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Overview

Study area
Business and Public Management

Study mode
full time studies, 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS). Possibility to choose a double  degree studies of Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution and LAB University of Applied Sciences (Finland).

Students of the study program “Tourism and Hotel Management” will study for one semester (optionally 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th semester) at a foreign higher education institution or will do an internship (2nd or 4th semester) in a foreign business company.

Location
Kaunas, Lithuania

Languages
English

Start date
September

Qualification to be Awarded
Professional Bachelor of Business Management

HEAD OF THE TOURISM AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
Jūratė Dabravalskytė-Radzevičė

The Bachelor in Tourism & Hotel Management is a 3-year post-high school programme for those who have passion for the Tourism Industry, and are seeking for new opportunities and self-realization through such activities as international exchanges and hands-on experience.

 

In Lithuania, this study programme has been delivered for more than 20 years. The programme was designed to train qualified, competitive, creative, responsible, innovation-receptive tourism and hotel managers, who have acquired higher education and are able to work in the constantly changing Lithuanian and international markets.

 

The Bachelor in Tourism & Hotel Management has a strong international dimension: offers you possibilities to select Double Degree Studies with LAB University of Applied Sciences (Finland), to gain knowledge  about multicultural tourism business environment while participating in Erasmus+ mobility activities and working with in-coming teachers or joining in various international projects. These practice-oriented studies include educational visits to hotels and other enterprises of tourism business, tourists’ attractions, etc. 

Why Tourism and Hotel Management?

AFTER COMPLETING YOUR STUDIES, YOU WILL: 

  • SPEAK two foreign languages;
  • HAVE EXPERIENCED 3 professional internships;
  • KNOW business and intercultural communication, marketing, economics and law, business management, entrepreneurship and more;
  • BE AN EXPERT in development, organization and marketing of tourism/ hospitality services.

Specialization

Tourism Management – knowledge and skills in a field of Tour Operator Activities, Tourism Marketing, Organization of Excursions, Travel Sales, Destination Management.

Hotel Management – knowledge and skills in a field of Hotel Management, Hospitality Marketing, Operations of Catering Services, Yield Management.

Wellness and SPA Management – knowledge and skills in a field of Wellness and SPA Services, Basics of Wellness and Resort Science, Management of Accomodation Provision Processes in the SPA Sector, Management of Wellness Services Provision Processes in the SPA Sector, Organization of Catering Services in the SPA Sector.

Languages

Language of instruction: 100% English (a specific level of English is required for this course)

Ability to choose other foreign languages: (English/German/French/Russian)

Assessment

To achieve learning outcomes, the academic staff use a variety of methods, which are preconditioned by the aims of the modules and their specificity.

Study module can consist of various combinations of lectures, practical tasks, workshops, seminars, student’s independent work, scientific research assignments, projects and other forms of study activities.

Studies of each module are completed by examination or other form of final assessment designed to evaluate a student’s knowledge and skills gained in the module.

Your lecturers

LECTURERS – EXPERTS

Lecturers – academic professors and subject experts with more than 20-year experience – will enhance both your theoretical and practical knowledge by engaging you into theoretical lectures and practical classes supported by the examples from your teachers’ professional career. 

THE IN-COMING LECTURERS

Students have the advantage to gain their study programme related experience of other European countries through participation in the classes with in-coming lecturers who arrive from the USA, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland, Finland, Latvia, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, China, etc.

Learning process

KNOWLEDGE-SKILLS-EXPERIENCE

  • Learning process includes theoretical lectures, practical workshops, solution of real business problems, case analysis, group and personal projects and/or scientific papers.
  • Studies are organized integrating different subjects into modules to help students gain interdisciplinary skills.
  • Professional internships induce students to employ learnt skills and knowledge right away, provide with valuable experience and get them fully prepared to start their careers.
  • In order to achieve the learning outcomes, educational visits to hotels and other tourism enterprises, tourists attractions, exhibitions, seminars, conferences, forums are included into the study process.

