Tourism Management
I'm Professor Orhan Batman. I am the Head of the Tourism Management Department of Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Tourism Faculty. We started to enroll students in 2001 in the Department of Tourism Management. This year we are celebrating our twentieth year. Until now, approximately 1700 students have graduated from the department. Our department also provides master's and doctoral programs. 70 students graduated from the doctorate programs. 250 science specialists graduated from the master's programs. We teach business and management-oriented courses in the Department of Tourism Management. In addition, we also have courses for operational departments in the tourism sector. In addition to our courses such as Hotel Management, Front Desk Management, Housekeeping Management, Service Management, we also have Hotel Automation Systems, Travel Management, Automation Systems courses focused on automation systems. We have computer labs. The Front Desk Automation Systems course and Travel Automation Systems courses are given in this laboratory. The Erasmus exchange program is among the programs offered to the students by our department. In this regard, the Department of Tourism Management takes pride in being the first department to introduce this practice, perhaps the first in Turkey. We are in touch with universities abroad. We are especially well connected with the countries of Spain, Portugal, Germany, Ireland and Poland. Our department is leading the Traditional Tourism Symposium, which we will hold for the ninetieth time this year. First, we started this organization as the Department of Tourism Management. Currently, this organization is held with 6 universities. In addition, we will hold the second International Congress of New Generations and Trends in Tourism (INGANT), which we hold internationally this year. Students who graduate from this department are really lucky because they receive both business administration education and tourism education together. Therefore, they can work in all businesses in the field of tourism, hotel management, travel agency, restaurant management, as well as in all areas of airline management in the field of transportation. In addition, bankers, insurers and healthcare professionals love our students, as they have great public relations skills.
I can say that the internship opportunities provided by the department are great. We have 60 days of compulsory internship in the summer period. Students who desire can benefit from the optional internship application every summer. They even have the opportunity to obtain 5 ECTS credits for their internship. I can say that our most important advantage is the vocational practice internship in the 8th semester, which is a part of the 7 + 1 model. With their professional practice internship, our students can find work thanks to this internship. We are very close to Istanbul. The Ada Express train operates like a subway. The commute to Istanbul and to cities close to Izmır is quite easy. We have a high-speed stop located between the Istanbul-Ankara line. So we have the advantage of transportation. We have 20 years' worth of educational experience. Our department is like a huge family. We are a department which has 1700 graduates, with our own alumni club. Our students will become members of a large family and receive a good education. I think that those who seek professional education in a cozy environment should prefer this department. Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, as the name suggests is focused on "applied sciences". Therefore, the most important advantage we offer to our students as both a university, a faculty and a department is the advantage of practicing. For example, summer internship is compulsory, and it is compulsory in most schools. However, the main thing that makes us different is its application. Our 8th semester is completely spent in the sector. Students must spend the last semester in the field within the scope of the course. The time spent in the field now means, in a sense, to start working. In my opinion, this huge advantage should not be overlooked. Students, as I have just stated, we are a very big family. You will never regret choosing this place. I am waiting for you all at Sakarya, Tourism Faculty, Tourism Management Department. I wish you all success in the exams.
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I can say that the internship opportunities provided by the department are great. We have 60 days of compulsory internship in the summer period. Students who desire can benefit from the optional internship application every summer. They even have the opportunity to obtain 5 ECTS credits for their internship. I can say that our most important advantage is the vocational practice internship in the 8th semester, which is a part of the 7 + 1 model. With their professional practice internship, our students can find work thanks to this internship. We are very close to Istanbul. The Ada Express train operates like a subway. The commute to Istanbul and to cities close to Izmır is quite easy. We have a high-speed stop located between the Istanbul-Ankara line. So we have the advantage of transportation. We have 20 years' worth of educational experience. Our department is like a huge family. We are a department which has 1700 graduates, with our own alumni club. Our students will become members of a large family and receive a good education. I think that those who seek professional education in a cozy environment should prefer this department. Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, as the name suggests is focused on "applied sciences". Therefore, the most important advantage we offer to our students as both a university, a faculty and a department is the advantage of practicing. For example, summer internship is compulsory, and it is compulsory in most schools. However, the main thing that makes us different is its application. Our 8th semester is completely spent in the sector. Students must spend the last semester in the field within the scope of the course. The time spent in the field now means, in a sense, to start working. In my opinion, this huge advantage should not be overlooked. Students, as I have just stated, we are a very big family. You will never regret choosing this place. I am waiting for you all at Sakarya, Tourism Faculty, Tourism Management Department. I wish you all success in the exams.