Study location	Latvia, Valmiera
Type	Master, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	combined Latvian/English
Awards	M.Sc. (Master's degree of Social Sciences in Tourism and Leisure Organization)

Tuition fee	€3,558 per year
Application fee	€150 one-time
Registration fee	To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You can also familiarize yourself with packages baltic.study/en/packages You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor diploma Professional or academic bachelor’s degree in tourism organization and management or equivalent education. Candidates whose previous bachelor’s degree or equivalent education was not obtained in tourism organization and management or related industry must take a written test. An additional condition for foreign applicants: the average grade in the Diploma Supplement should be at least 60% of the maximum possible. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Territory requirements	Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+ Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+

Other requirements	Entrance examination: written test Additional documents to be submitted: Master thesis idea application Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Entrance examination: written test in June 9, 2023. According to details of entrance examination, the staff member in charge will contact applicant.

Overview

1 semester in Latvia, 1 semester in Lithuania, do your internship in any country
for market research and tendencies based professional career development.

Synthesis of social sciences, theoretic tourism and events knowledge
and ICT to help you understand complex ideas and create a rounded intellectual
and creative response.

Live projects in organizations and networks, case studies, visits and
an internship, guest lectures from industry to train your knowledge
and skills in competitive business environment

Career opportunities

Based on the reserach „Tourism Companies and the Competitive Environment. Needs Analysis and employability“ the ITEM program is targeted to provide students with competitive advantages in the labour market. Both – to be emplyeed by organizations and establish own enterprise are of great value. Development of enterpreneurial skills are among others during the ITEM study process. Tourism and hospitality sector is growing, MICE tourism and corporate events beside of events in general are one of tourism development political priorities.

International tourism events management specialists will be familiar with and able to apply research techniques, to manage the international tourism events and processes in the real and virtual environment, to rise and appropriately use financial resources and marketing expertise for raising competitiveness. International tourism events management graduates will be able to develop national and regional tourism services exports, to promote MICE tourism business in conference centres, accommodation establishments, accommodation business chains and municipal territories and other tourism destinations.