Course

1st semester
Credits (ECTS)
TOURISM BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
15:
Business Language and Public Speaking
3
Basics of Document and IT Management
6
Communication Psychology
3
Professional English I
3
BASICS OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
15:
Tourism Services and Infrastructure
6
Tourism Resources in Lithuania
3
Environment and Human Safety
3
2nd Foreign Language (Russian/German/French)
3
2nd semester
Credits (ECTS)
TOURISM ECONOMICS
15:
Basics of Tourism Economics
6
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
6
Basics of Applied Research
3
INTERCULTURAL TOURISM ENVIRONMENT
15
Cultural Heritage
3
Intercultural Communication
6
Travel Geography
3
Tourism Anthropology
3
3rd semester
Credits (ECTS)
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
15:
Management
5
Marketing
5
Accounting and Finance
5
BASICS OF LAW AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
15:
Tourism Business Law
5
Creativity and Entrepreneurship
5
Professional English II
5
4th semester
Credits (ECTS)
TOURISM MANAGEMENT I / HOTEL MANAGEMENT I
15:
Tour Operator Activities / Hotel Management I
6
Tourism Marketing / Hospitality Marketing
3
Excursion Organization Methodology and Technologies / Organization of Catering Services
3
2nd Foreign Language (Russian/German/French)
3
PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP
15
5th semester
Credits (ECTS)
TOURISM MANAGEMENT II / HOTEL MANAGEMENT II
15:
Travel Sales / Hotel Management II
6
Destination Management / Yield Management
3
Sustainable Tourism / Sustainability in Hospitality
3
Tourism Technologies / Social Media
3
From the List of Freely Elective Courses offered by KK
15:
6th semester
Credits (ECTS)
FINAL THESIS
30:
Final Internship
21
Final Thesis
9
Course Descriptions

From the List of Freely Elective Courses offered by KK

Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
GLOBAL ECONOMICS:
15:
Global and Regional Economics
5
Intercultural Communication
5
Crisis Management
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
MODERN MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATION:
15:
Talent and Competencies Management
5
Creative Solutions of Business
5
Change and Innovation Management
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
FROM IDEA TO BUSINESS:
15:
Creative Development of Business: Planning and Verification
6
Financing of Business Idea
5
Commercialization of a Business Idea
4
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGEMENT:
15:
Change Management
4
Risk Management
5
Project Management
6
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
PERSONALITY AND CAREER:
15:
Personality Psychology and Self-education
5
Leadership
5
Career Planning
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
MANAGEMENT OF RELATIONS WITH CUSTOMERS:
15:
Stress Control
6
Effective Client Management
5
Conflict Management
4
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
CREATIVE PERSONALITY:
15:
Personal Branding
5
Creative Writing
5
Creative Decision Making
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
WELLNESS AND HEALTH QUALITY:
15:
Healthy Living and Nutrition
5
Life Coaching
5
Movement and Art Therapy
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
ACTIVE LEISURE ORGANISATION:
15:
Forms of Active Leisure
5
Sport for All
5
Leisure Projects Management
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
FRENCH AND SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE:
15:
French Language and Culture
8
Spanish Language and Culture
7
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
COMMUNICATION IMPACT ON MASSES:
15:
Gender Communication
5
Personal Communication
5
Theory of Propaganda
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
SUSTAINABILITY AND TRAVEL:
15:
Sustainable Tourism
5
Responsible Consumption
5
Sustainable Event Management
5
Modulis
Kreditai (ECTS)
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE:
15:
Russian Language
9
Russian Cultural Resources
6

Abroad

Intercultural experience

  • Gain invaluable experience of learning new cultures when working in international environment.
  • Use the possibility to spend a semester or two in the foreign partner institutions. These studies abroad are fully recognized.
  • Take the opportunity to obtain a double degree with LAB University of Applied Sciences (Finland). It will take you 3,5 years to receive Professional Bachelor’s degree in Business Management both from Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution and the school abroad.

International projects

Participate in various international projects such as IP Lean Canvas, IP Welltour (EcoTekNord), Berlin ITB, Mac2Kaunas, Mac2Warsaw (Businet), etc. under Erasmus+, Nordplus and other programmes.

