The Bachelor in International Food Service Management will prepare you for a career as a food service expert, able to work in a range of environments, from fast to traditional food, street food to gastronomic restaurants, franchises to independent outlets, and from commercial to institutional catering.
Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management (4-year) registered and approved by the Ministry of Higher Education, Innovation and Industry*.
*Publication in the Official Journal on 29 August 2019
Qualification: Bachelor (Hons.) State Certified Level II Qualification
Length: 4 years full-time
Languages of instruction: French/English or English
Entry requirements: French baccalaureate or international equivalent
Start date: April or September
Careers: Multi-site food service manager, Food and beverage manager, Restaurant entrepreneur, Category manager, Concept creator
Satisfying food desires across the generations
In Europe, 1 meal out of every 5 is eaten out of the home. New lifestyles, societal changes and the increasing needs for services to the person have all made food service a strategic sector. Our 4-year course will allow you to study the whole food service value chain: suppliers, distributors, restaurant owners and consumers.
This course is for you if you’re a natural leader interested in all categories of food service. If you’re also passionate about digital technologies and constantly on the look-out for innovations to improve the quality of customer service.
Tomorrow, you’ll be equipped with the skills to successfully adapt to changes in consumer habits, guarantee the profitability of your establishment and increase the satisfaction of your clients.
Course overview
The art of learning
Our learning approach is unwaveringly innovative, inspired by the “test & learn” philosophy, offering students both a strategic and operational perspective of the industry. 50% of your course will involve practical professional training in our hotels and training restaurants. You’ll develop a clear and in-depth vision of each segment of the food service industry, along with the demands of culinary production and regulatory requirements.
As the course advances, you’ll progressively gain confidence as a manager, preparing you for rapid career progression. Equipped with the team, leadership, communication, analytical and decision-making skills expected by employers, you’ll be able to work effectively with kitchen teams as well as service teams and suppliers. 
Course features*
*Given only as examples
- Culinary techniques and technologies
- Organisation of culinary production, hygiene, health and safety
- Wine and spirits management
- Introduction to marketing, accounting management and human resources
- Interpersonal communication skills, modern foreign languages
- Practical and managerial role-plays: brasserie, bistronomic and gastronomic service
4-month work placement
- International food & beverage
- Architecture and interior design
- Restaurant service and food culture from the world
- Social & digital marketing
- Leadership management
- Nutrition and dietetics
- Creative project
4-month work placement and/or international exchange programme at one of our partner schools
- Supply chain management
- Financial and revenue management
- Diversity management
- Innovation concept and design thinking
- Managing sustainable development
- Fast food and institutional catering management
6-month work placement
Our specialisations will enable you to develop a more flexible approach to management and equip you with a specific domain of expertise.
- 4th year specialisation International Wine & Beverage Management
- 4th year specialisation The Hospitality Entrepreneur
- 4th year specialisation Strategic Meetings & Events Management
- 4th year specialisation Global Wellness Management (opening soon)
- 4th year specialisation Multi-Unit & Restaurant Concept Management (opening soon)
- 4th year specialisation Management de la Restauration Institutionnelle (opening soon)
Why choose us?
Come and shake things up
- Choose to be unique – true to the vision of our founders, we are the only school in France to offer an undergraduate programme dedicated to food service.
- Discover a myriad of new career opportunities.
- At Institut Paul Bocuse, you’ll be able to display your talent whilst working with the very best, including a multiskilled team of 150 industry professionals and leading professors.
- You’ll be able to try out your skills in a unique training environment offering a 5-star hotel school, a campus-based hotel and 6 training restaurants.
- Benefit from our partnership with the Université du Vin (Wine University) located in Suze La Rousse. You’ll follow a comprehensive 60-hour training programme covering all aspects of the wine industry.
- Further your expertise by choosing one of the specialisations available in Year 4.
- Build yourself an inspirational and international future: 80% of our graduates’ first jobs are as managers. Nearly 70% begin their career overseas.
What can i do next?
The future is yours for the taking
What are the opportunities for further study?
5-year postgraduate studies in International Hospitality Management
Careers and opportunities
Perhaps your dream job is
- Restaurant manager
- Food & Beverage manager
- Concept creator
- Food import & export manager
- Consultant
Or even …
- Client manager
- Management controler
- Trainer
- Events partnership manager
Admissions, conditions and fees
Two start dates each year
- April 2021: choice between dual language (French/English) or English programme
Closing date to apply: 30 January 2021 - September 2021: choice between dual language (French/English) or English programme
Admissions in 1st year
Selection: tests (4 different computer-based exams) and individual interview
Admissions on record in 3rd year
Our Bachelor program is also open in the 3rd year, according to conditions, to holders of a 2-year higher education degree or equivalent in the world of hospitality.
Selection: DISC test, English test, MCQ, individual interview and group interview.