Program Overview

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MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Degree Overview

The overall objective of the MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management is to instill the necessary knowledge, skills, and competences required to successfully lead a tourism and hospitality business in a global economy. Successful managers assume responsibility to design and implement strategy consistent with an industry’s long-term goals, manage tourism and hospitality service operations, and supervise employees.

Program Details

Program Length

18 Months

GPA Needed to Earn the Degree

3.0 or higher

Credits Needed to Earn the Degree

46 US credits / 92 ECTS

Degree Level

MQF Level 7

Entry Requirements

General Requirements

Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree (e.g., US Bachelor or European 3-yr initial degree, equivalent to MQF level 6) in any discipline. Admissions standards follow the MFHEA Guidelines for Accreditation of MQF Level 7 Courses minimum entry requirements.

Documents Required

• Official AUM application: to be submitted online.
• Scanned copies of qualifications and transcripts in the original language, as well as certified English translations, if necessary. If admitted to AUM, all original documents must be presented to the Admissions Office in order to be permitted to officially enrol.
• Proof of English Proficiency.

English Language Proficiency

The English language proficiency requirement may be waived if students are a native speaker of English and they have completed their secondary education in an English medium institution in a country where English is the official language.

Examining Boards Recognized by AUM and Minimum Scores Required

• IELTS: 6.5
• TOEFL: 79
• PTE: 55
• iTEP Academic Plus: 4.0
• iTEP – EAP Institutional: 4.9
• (CEFRL): B2

Program Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

Graduates will acquire knowledge of the following fields needed to manage a business or non-profit organization:

• Formulate and appraise wide range of accounting, economics, and financial practical tools and data.
• Analyse and interpret comprehensive legal business policies and theoretical frameworks
• Estimate and justify multi-disciplinary organisational structure and implement tasks and projects
• Construct and prove the efficiency of marketing strategies.
• Model consumer behaviour and business advertising.
• Conclude and apply research and statistics methods (i.e., qualitative, and quantitative).
• Select and interpret different ICT approaches of a digital society-based framework.

Skills

Graduates will develop the following skills used in managing tourism and hospitality business and services:

• Classify, apply, and analyse competitive threats, differentiate between the complexities of external influences on business activity.
• Apply appropriate statistical and financial investment techniques and tools to business data in order to make successful business decisions.
• Practice performant operation management, including cost management.
• Measure and predict the impact of macroeconomics’ indicators movements, including but not limited to financial systems, business cycles, labour markets, monetary and fiscal policy
• Implement understanding of the legal issues relevant to business, including contracts, liability, fraud, and dispute resolution.

Competencies

Graduates will develop the following competences:

• Determine innovative solutions to complex business problems.
• Appraise and evaluate activities that affect business outcomes, including but not limited to financial management and reporting, strategy development and implementation, operations, marketing, and employee management.
• Defend unbiased decisions that are supported by data rather than gut feelings.
• Comply with professional standards and laws and demonstrate the highest business and professional ethics.
• Transform business plans that will create value for the organization and its stakeholders.
• Select and implement digital technology to take the business decisions

General Pedagogical Methods

The EMBA comprises 3 semesters of full-time coursework plus a fourth semester in which a major independent research project is completed. The courses are sequenced such that later courses leverage material learned in earlier courses.

General Assessment Methods

Successful Progress Requirement

Students must maintain a 3.0/4 grade point average throughout the program. Students whose performance fails to maintain this standard will be required to repeat modules with the lowest grades until they regain the required minimum GPA.

Assessment Methods

Assessment methods and policies vary according to each module. They are specified in the description of each module. In general, foundation and core modules are assessed by written examinations and homework assignments. Advanced modules are assessed by written examinations, homework assignments, and case studies.

Relationship to Occupation/S

Graduates of a quality MBA program acquire knowledge, skills, and competences that position them already a step ahead in career paths of graduates of bachelor programs or of other master’s degrees.

Course Structure Sample

Structure of Programme for Full-Time Attendance

• Semester 1: Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Writing and Presenting Academic Research
• Semester 2: Operation Management, Sustainability for Tourism and Hospitality Management, Human Resources Management /Information Systems in Tourism and Hospitality /Entrepreneurship for Tourism and Hospitality, Research Methods for Business
• Semester 3: Marketing Strategies and Management for Tourism and Hospitality, Quality Management in Tourism and Hospitality, Research Thesis in Tourism and Hospitality

Structure of Programme for Part-Time Attendance

• Semester 1: Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting
• Semester 2: Financial Management, Writing and Presenting Academic Research
• Semester 3: Operation Management, Sustainability for Tourism and Hospitality Management
• Semester 4: Human Resources Management /Information Systems in Tourism and Hospitality /Entrepreneurship for Tourism and Hospitality, Research Methods for Business
• Semester 5: Marketing Strategies and Management for Tourism and Hospitality, Quality Management in Tourism and Hospitality
• Semester 6: Research Thesis in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Other Qualifications

Post-Graduate Certificate in Finance and Accounting

• Number of Credits: 30 ECTS
• Qualification: MQF 7
• Duration: 16 weeks
• List of courses:
  • Business Statistics (6 ECTS)
  • Financial Accounting (6 ECTS)
  • Economics for Managers (6 ECTS)
  • Business Law (6 ECTS)
  • Managerial Accounting (6 ECTS)

Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

• Number of Credits: 60 ECTS
• Qualification: MQF 7
• Duration: 32 weeks
• List of courses:
  • Business Statistics (6 ECTS)
  • Operations Management (6 ECTS)
  • Economics for Managers (6 ECTS)
  • Business Law (6 ECTS)
  • Managerial Accounting (6 ECTS)
  • Organisational Design, Culture and Structure (6 ECTS)
  • Marketing Management (6 ECTS)
  • Strategic Management (6 ECTS)
  • Financial Management (6 ECTS)
  • Research Methods for Business (6 ECTS)

Exit Awards

Exit Awards are considered for each Module as follows:

• Award in Business Statistics (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Financial Accounting (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Economics for Managers (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Business Law (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)
• Award in Managerial Accounting (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Organizational Design, Culture and Structure (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)
• Award in Marketing Management (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)
• Award in Money and Banking (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Business Ethics (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Strategic Management (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)
• Award in Financial Management (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)
• Award in Operations Management (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)
• Award in Writing and Presenting Academic Research (Business Administration) (6ECTS)
• Award in Research Methods for Business (Business Administration) (6 ECTS)