Are you interested in a career in tourism? Do you want to work in event, hotel, congress or destination management? Are you looking for a varied career field with a promising future?
A Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism & Hospitality Management offers you the optimal combination of theory and practice. In just six semesters you will deal with all areas of tourism and hospitality management, work on real business field projects and develop your personal skills.
Highlights
Recommendation rate: 95 % (according to graduate survey 2020)
- Experience-based training through excursions and lecturers from the business world
- International competencies through professional internship / exchange semester abroad (in the full-time variant)
- Future orientation through economic basis combined with current tourism issues
- Personalization of the study program through specialization in: Hotel Management, Event & Congress Design, Congress, Mobility or Food Entrepreneurship (in the full-time variant)
- Dual study variant with alternation of practical and theoretical phases
- Creativity and problem-solving skills through practical projects
Focus & Qualifications
Competent ...
As tourism professionals, you will have expertise in:
- Management of tourism operations, including human resource management and data-based decision making
- Digital and classic marketing of destinations and services
- Specialization from the 2nd semester in hotel management, event & congress design, mobility and food entrepreneurship
Practice-orientated ...
- The degree program mirrors the needs of the tourism industry and guarantees a high level of practical relevance. Over 70% of teaching staff work in the industry full-time and add their own practical knowledge to the theoretical orientation of the courses. Students learn from practical projects, which are organized in conjunction with businesses. They also organize events and excursions themselves.
- TM on Tour is where we visit tourist venues, companies or destinations with students. The high practical relevance ensures an exciting degree program.
International ...
- Our students gain international experience during an internship abroad in their fifth semester. From Australia to Dubai, to South America, in the hotel industry, gastronomy, airline, event agency or destination marketing… everything is possible.
- An internship abroad is not the only way for our students to gain intercultural competence. Business English is an important part of the degree program and the Center for International Education and Mobility (CIEM) at FHWien der WKW offers a varied range of foreign language courses.
