The need for well-educated tourism managers is not limited to the hotel or travel sector. The rapidly growing number of golf, tennis, wellness and recreation businesses, catering and banquet businesses, organization companies, airline companies, tourism financing organizations, consulting companies, hospitals, dormitories, shopping malls, banks and insurance companies, all of which are active in the service sector, are becoming clear as areas where tourism managers are sought.
The Department of Tourism Management is designed to emphasize managerial leadership and builds on a strong business education. The main goal is for our graduates to become managerial leaders in the tourism industry. Since work experience is of great importance in the tourism industry, on-the-job training for our students for professional experience has an important place in our curriculum. It is aimed to provide our students with the necessary experience through courses aimed at sectoral training. Thanks to its close cooperation with tourism enterprises operating in Istanbul and Marmara Region, it has provided internship opportunities for its students and employment opportunities for its graduates through mutual information sharing. In this way, it has become one of the rare departments that can provide 70% guaranteed employment to its graduates. In addition, studies and projects continue to be carried out for the problems of regional tourism. In 20 years, it has trained approximately 1700 undergraduate graduates, 250 master's graduates and 70 doctors of science and has taken root in both the sector and academia. Our department was accredited by the Tourism Education Evaluation and Accreditation Board in 2020 and registered its quality.
Here are the features that make our department different;
- Professional education in a family-like atmosphere from respected academic staff,
- Strong managerial and business management background,
- One year of English preparatory class for each student who wishes to study,
- In addition to English, every student has the opportunity to learn German and Russian,
- Opportunity to learn internationally recognized hotel automation systems,
- Opportunity to learn internationally widely used travel management automation systems,
- A 60-day internship during the summer semesters to gain sectoral experience and a 90-day professional practice / executive education internship in the eighth semester,
- Strong international cooperation with the Erasmus student exchange program with scholarships to important tourism countries in Europe such as Ireland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Poland, etc.
- A strong and functioning university-industry collaboration with Turkey's and Istanbul's elite tourism businesses,
- Opportunity to pursue a master's and/or doctorate degree,
-Tourism in Sapanca, the most popular tourist destination in the region,
- Easy Transportation Advantage / Fast and cheap transportation by Ada Express train.
If you would like to be a member of this reputable accredited department that has taken root in the sector and academia and has registered its quality, then we will be waiting for you... Stay with love...
Prof.Dr.Orhan BATMAN
Head of Tourism Management Department
Tourism Management Graduate School Head of Department
