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The Degree Programme in Tourism focuses on giving our students skills and knowledge required in the international tourism industry. Lapland is an international tourism destination, which offers memorable nature-based high-end experiences to tourists from all over the world and unique learning opportunities and a real-life tourism laboratory to our students.

The Degree Programme in Tourism aims at providing the tourism and hospitality industry with managers who know how to balance travellers’ high expectations for memorable luxury tourism experiences while protecting nature, culture and the whole planet.

The main emphasis and specialisation area in the programme is Tourism Management and Experience Design focusing on nature-based high-end tourism experiences.
In the programme-specific studies we focus on prerequisites for creating and managing nature-based luxury experiences like sustainability, nature tourism, diversity, human resource management, design thinking, risk management and other field-related issues related to the tourism business. Contemporary marketing, including eCommerce and product development, as well as various language and cultural studies have an important role in the degree programme.

We work in close connection with the local tourism business. The Degree Programme in Tourism also has specific tourism companies in the area with which we have deeper cooperation through e.g. various projects and other study-related assignments.

Your tourism studies, based on the competence acquired, are divided as follows:
Core Competence 110 ECTS
Profiling Competence 70 ECTS
Free-Choice Electives 10 ECTS
Research and Development Competence 20 ECTS

Core competence studies represent those basic skills and competences you will need for your further studies and your future career. All the language studies and trainings are included in these studies. The profiling competence is acquired by completing studies which require deeper knowledge of the field-related issues and in which you will specialise. The research and development studies contain all those studies which are required for completing your final thesis.

Your studies are divided into specific themes which are implemented at a semester level as follows:
1st autumn semester: Multicultural Tourism and Hospitality
1st spring semester: Multidimensional Tourism Industry
2nd autumn semester: Northern Region in Global Context
2nd spring semester: Managing Operational Business Processes
3rd autumn semester: Responsible Experience and Tourism Management
3rd spring semester: Developing Online and Off-line Experiences
4th autumn semester: Responsible Destination Management

Internationalisation and multicultural issues have naturally a central position in your studies, mostly due to the fact that the programme itself is international and its students come from various cultural backgrounds from all over the world. In addition, you have excellent opportunities to take a study exchange period outside Finland during the second year of your studies developing your international and multicultural skills and competences even further. We offer a large selection of our partner institutions where to complete your study exchange period.

As a student you have a possibility to explore the tourism industry and working life, and to develop your own professional skills in practical training periods. The practical training allows you to apply the things you have learnt during your studies. The degree includes 30 ECTS of practical training and you can also complete the training outside Finland. Training offers valuable networks with tourism companies and other organizations.

The studies take place in Rovaniemi, on Jokiväylä Campus. Study counselling and guidance have been paid special attention to in this programme. All students will get an individual study plan (ISP) in which e.g. credit transfers, previous work experience and recognition of prior competences and skills are included. Individual learning paths are therefore recognised in the ISP. From you we expect active attitude and coworking skills in a multicultural study environment. Your studies in which theory and practice are combined are implemented in a modern learning environment with good facilities and advanced technologies.

After graduating from our programme as a Bachelor of Hospitality Management you will have many interesting career opportunities as an expert in the tourism and hospitality field, working e.g. as a Marketing/Sales Manager, Travel Supervisor, Customer Service/Event Manager, Project Manager/Coordinator or as an entrepreneur.