TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT - Dubrovnik

Imagine virtually any career in tourism: from travel consultant and hotel manager, to developing your own small business, and more. A degree in tourism, hospitality and service management will get you there.

Our program offers a balance of theory, management and tourism, and hands-on experiences. Our unique combination of professional courses and general education will help you to develop communication, leadership, technical, and creative problem-solving skills you need to succeed in a changing world. To prepare you for exciting career options in tourism, hospitality or service management, you will take courses in management and leadership, tourism planning and development, marketing, service quality, leading edge technology, and accounting.

Through our cooperative education program you will apply what you have learned in the classroom while working in a hotel, resort, travel agency, or restaurant in Dubrovnik and around the world. Your total cooperative education will take place over four quarters (1,200 hours) giving you unforgettable professional experiences and employment advantages after graduation. 

Dubrovnik is one of the most beautiful cities in the Mediterranean and the most recognizable tourist destination in Croatia. Teeming with resorts, hotels, and attractions, it is the perfect place to study tourism, hospitality, and service management.

Choose an area of specialization

The program is broad enough to give you the skills and background you need to start your career, but also the flexibility to change jobs and grow in management and leadership positions as your career goals develop and change.  By choosing an area of specialization, you design your own education and prepare yourself for a future in a particular area of tourism hospitality and service management. 

Areas of specialization include:
- Travel and Tourism Management
- International Hotel and Resort Management
- Entrepreneurship

Tomorrow's leaders

Our graduates are in demand, finding employment in tourism, corporate travel management, professional meeting management, hotel/resort management, food management, marketing and sales, and distribution. Many find themselves in management positions in health care, business services, and human resources. Others have started their own businesses.

Globally recognized

Our program is among leading hospitality and travel management programs world-wide and is recognized by international magazines such as Forbes, Travel Weekly, Nations Restaurant News, and Corporate Travel.

What You'll Study

First and Second Years
Survey of Service Industry
Computer Applications
Hotel Marketing and Sales Management
Sanitation and Safety Marketing
Food and Beverage Marketing
Meeting and Exposition Management
Financial Accounting
Tourism Planning and Development
Microeconomics
Global Standards in the Service Industry
Service Innovation
Algebra for Management Sciences
Statistical Methods
Foreign Language
General Education Courses

Third and Fourth Years
Leadership in Service Culture
Assessing Service Quality
Facility and Property Management
Negotiation and Conflict Management
Technology in Service Systems
Management Accounting
Interviewing Techniques
Technical Writing
Franchising in the Service Sector
Business Ethics
Statistical Methods
Foreign Language
General Education Courses
Senior Project
Leadership in Service Culture
International Human Resources
New Venture Development