Bachelor of Hospitality Management in Tourism and Hospitality Management

The program in Tourism and Hospitality Management prepares you to meet and manage today’s clients’ high demands for high-class and innovative services.

You will learn how to design hotel, restaurant and tourism services, how to manage a business and how to be a successful leader.

Sales and marketing skills are also needed, as well as intercultural communication and versatile language skills.

The program is divided into common core competence and complementary competence studies.

• The core competence studies equip you for a range of professional roles.
• The complementary competence studies allow you to extend your skills and specialize in an area of your interest. The complementary competence studies may consist of studies in your own field, multidisciplinary studies or other skills supporting professional growth.

CORE COMPETENCE 135 ECTS 
Common Core Competence 15 ECTS
Professional Core Competence 75 ECTS

PRACTICAL TRAINING 30 ECTS
THESIS 15 ECTS

COMPLEMENTARY COMPETENCE 75 ECTS 
Professional complementary courses and elective studies 75 ECTS

The hotel and restaurant business is a constantly growing worldwide industry, which needs modern, multicultural, customer-oriented experts with good leadership and project management skills.

The courses are carried out using diverse learning methods from lecturers and group works to project-based studies in our own restaurant and in co-operation with local companies. Online learning is also a part of everyday teaching methods.

The education comprises program-specific basic studies, advanced professional studies, elective studies, a Bachelor’s thesis and a placement. Studies are carried out entirely in English and they include compulsory studies or placement abroad.

As a graduate of the Bachelor’s Program in Tourism and Hospitality Management, you will be well prepared to work as an expert or middle manager in the hotel, restaurant and tourism sector.

You can be employed in different management, planning and development duties such as: Reception managers, restaurant managers, hotel sales managers, area managers in restaurant chains or destination developers.

Our Edunation Pathway to Finland program offers guaranteed access to LAB’s bachelor programs and you can get accepted within 2 days.

The admission requirements are:

• High school diploma / Higher Secondary Education
• Transcript of records
• Proof of English language: from IELTS 5.0, TOEFL IBT 35-45, Duolingo 75-80, or equivalent
• Copy of passport ID page

You can find more information about the English language requirement on our page.

Students are pre-screened on a first-come, first-served basis.

The admission requirements for the program can found on the university page.

Further information about the tuition fee and available scholarships for the program can found on the university page.