Degree in Tourism (Ibiza Island Council Affiliated Centre)
240 credits - Ibiza Island Council University College of Tourism
| Duration | 4 years / 240 credits |
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| Level MECES | 2 |
| Spots for new students |
60 places for the academic year 2024-25
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| Teaching method | In-Person Classes |
| Price |
What skills will you acquire?
Students will receive training that combines theoretical aspects and their practical application. The Degree in Tourism is characterised by its cross-cutting nature, which is reflected by its combination of core training in tourism business management and economics of tourism with high quality language training (English, and French and/or German) and other disciplines, such as Law, Geography and Cultural Heritage Management.
What profile should you have?
The Degree in Tourism is aimed at students who generally meet the following criteria:
- An interest in tourism (both from a business and a social standpoint)
- An ability for teamwork
- Motivation and concern for environmental issues, changing landscapes and socioeconomic imbalances
- A knowledge and interest in languages
- Creativity
- Self-starter
- An ability to make decisions and solve problems
What career opportunities will you have?
Graduates in Tourism will have developed the necessary skills to carry out their professional duties responsibly and ethically; they will be well-acquainted with the fundamentals of the tourism industry in all areas to do with the management of companies; they will be able to solve problems, defend their arguments, compile information and critically analyse territorial, social, financial and legal aspects related to tourism; and they will posses a high level of different languages, English in particular.
Therefore, graduates will be able to pursue careers in:
- Accommodation companies: hotels and hotel chains, boutique hotels, holiday rental companies, etc.
- Tourism marketing agencies: online travel agencies, tour operators, bed banks, incoming agencies, etc.
- Event and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) planning companies.
- Companies that apply new technologies to the tourism industry: channel manager, GDS, CRM, XML, etc.
- Air and land transport companies (airlines, car rental agencies, etc.) and cruise ship companies.
- Public-sector agencies and bodies: town halls, entities dedicated to promoting tourism, etc.
Travel and Learn
The UIB offers students the chance to take part in different exchange and mobility programmes:
- Exchange and mobility programmes: to complete part of your studies at another university in Spain, the European Union, and around the world, or to get work experience at businesses in the European Union, managed by the International Relations Service.
- Volunteer work experience and projects with university development cooperation programmes in least developed countries, run through the development cooperation programmes managed by the Cooperation for Development and Solidarity Office (OCDS).
High-quality official study
Legislation requires that official Spanish Degrees receive positive evaluations by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA). This process is called verification, and it serves to ensure that the development programme in which you will participate will provide the skills and learning results that it is supposed to.
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