PROGRAMME INFORMATION (on a a fee-paying basis)

Tourism Management – Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Services

 

Completed application form must be submitted to the International Student Office through the application system www.irk.umcs.pl and presented directly to the International Student Office.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The programme is addressed to candidates holding high school diploma or any other equivalent degree. Admission of candidates is based on an average of grades obtained during secondary school. Prospective students register online in the online registration system IRK and file all the necessary documents within the deadline or until all the places available have been filled.

English language requirements:

In order to be eligible for a programme taught in English, candidates must demonstrate that they meet English requirements for a given programme.

Check the general English language requirements.

Programme description:

The programme is dedicated mainly to foreigners. In general, it aims at preparation of staff for services in tourism sector which is one of the most rapidly developing branches in the world economy. The programme is designed to provide students with understanding of the diverse conditions of tourist phenomena in the varied natural and cultural environments. It also enables them to acquire skills in planning and organizing different tourist activities as well as providing services related to tourist traffic.

The programme consists of two compulsory modules, which enable students to learn the mechanisms of functioning of tourism industry and frame their organizational skills in the tourism domain. Apart from that, the programme offers elective modules targeted at the individual interests of students.

The programme, which draws on both natural and social sciences, can be described as multidisciplinary (diverse classes provide students with knowledge and abilities necessary for multidimensional perception of tourism phenomena and organizing of tourist activities in varied circumstances), flexible (enabling individual ways of development) and covering the broad cultural context. 

The programme’s completion enables further participation in Master’s degree programmes in the field of tourism and other fields of social studies, as well as non-degree postgraduate programmes within the field of tourism and hotel industry. The studies also prepare students for work in tourism sector and independent organization of diverse tourist activities.

Key issues and competences:

• Tour operating
• Hotel management
• Hotel marketing
• Country and regional marketing
• Geotourism & Ecotourism

Tuition fee:   

Candidates applying to study on a fee-paying basis: 2 000 EUR per year + 200 EUR (admission fee)

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSIONS

International candidates submit the following documents:

1. Candidate’s application form.

2. Personal questionnaire generated from the Internet Recruitment System.

3. Confirmation that the applicant has a fluent command of English language.

4. Original/duplicate of certificate of secondary education (in the case of applying for bachelor studies) or original/duplicate of bachelor diploma (in the case of applying for 2nd degree master studies) as well as a recognition certificate issued by a Board of Education in Lublin or any other board of education adequate for the place of residence of the person applying for the recognition certificate.

ATTENTION: Consulate of the Republic of Poland residing in a country in which the candidate’s certificate of secondary education was issued must legalise the documents in order to make their recognition in Poland possible. If the candidate’s certificate of secondary education was issued in a country which is a party of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, the legalisation process is performed in a form of apostille located on or enclosed to the document. According to a proper international treaty, if a foreign certificate of secondary education may be accepted as equivalent to Polish certificate of secondary education, the recognition is not required. In this case, it is sufficient to provide the certificate with apostille affixed thereto. International Baccalaureate Diplomas (IB) as well as European Baccalaureate Diplomas (EB) are equivalent to Polish certificate of secondary education. In this case, the recognition process is not required. The recognition of university graduation diplomas is performed by a council of a basic organisational UMCS unit, authorised to grant doctorate degree.

5. Insurance policy, European Health Insurance Card or the candidate’s obligation to join a health insurance in National Health Fund. Immediately after starting education at UMCS.

According to repatriation regulations, a foreigner of Polish origin can be insured by UMCS.

6. Medical certificate (clean bill of health) establishing that there are no contraindications for the candidate to start education in a chosen programme.

7. A copy of a passport (the page with a photograph and a number), visa or temporary residence card or other document qualifying the candidate for staying within the territory of the Republic of Poland.

8. One current ID card-style 35×45 mm photograph.

 

Tourism Management – Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Services (tuition-free studies)