Hospitality Management

Description

The Hospitality Management specialty fully taught in English. It is designed to provide a wide array of skills and knowledge, which are necessary for every manager in the field of tourism. These capabilities provide graduates with excellent career growth opportunities in an international context. They serve as an excellent starting point for students who intend to reach TOP management level in broad aspects of the tourism industry both in Bulgaria and on an International level. The majority of the graduates from this specialty occupy middle and top management positions in multinational tourist organizations working as hotel managers, F&B and Front Office Managers, Senior Administrators, Marketing Managers and many others.

The chief aim of this specialty is the preparation of highly qualified specialists with developed business thinking and excellent knowledge and professional behavior, which are typical for successful managers:

- Good command of foreign languages

- Ability to work in a team

- Ability to communicate effectively

- Analytical and Interpretative skills

- Planning skills

- Decision making skills

- Resourcefulness and flexibility

Upon successful completion of the 3-year study course students receive Bulgarian Bachelor Degree from International University College and British BA (Hons) from University of Wales, UK.

Detailed Course Facts

• English

Course Content

First semester:

• Introduction to hospitalitymanagement

• Economics and business environment
• Marketing and business communications
• Foreign Languages - First language - English for business and tourism, Second foreign language - English/German/French/Spanish

Second semester:

• Research and Statistics

• Accounting and Finance
• Introduction to Tourism and Management
• Foreign languages
• Summer Internship I (double module)

Third semester:

• Foreign Languages II: English for academic writing, Other Language (German/French/Spanish)

• Human resource management and Organizational Behavior
• Event management
• Hotel operations management

Fourth semester:

• Marketing communications and marketing research
  Tour operations, travel agents and passenger transport

Optional modules within the curriculum in the fourth semester:

• Entrepreneurship

• International hotels development and management
• Foreign Languages II
• Summer Internship II (double module)

Fifth and sixth semester:

• Strategic Management for Hospitality, Tourism, Leisure and Events

• International Food and Beverage Management
• Current Issues in Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management
• Diploma or Enterprise project

Optional modules within the curricula in the fifth and sixth semester:

• Corporate finance

• Electronic Commerce
• Branding, Advertising and Contemporary Consumption

• Advanced Food Hygiene
• Modern Foreign Language, Culture and Society

Requirements

o TOEFL IBT with score of min. 79 points

o SAT - over 1000 points from two sections

o IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent score from other internationally recognized testing systems

Firstly, you will have to apply by e-mail. For this purpose you will have to prepare the following documents:1. Please download and fill in the application form.
2. Scan your secondary education diploma.
3. Prepare your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and attach a photo.
4. Send us an e-mail with your motivation letter, the application form, the scanned copy of your diploma, and your CV to marketing@vumk.eu.

Once we receive the above listed documents the Student Affairs Office reviews them and informs you on our decision. Normally this process takes about 2 weeks. Upon receiving a confirmation you should send us by POST the following:1. Please download, print out and fill in the application form.
2. Photocopy your secondary education diploma.
3. Prepare and print out your CV.
4. Your motivation letter.
5. Pack and post the abovementioned documents, enclosing two passport size photos, to the following address:

To the attention of Student Affairs Office

International University College
No. 3 Bulgaria Street
Dobrich 9300
Bulgaria

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than International University College.

Accreditation

The Hospitality Management specialty is accredited by the Bulgarian National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency in the "Administration and Management" academic stream.

Furthermore, the IUC Hospitality Management specialty is recognized and accredited by University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK, which provides students with the opportunity to receive two Bachelor Degrees upon successful completion of their studies.