IMI International Management Institute Switzerland

IMI International Management Institute Switzerland
IMI Switzerland
Motto	Aiming For Excellence in International Hospitality Management.
Type	Hospitality and Business school
Established	August, 1991
President	Heinz Buerki
Academic staff	30
Students	400 per year, ; In-house: 200, ; in internship: 200
Undergraduates	360
Postgraduates	40 MSc, PgD
Location	Kastanienbaum-Luzern, Switzerland
Campus	Kastanienbaum, Luzern
Affiliations	Manchester Metropolitan University UK, Oxford Brookes University UK, Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality, BAC, EDUqua, QQQ
Website	http://www.imi-luzern.com

IMI International Management Institute, Switzerland is a private hospitality school offering programmes from Foundation level to Master of Science.^[4]

It offers students the opportunity to undertake paid, practical internships as part of their programme either in Switzerland or internationally.^[5] It is one of Switzerland's smaller private hotel schools (with a maximum of 200 students per semester) and aims to offer students a highly personalised educational experience.

The school has over 25 years of offering Swiss hospitality education and was named in the top 20 providers of hospitality management education in the 2019 QS rankings.^[6]

Programs

BA (Hons) Degree in International Hotel, Tourism and Events Management
BA (Hons) Degree in International Culinary Arts
BA (Hons) Degree in Global Business or Marketing Management
MSc in International Hospitality and Events Management
Postgraduate Diploma in International Hotel and Events Management
Postgraduate Diploma in International Culinary Arts

History

In August 1991 the International Management Institute was founded at the Hotel Waldstaetten in Weggis with 55 students. By 1995 180 students per semester were being taught at IMI. In 1997 the current campus was launched in Kastanienbaum 12 bus minutes away from Lucerne. Today, around 200 students are studying each academic semester at IMI.