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Tourism and Hotel Management

Tourism and Hotel Management studies prepares tourism, hospitality and wellness professionals who can manage core business functions, create competitive services and adapt quickly to shifting market trends. With more than two decades of experience in Lithuania, the programme integrates industry-relevant knowledge, practical training and international learning opportunities. Graduates are ready to work innovatively, responsibly and confidently in both local and global tourism and hospitality markets.

Study Program Information

Study Field Group: Tourism and Leisure
Study Direction: Business and Public Management
Duration: 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS)
Qualification Degree: Professional Bachelor of Business Management
Language: English
Place of Study: Kaunas
Annual Price: 2750

Subjects Studied

1 semester

Credits (ECTS) 30
  • ECONOMICS: 15
  • Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 6
  • Business Mathematics and Statistics 5
  • Basics of Applied Researches 4
  • BASICS OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY: 15
  • Tourism Services and Infrastructure 5
  • Tourism Resources 5
  • Travel Geography and Tours 5

2 semester

Credits (ECTS) 30
  • INTERCULTURAL TOURISM ENVIRONMENT: 15
  • Intercultural Communication 5
  • Tourism Anthropology 5
  • Professional English I 5
  • BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: 15
  • Communication Psychology and Public Speaking 5
  • Basics of IT and AI 5
  • Professional English I 5

3 semester

Credits (ECTS) 30
  • BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: 15
  • Management 5
  • Marketing 5
  • Accounting and Finance 5
  • SUSTAINABLE TOURISM BUSINESS: 15
  • Business Law and Ethics 5
  • Creativity and Entrepreneurship 5
  • Professional English II 5

4 semester

Credits (ECTS) 30
  • PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP e.i. 15
  • Free Elective modules from KK List 15

5 semester

Credits (ECTS) 30
  • Specialisation: TOURISM MANAGEMENT
  • TOURISM MANAGEMENT I: 15
  • Service and Value Creation in Tourism 5
  • Digital Tourism Marketing 5
  • 2nd Foreign Language (Russian/German/French) 5
  • TOURISM MANAGEMENT II: 15
  • Tourism Technologies 5
  • Smart Destination Management 5
  • 2nd Foreign Language (Russian/German/French) 5
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  • Specialisation: HOTEL MANAGEMENT
  • HOTEL MANAGEMENT I: 15
  • Accomodation Operations and Services 5
  • Digital Hospitality Marketing 5
  • 2nd Foreign Language (Russian/German /French) 5
  • HOTEL MANAGEMENT II: 15
  • Sustainable Hotel Operations Management 5
  • Hotel Yield Management 5
  • 2nd Foreign Language (Russian/German/French) 5

6 semester

Credits (ECTS) 30
  • FINAL THESIS: 30
  • Final Internship 21
  • Final Thesis 9

About Program

  • Why study Tourism and Hotel Management?
  • Future Career

Studies based on practice. At Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution, theory and practice are closely interlinked. Practical activities and professional internships make up 32.2 percent of the total study time. Students have to complete a professional internship in a business enterprise during the second, fourth, and sixth semesters.

 

Double degree studies and international experience.

The Bachelor in Tourism and Hotel Management has a strong international dimension: offers you possibilities to select Double Degree Studies with LAB University of Applied Sciences (Finland), to gain knowledge about multicultural tourism business environment while participating in Erasmus+ mobility activities and working with in-coming lecturers or joining in various international projects. These practice-oriented studies include educational visits to hotels and other enterprises of tourism business, tourists’ attractions, etc. 

Specialisations. Students may choose one of two specialisations: Tourism Management or Hotel Management.

Innovative study structure. The programme integrates different learning components and emphasises the connections between them. Studies are organised in stages, eliminating the need to complete multiple examinations at the end of the semester. Each stage concludes with a final assessment, followed by a one-week break upon successful completion. This approach allows students to focus on a single subject area at a time, reduces stress and ensures continuous feedback throughout the learning process.

Ranking. In the 2025 national ranking of college-level study fields, the programme holds 5th place.

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Graduates of the Tourism and Hotel Management study programme are prepared to work in both the Lithuanian and international labour markets. Depending on the chosen specialisation, they may work as tourism or service specialists in hotels, tour guides, managers in travel agencies, tourism information centres and other tourism-related organisations; as managers in wellness businesses, public institutions providing wellness services, sanatoriums, SPA centres, wellness and rehabilitation centres, leisure and recreation complexes; or establish and develop their own business.

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