International Tourism Management is a degree course, whose main focuses with regard to contents consist of business basics with a tourism covering, cross cultural and social competence as well as leadership- and professional competence.

Definition International Management

International Management deals with the maintenance and development of a multinational operation across national borders, whose manager has the knowledge and the skills to manage and handle cross-cultural processes, stakeholders and environments in a right way.

Course offer in Germany

• Bremen University of Applied Sciences
  Bremen University of Applied Sciences
  The University of Applied Sciences Bremen is a public University in Bremen. In 1982 the Bremen University of Applied Sciences evolved from the fusion of the four following Universities: the Universities for technology, business, social sciences and nautical science.-Sites:The University of Applied...
  
  
• Karlshochschule International University
• Westcoast University of Applied Sciences
• University of Applied Sciences Saarland
• International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef-Bonn

Comparison of the Course characteristics of all Universities

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Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Karlshochschule Int. University

Westcoast University of Applied Sciences

University of Applied Sciences Saarland

>- |Entry Requirements

Overall average grade, A-levels or advanced technical college entrance qualification, internship or apprenticeship, advanced English level, covering letter

A-levels or advanced technical college entrance qualification, covering letter, entrance examination

A-levels or advanced technical college entrance qualification, master degree, performance test, internship

overall average grade, A-levels or advanced technical college entrance qualification, internship, language test a) English+French or b) English+Spanish

entrance examination, language test English >- |Degree

B.A.

B.A.

B.A.

B.A.

>- |Regular period of study

7

6

6

6

>- |Foreign languages

Spanish, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Chinese

Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian

Business-English, Spanish

English, French, Spanish

>- |Anglophone tutorials

yes

yes

yes

yes

>- |Semester abroad

obligatory study abroad plus obligatory internship abroad

optionally study abroad

optionally study abroad or internship

obligatory internship abroad

>- |Tooth-work of theorie and practice

obligatory internship abroad (20 weeks), Learner's Company Cooperation between students and tourism companies on more than 10 real tourism projects each semester. Three of the projects offered in the Summer semester 2009 were: TUI-Welcome of the future (TUI Service) Performance on the trade show ITB Berlin (Hochschule Bremen) Development of a sustainable tourism guideline (Beluga School for Life Beluga School for Life The Hanseatic School for Life is a large non-profit organization in Thailand that cares for children and adolescents in need. The Hanseatic School for Life pursues an educational concept on the basis of the "situational approach", which UNESCO classified as a "..... ) International Days Informationevent organized by students of the 7th semester who returned from their stay abroad. Serves as informationplatform for interested persons to prepare a stay abroad.

obligatory internship (12–24 weeks) cooperation in tourism projects

optionally internship (1 semester), case study-seminars, project-study in cooperation with external partners

obligatory internship abroad (12 weeks)

External links

• http://www.fh-bad-honnef.de/cms/index.php/de/Studienangebot/Tourismusmanagement
• http://www.hs-bremen.de/internet/de/studium/stg/istm/index.html
• http://www.karlshochschule.de/deutsch/mein-studium/internationales-tourismusmanagement.html
• http://www.fh-westkueste.de/startseite/fachbereiche/wirtschaft/studium/bachelor-international-tourism-management.html
• http://www.htw-saarland.de/bewerber/studienangebot/bachelor/internationales_tourismus-managment.html