Training in the management and administration of hotels, restaurants and accomodation which will allow you to enter the labour market as a versatile and internationally mobile professional
The Bachelor's Degree in Hotel Management offers students a learning experience closely linked to professional practice and working life, with sector-specific training and a high level of internationalization. It provides you with:
knowledge and skills in management and administration of hotel businesses, catering and accommodation, with innovation and sustainability as key issues
possibility of learning up to 4 foreign languages, certified by the UAB Language Service
possibility of studying the degree in a Bilingual modality (English)
international exchanges with over 75 universities
two specialisations to choose from:
Administration of International Hotel Groups
Administration of Catering Companies
continuing studies through a number of master's degrees and PhD programmes
You will receive academic and professional monitoring aimed at giving you career counselling through:
More than 700 job placement offers at top-level organizations at home and abroad
Interaction with the working world with activities and monitoring by professionals
Practical training (Experiential Classrooms) at the Hotel Exe Campus, located on the same campus, in front of the School, or in similar centres
Tasting and demonstration classrooms for the practical training sessions
Specific jobs bank with 96,3% job placement
Career options
Direction and management of companies offering complementary services in tourist destinations and thematic activities: hotels, tourist apartments, leisure centres, campsites, cruise ships, thermal spa centres, etc.
Creation and management of catering establishments and services.
Management of companies and online platforms dedicated to the creation, distribution and commercialisation of hotel and catering products and services.
Management of companies and centres in charge of organising congresses and conventions.
Management of companies involved in creating, distributing and selling products, and consultancy services.
Public and private promotional entities.
Marketing and communication in the housing and catering sector.
Research, consultancy and teaching.
Company start-up, entrepreneurship.
Testimonials
The university offers many work placements and that is very positive, because then you graduate with real life experience. You see the day-to-day things that happen so when you start to work you know what needs to be done because you have already done it.
Alba Alegret
Mobility programmes
Students can choose from different exchange programmes, a highly recommended academic experience:
- a semester or year-long stay abroad allows following the same syllabus and obtaining credits at another university
- provides an added social and cultural value.
International Double Degree with the University of Salzburg, Austria
- A joint degree in Tourism with a focus on innovation in tourism and technology
- Students will be able to enrol in the second semester of their 3rd year and the first semester of their 4th year at the FH Salzburg, located in the Tyrol, the most touristic region of Austria.
- A Level B2 of English is required More information
Exchanges with European universities (Erasmus+). Collaboration agreements with 35 universities in the following countries: Germany, England, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Switzerland.
Erasmus Work Experience Programme: work placements lasting three to twelve months in companies and institutions of other European countries.
Exchanges with universities in Spain (SICUE): Zaragoza, Valencia, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, Oviedo, Madrid and Granada.
UAB Mobility Programme with universities around the world:
Canada: Camosun College, Conestoga College and Thomson Rivers University
Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico
Argentina: University of Belgrano and University of Morón
Brazil: University of Minas Gerais
South Korea: Sejhong University
China: Shanghai International Studies University (Xianda-SISU) and Nanjing College
- These are compulsory or optional placements in accordance with the syllabus.
- The aim of these placements is to introduce students to the real work conditions in this sector in order to improve their employability.
- The placements take place at diverse companies. An agreement is signed between the company, the student and the School of Tourism and Hotel Management.
- Students follow a planned and monitored programme that involves a rotation around the different business areas of the sector, both public and private: travel agents, hotel chains, public institutions, business associations, consultancies and congress organizers, among many others.
- Students can choose to do national or international placements.
External academic placements can be curricular or extracurricular.
a) External placements are termed curricular when they form part of the study programme, and count for ECTS credits. More information
b) Placements are deemed extracurricular when they do not form part of the study programme and are completely voluntary on the part of the student. They must still be directly linked to the studies. More information
Hotel-School Placements
Residential placements provide students of the Bachelor's Degree in Hotel Management with their first opportunity to make contact with the hotel and catering sectors.
The placements last 15 weeks: 5 in each of the 3 areas (accommodation, kitchens and restaurant), and take place in the Hotel Exe Campus, located opposite the School. More information
Coaching
Students can enrol in coaching sessions and activities which are offered by the School's counseling service aimed to guide them to deploy their potential and develop their career plan.
The job placements are managed by the UAB Foundation's own Job Bank and Placements Unit.
List of work placement centres
These are some of the many companies that host students of the School of Tourism and Hotel Management in job placements.
