Curriculum of the College of Tourism and Leisure Industry
The College of Tourism and Leisure Industry imparts general education and specific commercial studies, training in the fields of tourism and gastronomy, communicative skills in three foreign languages, knowledge and proficiency in the field of guest service, food and beverage management and in the field of administration and customer service.
Students can choose from a vast array of additional qualifications offering them a real head start: internationally recognised front-office training through the exclusive cooperation with "Les Clefs d´Or", bartender, junior sommelier, beer sommelier, coffee and tea expert, pastry and cheese expert and language certificates.
First you can choose between the study program in English or in German
Then you can choose your major in LANGUAGES or Digital Tourism & Entrepreneurship
Hospitality & catering management (English)
All subjects in English |
Hours per week per semester |
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II. |
III. |
IV. |
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Religious Education |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Language and media |
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English |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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Italian or Spanish |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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Office management and applied computer science |
2 |
2 |
2 |
- |
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Tourism, economy and law |
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Tourism geography and travel agency |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Tourism marketing and customer management (major: front office) |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Arts and culture |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
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Business administration and economics |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Accounting and financial management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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Law |
- |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Catering und hospitality |
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Nutrition and food technology |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Kitchen organisation and cooking |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Service organisation and beverages |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Specialisation: wine sommelier, cheese connoisseur or junior-barkeeper |
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1 |
1 |
- |
| Practical training and applied project management | ||||
| Practical training and applied project management |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Deepenings to select | ||||
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Digital Tourism & Entrepreneurship |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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Third foreign language (French) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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Total hours per week |
37 |
38 |
38 |
31 |
PRACTICAL TRAINING: 12 weeks in total in order to be allowed to proceed to the third semester.
Further information about the majors
Third foreign language
Besides English and French we offer Spanish and Italian. In particular, in the international hospitality, catering and tourism business, foreign languages bring about a decisive advantage, already at your first job interview and further on also during your professional career.
Digital Tourism & Entrepreneurship
Digital Tourism & Entrepreneurship is taught in small groups and modules and is comprised of the following sections:
- Hospitality, restaurant and tourism management
- E-marketing + IT management
- General health management
- Applied event and project management
- Leadership training, HR management
- Sustainability management and energy management
- Digital Marketing with tourism focus
- Company Start-up, Business leadership
- Innovative business models
- Innovation management
- Management training & Leadership
- HR Management & Intercultural Management
- Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Digital trends in tourism
Additional qualifications and language certificates:
Thanks to our certified further training program according to availability, you will gain additional qualifications for your future career.
- (Show) Bar keeping (Barkeeper Union)
- Banquet Manager (BAN KETT profi)
- Reception/Concierge (Les Clefs d’Or)
- Cheese connoisseur (AMA Austria)
- Junior wine sommelier (Austrian Wine Academy)
- Junior beer sommelier (Brewery Union Austria)
- Coffee and tea sommelier (Hornig, Meinl)
- Energy manager for tourism (ecoversum)
- Language certificates in: English, Italian, French and Spanish
Practical training is very important to us
During the school holidays the students need to complete a twelve week internship.
Excellent career opportunities through a worldwide network
Graduates are very much sought after locally and internationally. More than 6,500 graduates are successfully working worldwide. The alumni association of the "Tourismusschulen Bad Gleichenberg" connects the college with students and alumni all around the world. During monthly events and meetings, students and alumni have the chance to strengthen and expand their international network.