Are you a travel enthusiast and are keen to seek out innovative ideas for tourism in the future? Would you like to make your own contribution to developing a sustainable society? Act as a trailblazer for carving new pathways in the tourism industry. Study Future Tourism: Innovation, Transformation and Sustainable Development!
Tourism is a major worldwide sector of industry that is constantly changing. On the degree programme in Future Tourism, you will learn about the latest developments in tourism. You will analyse the effects of this transformation and how you can influence developments positively. Play a role in shaping the future of tourism and develop innovative and sustainable concepts that help protect the environment and nature and preserve spaces for living, leisure and culture. Start changing the sector and set new trends!
During the course of your studies, you will acquire expertise in the field of sustainability and future tourism. You will develop innovative business models for destinations and learn how to implement them. Besides knowledge of business and tourism, you will also hone economic and legal skills and learn about digital transformation methods. To round off the package, we also teach languages and offer courses on intercultural communication and mediation.
Whether you end up working in the tourist business, a research institute or a consultancy – graduates from this degree programme can look forward to a wide range of career opportunities all over the world. Along the way, we will support you with efficient study groups, excellent learning methods and real-life practical projects in collaboration with our partners. We will also help you organise internships, stints abroad and your final thesis. Our range of specialist modules and flexible electives mean you can tailor your studies to suit your particular interests and steer a clear course towards your intended career.
At a glance
Award
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.)
Study mode
full-time
Standard duration
7 semesters
ECTS credits
210
Starts
winter semester
Restricted admission
no
Taught in
German, English
Faculty
Tourism Management
Study abroad
optional
Accreditation
in the course of implementation
Details about this course
The degree programme is divided into the foundation course (semesters 1 to 3), the advanced course (semesters 4 to 7) and the practical semester (semester 4 or 5).
The foundation course (semesters 1 to 3) is designed to introduce you to the various topics that will be covered. You will learn the basic principles of business administration (incl. marketing, law and economics), acquire interdisciplinary skills (e.g. presentation techniques), and get a solid training in two foreign languages. At the same time, you will get into the tourism mindset, understand and steer tourism as a system, and learn to target sustainability.
On the advanced course (semesters 4 to 7), you will learn about core and advanced aspects of innovation, transformation and sustainable development in tourism – divided into three theoretical and one practical semester of study.
Alongside the compulsory modules, you can tailor your choice of additional compulsory electives (= flexi-modules) and two specialist modules to hone the skills that you really want to focus on. Potential specialist modules include:
- Sustainability & climate change management
- Innovation and business design in tourism (in English)
- Designing living spaces in alpine regions
- Tourism and technology (in English)
We recommend that you select your majors with a view to the practical semester and your career aspirations.
During the practical semester (4th or 5th), you will spend 18 weeks in a company either in Germany or abroad and two weeks attending practically focused classes on campus. However, appropriate vocational training or at least 12 months’ relevant work experience in the industry can be counted instead.
To round off your degree, you then write your bachelor’s thesis . Upon successfully completing the programme, the university of applied sciences will award you the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).
- Management positions in tourism-related organisations, and development, consultancy and research institutes
- Innovation and sustainability management at destinations and in the tourism industry
- Consultancy in tourism-related development agencies and NGOs
- Developing new business models for tourism
- In innovative businesses that link sustainability with digitalisation
Application process:
Have we whetted your appetite for the degree programme in Future Tourism? If so, we would be delighted for you to apply. We have pooled all the information and details you might need about applying and the admission requirements .
Admission requirements:
Are you good at thinking in abstract terms and adopting scientific methods?
Do you like taking the initiative and want to influence tourism and how it evolves in the future?
Are you interested in sustainable development in industry and society?
Are you convinced that innovation in tourism can only succeed by linking digitalisation with sustainability?
If so, you’re on the just right track to study “Future Tourism”!
We subscribe to the values of openness, tolerance and acceptance. Our aim is to teach everyone involved at Kempten University of Applied Sciences about education in an international context. As part of this, we support university-wide, inter-faculty measures to promote international projects and cross-cultural interaction.
With more than 50 partner universities all over the world, we can offer outstanding opportunities for semesters or internships abroad and specialist and/or language courses. Are you interested in learning more about our international aspirations and the options for you to study abroad? Then we invite you to check out the information we have posted online.
We compile all study programme and examination regulations centrally for you. There you will find all versions and changes. continue
Study option with more practical experience
Would you ideally like to combine studying with hands-on experience? You can! Kempten University of Applied Sciences offers the following study options with additional practice:
- Programme with extended practice – practically focused + flexible!
Programmes with extended practice combine a regular bachelor’s degree programme at the university with intensive practical placements relating to your academic subject matter with one of our partners. Students can select this “sandwich” option until their fourth semester. - Academic studies and apprenticeship programme – a neat way to study and train at the same time!
An academic studies and apprenticeship programme (“Verbundstudium”) enables you to gain a fully accredited vocational qualification while you are studying for your bachelor’s degree – doubling the appeal for many companies!
You can find further information on these options right here.
Further details about the degree programme
practical semester
The degree programme in Future Tourism includes a semester of practice-based study aimed at giving you direct insights into the areas you intend to work in later on. The subject matter covered concerns more exacting tasks and working on demanding projects.
Semesters 4 or 5 are earmarked for the practical semester.
If you have already completed vocational training or at least one year of uninterrupted, relevant work experience in a field related to the degree programme, it is possible to proceed without an internship. For further information, right here or ask Academic Registry / the placement officer for this degree programme.
You can browse internships and vacancies on the Jobs Board, at Study-Work-International, in the database maintained by Academic Registry / the International Office or on notices posted on the ground floor in Building A.
You can swap your experiences on placement with your fellow students in the “Guide to Internships”. For further details, right here.
Information about the practical semester is posted online right here.
Kempten Tourism alumni
We are always curious from the start to see where your career ultimately takes you, which inspired us to form the Kempten Tourism alumni network in spring 2013. It’s a great forum for making, maintaining and nurturing contacts and discussing the latest topics in the sector. Would you like to find out more about the network or join it? If so, we’d be delighted to have you on board! You can find all the relevant information and sign up on the Kempten Tourism alumni webpage.
Contacts
We know how exciting the prospect of going to university can be. So we want you to know whom you can get in touch with if you have any questions about studying with us. Whether they’re about the degree programme, applying or anything else, please contact the University Student Advisory Service or our Faculty Office.
