Tourism

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The programme provides students with a comprehensive understanding of current trends and topical issues in tourism. It is designed especially for experts in travel intermediaries and retailing, tour operating, transportation, travel management, and tourism and service organisations, who are interested in developing individual companies and work communities across various sectors of business world.

The Degree Programme of Tourism leads to a Masters degree in Hospitality Management. The programme consists of 90 credits and follows a Bachelors Degree Programme of 210 cr. The Masters Degree programme is executed as an adult education and is implemented through monthly three-day contact sessions.

Key Learning Outcomes
The Degree Programme in Tourism is based on the perceived future needs of the industry. The focus is on the current trends such as rapid globalization, continuous change, technology and sustainability. The programme provides tools to cope with the challenges that exist in the industry and to establish and develop individual companies and work communities. The emphasis is on anticipation, sustainability and responsibility in the tourism business and on learning to cope in changing situations.

Official length of the programme:

* 1,5-3 years

Professional Growth
The goal is to raise the know-how of an expert to the level of a developer. The programme prepares students to take on diverse professional tasks, for example involving organizational development, project coordination and management. In addition, the programme instils in students the drive for life-long learning, and professional skills that function as a solid foundation for professional growth in an ever-changing business environment.

Semester Themes
The themes of the study modules are Management, Tools to Develop Working Life, and Topical Issues in Tourism.

The programme is executed through an adult implementation with three-day contacts (Thursday - Saturday) about once a month. The length of the studies is 1½ years for a full-time and 3 years for a part-time student.

Programme requirements: Applicants are expected to have a Bachelors degree, three years working experience after the degree, and good English language skills. Students will be selected based on an entrance examination and distance assignment. Work Experience At least 3 year(s) of work experience is required.

A scholarship scheme which covers the tuition fee for the second and third semester is available. The scholarships are meant for those paying students who show good results in their studies, i.e. the number and level of the ECTS credits, during the first and second semester. A free form application for the scholarship together with the transcript of records must be submitted to the Programme Director for each semester not later than 10 January for the Spring Semester and 10 September for the Autumn Semester.