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MBA International Tourism Management – (MBA)
Hochschule Bremen - International Graduate Center
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| Application Deadline: | May 31 for non-EU Applicants, July 31 for EU Applicants | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 12,500 - | ||
| Location: | Bremen / Germany / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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This course delivers key competencies of the tourism business, focussing on international tourism management. As managers in the tourism industry need the awareness of the complexity of interrelationships of the players involved and the sensibility for changes in demands and environments, they require the skills to adjust their business policy to these changes. This needs strategic thinking, creativity, intercultural competence, communication skills and leadership, the capability of self-learning and the stimulation for organisational learning and knowledge management. With this comprehensive qualification you will be provided and finally equipped with the competitive advantage to securing a career in the tourism business. You have the choice that carries a longer mileage.
The core emphases of the course are the following:
- Strategic and operative marketing competence in tourism
- International and global tourism management
- Sensitivity towards the tourism environment
- Specific management competencies in tourism (e.g. project management, e-tourism, quality management, operations management)
Target Group
The postgraduate course Master in International Tourism Management (MTM) offers compulsory subjects only, all of which focus on the systematic preparation of future managers for the various tasks within international tourism management in a global environment. In order to address the complexities in coordinating the different tourism-related industries and to fulfill the need to upgrade skills in this sector, training needs to be improved.
Key features:
- Post graduate course "Master in International Tourism Management"
- One-year full time course
- Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- International lecturers and students
- Optional internship
- Orientation week
- German language course
- Social activities and gatherings
Contents
The MTM-course consists of 16 modules, which all have to be completed. Students take an exam in 13 out of the 16 modules. Lectures account for about 630 hours (see general course structure in chart). The modules comprise either 30 or 60 hours. Usually one module is completed after two weeks. Classes are held in English. The optional internship can be done in Germany or abroad. The students gain credit points for their examination results according to the ECTS system (see general structure chart).
Course accompanying examinations must be performed alternatively as follows:
- Supervised written exams
- Oral exams
- Seminar papers or presentations
The Master's Examination consists of:
- The course accompanying exams
- The Master's Thesis plus oral defence
Modules:
1. The phenomenon of tourism and its systems
2. Economics of tourism and its industries
3. Environments of Tourism
4. Tourism demand
5. International and global tourism management
6. Culture and cross cultural management
7. Tourism marketing
8. Marketing research in tourism
9. Strategic planning in tourism
10. Business policies and ethics
11. Specific management functions in tourism
12. Managing international projects
13. E-Tourism
14. Communication
15. Master's seminar
16. German as a second language
17. Master's Thesis
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
The general requirements for admission are:
- An academic, business-related degree (bachelor)
- Generally two years of practical professional experience
- Proof of a very good standard of English shown by appropriate certificates
(A-level English course, TOEFL paper based 560 points, TOEFL computer based 220 points, IELTS 6,0; option: English test)
Additional requirements for foreign applicants: - The approval of the academic degree achieved and its equivalence to the standard by the MTM-course director and the relevant authority.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 560 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 220 |
Accreditation
As a Graduate School of a public German University we regularly have the curricula accredited by an external accreditation agency (ZEvA) which is part of the European Network of Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
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