Expiring – The final students were admitted to the existing degree programme in Tourism Management in Winter Semester 2021/2022. The new format of the degree programme in Tourism Management will be launched in Winter Semester 2022/2023.
Are you passionate about travel and leisure sector? Would you like to offer experiences that create wonderful memories or manage the wide range of processes that make this all possible? If so, you should study Tourism Management – and where better than at a key holiday destination in the heart of the Allgäu region in southern Germany!
As a tourism manager, you will learn to understand what thrills and motivates holiday-makers and adventurers and to turn these special charms into products and tourist services. Where holidays and everyday life cross paths, sustainability is always also on the agenda! How can we create holiday value in a way that preserves natural resources and generates respect for tourism? The job opportunities are extremely diverse.
The degree programme in Tourism Management will equip you with a thorough basis of knowledge in business and tourism. The close ties with professional practice and the findings and methods taught on the degree programme lay the foundation for a successful future career. The range of specialist modules enables you to tailor your choice of courses to suit your personal interests and carefully steer your studies in the direction of your career aspirations.
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Award
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.)
Study mode
full-time, dual
Standard duration
7 semesters
ECTS credits
210
Starts
winter semester
Restricted admission
yes
Taught in
German, English
Faculty
Tourism Management
Study abroad
optional
Accreditation
ACQUIN
Details about this course
Your studies are divided into the foundation course (semesters 1 to 3), the advanced course (semesters 4 to 7) and the practical semester (semester 4 or 5), rounded off with your bachelor’s thesis.
The foundation course (semesters 1 to 3) focuses on introducing students to the concept of tourism, teaching them language skills and familiarising them with core aspects of business. You will also learn about legal, economic and intercultural considerations and be taught key presentation techniques. There’s also an introduction to the digital economy to get you up and running in the sphere of digitalisation.
During the advanced course (semesters 4 to 7), you will learn about core and advanced subjects in tourism management, divided into three theoretical and one practical semesters of study.
Alongside the compulsory subjects, you can tailor your choice of compulsory elective subjects and specialist modules to suit your particular interests and talents. Potential majors include destination management, international hospitality management, modes of transport, tour operations and sales, customer and quality management and international tourism studies. We recommend that you select your majors with a view to the practical semester and your career aspirations.
For 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.
before completing your degree by writing your bachelor’s thesis. Upon successfully completing the programme, the university of applied sciences will award you the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA) .
Professional environment:
Tourism managers work in numerous areas of the national and international travel and leisure industry, including opportunities with airlines, train operators and other transport companies, in hotels and catering, at tourist destinations, with tour operators and in the events, trade fairs and conference sector, among other fields.
Career prospects:
Outstanding career prospects in all kinds of mid-level and senior management await you in the ever-expanding travel and leisure industry. Kempten University of Applied Sciences prepares you for management roles in various fields of business and tourism, enabling you throughout your career to perform managerial tasks in the service sector, industry or administration – or as a freelancer or entrepreneur.
List of sectors:
- Train and other transport operators
- Hotels
- Event, trade fair and conference organisers
- Tourist destinations
- Tour operators
- Wellness (incl. pools and spas)
- Tourism business consultancy
- Media (journalism)
- Leisure centres (theme parks)
- Marketing and advertising agencies
- Cruise operators
- Tourism service providers
- Online travel agencies
- Travel sales
- Airlines and airports
- International hotel sector
Application process:
Have we whetted your appetite for the degree programme in Tourism Management? 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 on your behalf.
Admission requirements:
Are you good at thinking in abstract terms and adopting scientific methods? Do you like taking the initiative, and are you service-minded, ambitious and ready for a change of scenery? If so, you’re on just the right track to study Tourism Management!
We ascribe 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 aspiration, we support university-wide, inter-faculty measures to promote international projects and cross-cultural interaction.
With more than 70 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? Take a look at the information posted online.
- [Translate to English:] Flyer Bachelor Tourismus-Management ( 197 KB / pdf)
We compile all study programme and examination regulations centrally for you. There you will find all versions and changes. continue
Further details about the degree programme
practical semester
The degree programme in Tourism Management 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, click here or consult 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 discuss your experiences as an intern in the “Guide to Internships”. You can find further information here.
Information about the practical semester is posted online right here.
Kempten Tourism alumni
We are already curious to see where your career takes you. This led 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 help! 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.
