Description
Overview
Budapest is one of the most exciting tourist destinations in the world.
The city is famous for its cultural and heritage attractions, its spas or thermal baths as well as its vibrant nightlife and so-called ‘ruin pubs’. It is the ideal place to study Tourism Management and at Budapest Metropolitan University, we offer a unique master’s program that emphasizes creativity, tourist experience, and destination management.
We use a project-based learning approach that develops students’ practical and vocational skills as well as academic ones. Our friendly campus welcomes a diversity of international as well as Hungarian students and the teaching staff is especially focused on student well-being. We also encourage students to join research projects, and conferences and to publish their work with us as well as get involved in excursions and competitions.
Educational Opportunities
- Our Master’s program is specially designed to develop students’ ability to think creatively and to be innovative in their work
- We connect to many of the most important social trends including experience creation, transformation, sustainability, smart solutions, resilience, and many more
- We take a very practical approach to education including project-based learning
- We connect our studies closely to the tourism industry in Budapest, especially to cultural tourism, spas, and attractions management
Career Opportunities
- Tour operators
- Managers of family businesses
- Tourism consultants or advisors
- Event organizers
- Tourism managers of city, rural and regional municipalities
- Managers of local, regional, and national tourism
- Animators
- Managers working for health and wellness spas
- Mid- and top-level managers of hotels
- Attraction managers
- Managers in the cultural and creative sectors
Requirement
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree with CGPA > 2.50/4.00 OR 3.0-3.5/5.00
A copy of your international Passport Bio-Data Page.
WAEC Certificate
Bachelor's Certificate (ND & HND)
Bachelor's Transcript (ND & HND)
Passport Photograph
Upper-intermediate command of English (equivalent to IELTS 6.0+ or TOEFL 79+ level, but no certificate required)
Curriculum Vitae
Two reference letters.
Statement of Purpose in English (A letter that states the Applicant’s Purpose for choosing the Program ).
Structure
- The first year of the Program introduces students to creative thinking as well as some of the most important areas of business and management in tourism. This includes courses about Creative Industries, Cultural, Creative, and Heritage Tourism as well as Creative Experience Design. Other specialist Tourism courses are connected to Destination Management and Health Tourism, Wellness, and Spas (Hungary is famous for its health tourism and thermal spas).
- Students study Marketing and Communication Management as well as Strategic Management. Research Methods is another important course that prepares students for the writing of their Thesis in the second year. It is also possible to study Electives. In the second year, students have a chance to work on more applied and real-life projects, for example in a Creative Project course. They learn about Trends in Tourism Product Development, ICT and Creative Media, Heritage Management, Creative Cities, Event Management, and Sustainable Planning and Development. They also build on their business and management skills in Enterprise Decision Support Systems and Methods.
Fees
2500 EUR/semester for EU students (includes the Member States of the EU, EEA, and Turkey)
Registration fee: 100 EUR
Enrollment fee: 100 EUR
Health Insurance: 150 EUR
Two semesters of tuition fee payment required