Tourism and Hotel Management

The Tourism and Hotel Management Department welcomes you to the exciting world of tourism, hotels, food and beverage services, travel and entertainment.

Currently, world tourism and tourism industry in Turkey creates more than 6 trillion dollars in volume and exceeding 350 million employees. Turkey being ranked within the top ten countries in the world, helps shaping the future of the tourism industry with brand new investments going on in the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, and specificly in Istanbul as once considered by the Napoleon Bonaparte, “ The capital of the world if all nations will unite one day. ”

The Tourism and Hotel Management is a four year bachelor degree program located in Ankara, the capital of the Turkish Republic, a modern urban center with a population of 4 million.

If you are ready to cope with changes altroughout your life, if you are a social person who likes to get in touch with people, if you are an open minded person to understand what the different cultures of the world are all about, if you are fond of entertainment and if you like good food and extraordinary wines, well, you are on the right spot, the Tourism and Hotel Management major is just for you. MORE

The academic program that you will join is in English and will enhance your knowledge about the hospitality industry, help you to develop hands-on experience before you start to work, sharpen your skills to overcome problems and lead you towards master degree programs upon successfully completing the four year bachelor degree program.

The essence of the Tourism and Hotel Management program is uniquely designed to prepare you for a challenging management positions in the hospitality industry, combining management courses with tourism and hotel operations courses, hotel based computer software courses and second foreign language courses comprising in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese backed up by elective series and internship courses altogether.

Beyond the classroom, you will enjoy the chance to be exposed to the real life work environment while spending 1360 hours in either hotels, resorts, travel agencies or tour operators, completing your internship programs.

Also, hands-on experience will be gained by serving weekdays, samples of Turkish and international cuisines during the lunch time, at Le Piment Rouge Restaurant of our Schools where students cook and serve gourmet food for guests coming from the city of Ankara.

Everything is combined and put together by professional and academic faculty members to reflect the essence of the tourism and hotel industry just for you.

From the moment you enroll in the Tourism and Hotel Management program, you will realize you made the right decision for your future.

I certainly look forward to meeting you at our Orientaion program soon.

Chair
Tourism and Hotel Management Departments