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About the programme
You have a talent for organising events, you are creative and you easily connect with other people, even when it is in another language, or when they have a different cultural background. You are customer-oriented and therefore know how to respond well to your guest’s wishes. This allows you to develop a strategic vision for the organisation you work for. Whether this is about making destinations or events more sustainable, personnel policy or marketing a product or service. During your studies, you will have the opportunity to specialise in various areas. For example, dive into tourism combined with health. What is the added value of wellness or yoga for an organisation? But you can also become a pioneer in the field of gastronomy and food trends. You will have plenty of space to choose a direction that suits you. Are you coming to study Tourism Management at HZ in Vlissingen? Welcome, bienvenue, willkommen.
Why study Tourism Management at HZ?
Small classes, lots of attention
Learn in a supportive environment where small class sizes mean more interaction, personal guidance, and closer contact with lecturers and fellow students.
Gain practical experience
You gain practical experience through internships, guest lectures, and company visits. These opportunities help you to bring theory into practice and prepare you for a successful career.
Strategic coastal location
HZ is located in Zeeland, one of the Netherlands’ top coastal tourism regions. The region’s strong focus on tourism and hospitality offers plenty of opportunities to connect with local businesses and build a global network from the start of your studies.
Customize your studies by choosing a minor, internship and organise a study trip
You have plenty of opportunities to customise your Tourism Management degree at HZ. You can choose a minor that matches your specialisation or explore a different area within the field, either in the Netherlands or abroad – and most students take this chance to study internationally. There’s also the option to organise a study trip with your classmates, where you take full responsibility for planning the destination, programme, and logistics, earning extra credits in the process. Even in your graduation phase, you have flexibility: you decide whether to focus more on academic research through your thesis, or gain practical experience through an extended management internship – or find the balance that works best for you.
"I decided to come to the Netherlands because I wanted to be in an international environment, I wanted to study in English. And what I also like about HZ is that it’s more of a classroom feeling, so we’re about 30 to 40 people in one room, so it’s really personal. And you have the exchange with the teachers as well. With Tourism Management, we learn a lot about the different aspects that go into companies, so it could be HR related, it can be marketing related, and then obviously everything that goes into tourism. So destination development and all of that."
Tourism Management in short
Study at HZ and workfield orientation in NL or abroad
You discover the foundations of tourism and the leisure industry. You participate in projects for both Dutch and international companies and organisations. At the end of the 1st year you do your first internship. You focus on topics such as: • Marketing • Hostmanship (customer focus) • Human resources • Operational management • Business modeling • Value creation
Study at HZ and workfield orientation in NL or abroad
In year 2 you focus on topics such as: • Cultural communication • Organisation cultures • Digital intelligence • Company analysis • Technological trends, e-tourism • Destination development • Investment analysis and experience design At the end of the 2nd year you do another internship.
Study at HZ and minor in NL or abroad
You practice your research skills in preparation for your graduation assignment. Together with your project group, you carry out a project in the field of tourism and leisure for the duration of 10 weeks, going through the entire graduation process. This year you focus on topics such as: strategic management, commercial skills, responsible tourism and ethics. You also choose a minor: a choice package of six months to deepen your knowledge. This you can do in the Netherlands or abroad.
Graduation phase and traineeship NL or abroad
The 4th year is all about graduating. You can personalise your graduation year with the Tourism Management programme. Do you want to continue studying and do a master? Then you can spend a larger part of the year on your thesis and a smaller part on your management internship. If you think it is important to gain as much practical experience as possible, you choose a larger practical part and a smaller thesis part.
Tourism Management in 3 years
With your pre-university diploma, Dutch VWO or an international equivalent, you can qualify for the English-language three-year track of the Tourism Management study programme. After applying to the Tourism Management study programme, you can indicate your interest for the 3-year track through the study choice check. After that, your diploma is checked by our student office to see if you’re eligible. Subsequently, a motivation interview is planned with a study coach from the programme. If you want to check if your diploma meets this entry requirement, you contact HZ student administration: csa@hz.nl.
"On a day-to-day basis, Tourism Management is quite diverse. We work on a lot of group projects, have classes, but every week is different. We don't always have the same schedule and have quite a lot of free time, which is nice. So, we can arrange our own timing when working on projects. Sometimes we have exams, but it's not always the same, which makes it fun as well. With Tourism Management, I want to travel, explore the world. I think it's the best way to do it. You can really combine it well with your career and your personal kind of hobbies and passions."
Entry requirements
There are three 3 different requirements for your admission: 1. General requirements: Diploma Equal to Dutch HAVO, determined by Nuffic (Organisation for International Education in the Netherlands.) To see if you would be admissible, check the list of foreign diplomas on our website: www.hz.nl/requirements. 2. Specific study programme requirements Depending on your chosen programme, you may need to meet additional requirements. Check www.hz.nl/requirements for additional requirements. 3. Language requirements As an international student you might need to submit an official English language certificate, proving you have a sufficient command of written and spoken English. Your level of English needs to have an equivalent of the IELTS score of 6.0. For exemptions to this language requirement, see www.hz.nl/requirements.
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