Year after year, École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) consistently achieves top spots in hospitality management school rankings which compare all of the universities around the world offering hospitality, tourism and leisure management programs. Each hotel school ranking study uses specific criteria and methodologies to reach the final results, but they all focus on the criteria that matter most for hospitality graduates, including academic quality, employer reputation and contributions to research.
Here is a breakdown of the EHL’s awards and recognitions for best hospitality management school, and for our student training restaurant which is a key part of our hospitality management degree program.
Best Hospitality Management Schools Rankings 2019
This year, EHL achieved the number one spot in two international university ranking studies:
- QS World University Rankings, Hospitality & Leisure Management, #1 worldwide in 2019
- CEO World Magazine - Best Hospitality And Hotel Management Schools In The World, #1 in 2019
Recent Hospitality & Hotel School Rankings
- Top 5 Best Universities in the World to Study Tourism and Hospitality, Investimentos e Noticias, #2 in 2018
- QS World University Rankings, Hospitality & Leisure Management, #1 outside the US and #2 globally in 2018
- Top 10 Universities to Study Hotel Management, Educations.com, #2 in 2018
- Top 10 Most Prestigious Hospitality Management Departments in the World, Hospitality Management Degrees, #2 in 2017 and 2018
The Best Hospitality School Training Restaurant
Our student training restaurant Le Berceau des Sens is the first educational restaurant in Switzerland to receive these honors, placing it alongside some of the industry’s finest dining establishments.
- Le Berceau des Sens, One Michelin star, 2019
- Le Berceau des Sens, rated 16/20 by Gault & Millau, 2018
Other Prestigious Awards & Hospitality University Rankings
- Best Employer in Western Switzerland Award, Medium-sized company category, Bilan, 2018
- Top 50 Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools in the World, CEO World Magazine Luxury Insider, 2017 and 2018
- #1 Hospitality Management School outside USA and #4 worldwide, CEO World Ranking, 2015 and 2017
- Top 10 Prestigious Hospitality Management Schools in the World, #1 Hospitality & Leisure Management University for employability and #2 overall, QS World University Rankings 2017 and 2018
- Best Hospitality Management Masters, Eduniversal Best Masters Rankings #2 in 2017 and #7 in 2018,
- Best Hotel Management School Worldwide Hospitality Awards 2014
- World’s Best Hotel Management School TNS Sofres 2007, 2010, 2013
