnership offers our graduates of the MBA in Hotel and Restaurant Management the opportunity to complete a 12-month internship in the United States, working on management assignments within high-end establishments.
The benefits of international mobility
What sector is more influenced by international cultures than thehotel, tourism and catering industry? Every culture has its own vision, rules and affinity with hospitality, gastronomy and relationships. It's these elements of culture that make up a successful customer experience.
Although our hotel school is based in France, it aims to open up many more horizons to the world. Our internationalization efforts start directly on campus, by welcoming foreign students from our twenty partner universities. Then, they take place abroad, through the many international mobility options offered to our students as part of their curriculum.
This is an aspect of our curriculum that we defend with fervor. Tourism is a global industry, and a course in luxury hospitality has to be as well. By studying or working abroad, you open up your perspectives to new cultures and ways of seeing, while having to reinvent yourself in a new context. You learn as much about yourself as you do about others. Students who have benefited from an experience abroad gain in humility, sense of responsibility and openness to others.
These are key skills in thehotel, restaurant and tourism industries, especially if you wish to work in a multicultural context.