Hotel Management

Undergraduate
Polytechnic
Daytime
Language of Teaching
Portuguese
Faculty / School
Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo
Area of Studies
Economics, Management and Tourism
 
Overview

The main objectives of Hotel Management degree are:

  • To develop a complex and diverse range of professional and transferable skills in management and in hospitality
  • To develop ICT skills
  • To develop foreign language skills
  • To offer a theoretical and practical training by promoting a close relationship with local and national industrial partners, analyzing case-studies and cooperating with lecturers from other institutions
  • To establish a strong network of industry relationships by signing several cooperation agreements and protocols
  • To meet the challenges of starting a career in hospitality by ensuring work placements to students
The applications for public higher education are made annually through national call and/or special contests.
 
Career Opportunities

The career opportunities of Hotel and Management degree are:

  • Hotel senior managers;
  • Director / Head of Department (administrative/financial, marketing, human resources, reserves, reception, restaurant/bar, catering operations)
  • Hospital manager (operations of food and beverages)
  • Institutional organs

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Guilherme Fonseca

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