Hotel Management

The Hotel Management programme at VUM has more than 25 years of history. Hundreds of graduates have entered the hospitality industry in Bulgaria and more than 50 other countries around the globe. - Varna University of Management (VUM) is one of the leading educational institutions with more than 25 years of tradition to train and develop professionals in the fields of tourism and hospitality. The language of instruction is English and students complete their education with two degrees. Upon successful graduation and meeting the requirements of our strategic academic partner Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, along with their Bulgarian degree in Hotel Management from VUM, they are awarded a British Degree BA(Hons) International Hospitality Management. - The challenges of the modern world and the dynamic development of tourism and hospitality demand specialists who have both theoretical and practical skills as well as motivation to improve their professional qualities. The main goal of the programme is to develop highly qualified specialists with strategic and creative business thinking, in-depth knowledge, advanced practical skills, personal qualities and professional habits. - Students acquire important theoretical knowledge in economic, management and behavioral sciences, finance, accounting, human resources, marketing and entrepreneurship, information technologies, business communications and others. Problem-based and case-based learning techniques that we apply during the course of education are related to the actual practice in the hospitality business and lead to creativity and innovative thinking when dealing with real cases in the business practice, teamwork skills, communication, planning and organizational skills, decision-making and conflict management. - VUM has an extensive and sophisticated network of more than 200 active international partners, where our students can carry out their obligatory practical training. Thus, they get a real opportunity to create contacts, gain skills and experience in a real environment and lay the foundations for their future successful business realization.