Professional Studies in Tourism Management - Programme Structure
• State-certified Diploma as Betriebswirt Tourismus
• optional: Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
• optional: Master of Arts
- Entry requirements:
- general qualification for university entrance (equivalent to
Abitur), subject-linked university entrance qualification (equivalent to
fachgebundene Hochschulreife), possibly qualification for entry to
universities of applied sciences (equivalent to Fachhochschulreife)
- - 1st foreign language English: studied for at least
7 years,
- 2nd foreign language French: studied for at least 3 years,
- 2nd foreign language Spanish: no prior knowledge required,
- Possibly Italian/Chinese as a 3rd foreign language: no prior knowledge
required
- + completed course of commercial vocational training
- + a minimum
of 1 year's work experience in business.
- You may, if you wish, attend language classes by way of preparation.
- Admissions procedure:
- interview and admission test
- Start:
- September
- Duration of programme:
- 4 semesters
- Semester 1 - 2:
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semesters 1 - 2 are held
in
German
- business administration; economics; mathematical
economics; accountancy; law; modules in 2 foreign languages.
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- Semester 3 - 4:
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semesters 3 - 4 are held
in
German
- main subject tourism: tourism institutions;
tourism policy; controlling; travel and event law; tourist traffic; tourism
marketing and information procurement;
- tour operator management;
international air transport; project and communication management; trade
fair, event and congress management; human resources management; information
and communication technologies; modules in 2 or 3 foreign languages;
- independently prepared dissertation on a tourism
management topic.
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- Semester 5 - 6 optional:
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consecutive Bachelor's programme in tourism management;
semesters 5 - 6 are held in
English
- Semester 7 - 9 optional:
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consecutive Master's programme in tourism management; the programme is
undergoing validation;
semesters 7 - 9 are held in
English
- Foreign languages:
- 1st and 2nd foreign languages English and Spanish /
French
- business and tourism terminology; language exercises and style;
commercial communication; economics and applied geography; translation
of general and business texts.
- 3rd foreign language (where applicable): Spanish /
Italian / Chinese
- basic vocabulary and business terminology; language exercises;
reading and listening comprehension; economics and applied geography;
commercial communication; conversation; translation.
- Awards:
- - semester 4: State-Certified Diploma as
Betriebswirt Tourismus;
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optional semester 6: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Business
with
Tourism Management.
- optional semester 9: Master of Arts in International Business with Tourism
Management.
HIB will introduce a Master's programme for tourism management that builds on
the Bachelor's
programme. The programme is undergoing
validation.
Further information on the new
Master's programme.
- Options:
- - Language examinations set by
the London, Paris and Madrid Chambers of Commerce and Industry,
- European Computer Driving Licence.
- Fees:
- For details of the current fees please see
the tuition fees
section.
- Financial support:
- Upon fulfilment of certain personal criteria the
programme (semesters 1 - 4) is eligible for
public funding via
Meister-BAföG (Upgrading
Training Assistance Act), federal government
student loans, etc. Please apply to our Student Office for further
details.
- Furthermore, the Academy offers an attractive
student funding
programme.
subject to alterations in the course of ongoing
development!
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