International internships

Take a chance to make an internship abroad: a lot of options in Belgium, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Czech Republic, Portugal, Cyprus, Finland, etc.

Careers

Studies based on practice

At Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution, theory and practice are closely interlinked. Practical activities and professional internships make up 32.2 percent of the total study time. Students have to complete a professional internship in a business enterprise during the second, fourth, and sixth semesters.

Students find internship placements themselves or choose from the list proposed by the Department. In order to develop the competencies of employability, learners are encouraged to address enterprises and arrange placements themselves in coordination with the Department regarding the company’s suitability for the development of practical skills. 

Employment possibilities

The graduates of Tourism and Hotel Management study programme work and develop their professional careers in the Lithuanian and foreign enterprises operating in the tourism and hospitality sector, hotels, tourism agencies, tourist information centres, airlines and other tourism related businesses.

POTENCIAL CARREERS

  • hotels and other accommodation providers; you are responsible for managing employees and for planning, marketing, coordinating and administering hotel (or other accommodation establishment) services such as catering and accommodation facilities;
  • travel companies; you are responsible for organising and preparing holiday tours, observing trends in the popularity of destinations and packages, and adjusting company plans accordingly
  • tourism information centers; you provide visitors with information about transport, tourist attractions, local services and activities, accommodation, places to visit, and events;
  • wellness and SPA centers: you are planning and organising the activities of health and spa service providers; you are developing and selling competitive products that meet the concept of health as a way of life;
  • or start your own business!

Access to further study

The graduates are entitled to a credit transfer system for entering level one university study programmes; they can choose Master programmes. The continuation of studies is possible in the study programmes in the fields of tourism and leisure, management, and business both in Lithuanian and/or foreign universities.

Testimonials

Davit Kldiashvili

Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution gave me the opportunity to understand what is important to know and what skills you have to have before you enter a tourism sector as a graduate. The program is made in a way that students are involved and feel part of it from the very beginning. I am very happy to be a graduator of Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution.

Beshr Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim

The academic experience and the overall student experience, high quality lectures and amazing facilities, cultural diversity of students from all over the world in the university have hugely benefited to my personal development.

Nichika Kurisu

I chose here to study Tourism and Hospitality Management because I liked the curriculum which consists of travel heritage and geography that I’m interested in. Other universities I searched do not offer that. Moreover, Kaunas city inspired me to stay here. Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and it has beautiful nature and history in the same place. I’ve been here for 5 months so far and I’m enjoying living in this city so much.

Location

Facilities

Fully prepared infrastructure for your studies and leisure:

  • 3 Dormitories available: double or single rooms;
  • Dormitories are located 2 min away by foot from the faculty;
  • Modern library with more than 30.000 book titles, 200 periodic scientific publications, e-books, academic databases, etc.;
  • Sport club for your active life;
  • 2 canteens.

KAUNAS - Modern and cosy city to live and have fun in

Living and studying in the second biggest city of Lithuania is convenient and fun:

  • city with green parks located in the center of Lithuania
  • public transport system in the city is punctual and affordable
  • city full of young people, and busy with cultural life (historical architecture, museums, exhibitions, concerts, festivals, etc.) – Kaunas the European Capital of Culture 2022
  • 25 flight destinations from Kaunas Airport
  • 200 km from the Baltic Sea golden sand beaches, 200 lakes in the country for camping and having fun with friends
  • only 30 km away from the SPA resort Birštonas

Faculty of Arts and Education: A. Mackevičiaus g. 27, LT-44259 Kaunas

Puodžių g. 11, LT-44295 Kaunas

Muitinės g. 15, LT-44280 Kaunas

Faculty of Medicine:

K. Petrausko g. 15, LT-44162 Kaunas

Faculty of Technologies:

Pramonės pr. 22, LT-50387 Kaunas

Faculty of Business:

Pramonės pr. 20, 50468 Kaunas ir Gedimino g. 41, 44240 Kaunas

Main address:

Pramonės pr. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas

Contacts

Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution
Pramones pr. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania

  • +370 37 75 11 44
  • +370 123 12345
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