Degree Programme in Sports and Leisure Management | full-time studies

Choose the Tourism degree at KAMK, if you wish to obtain the knowledge and skills to manage and develop tourism businesses sustainably. During the studies, you will gain a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of the tourism industry, such as accommodation, catering and program services and event management. You will study the current trends and phenomena in the tourism industry and build a strong competence base for multidisciplinary collaboration in the tourism operational environments. Studying in a multicultural group supports the development of your expertise into a professional for the international tourism industry. During your studies, you can choose to specialize in hospitality management, event management or arctic sports and tourism.

The theoretical knowledge gained from studies will be applied into practice in projects and events together with the local companies and organizations. Our wide network of international partner universities gives you the opportunity to explore the world further. Specialization studies, international exchange, practical training and thesis provide you with the opportunity to focus your studies according to your own interests. During this English-taught degree, you will study in an international group and working in a multicultural environment is part of the learning process. Foreign students will study the Finnish language as part of their studies.

You are engouraged to develop competence in different areas of tourism and therefore to plan a personal study path. You specialize in hospitality management, but your personal study path may also include developing your international competence in one of our partner universities abroad, a double degree with a German partner university or practical training abroad. It is also possible to choose for example study modules from other fields, such as Arctic Sports and Tourism, Event Management or Marketing Communications.  

Career opportunities

During your studies, you will learn to develop and deliver high-quality experiences for tourism and to manage tourism businesses with an entrepreneurial attitude. The Bachelor of Hospitality Management with a focus on Tourism will have the skills to work in tourism development, sales, marketing and production tasks, tourism management, and as independent entrepreneurs. After graduation, your job title might be Receptionist, Tour Operator, Event Specialist, Traffic Agent, Travel Sales Coordinator, Front Desk Agent, Front Office Manager, Restaurant Manager. 

Suorita kansainvälinen Bachelor of Sports Studies -tutkinto Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulussa. Opiskelu sisältää teorian lisäksi myös paljon käytännön harjoittelua.