Study programmes and courses

The study programme Tourism will provide you with a practically oriented economically oriented bachelor's education for the performance of professional activities in various areas of tourism. You will be prepared to deal with standard industry situations at mid-level in the operational, personnel, financial and organisational areas of all forms of tourism business (travel agencies and agencies, accommodation facilities, information centres, etc.) and in public administration. The acquired theoretical knowledge will be practically verified thanks to long-term practice (14 weeks in total). You will therefore already gain valuable experience during your studies, which will enrich your CV.

Applications should only be submitted electronically via the e-application application. The admission fee is 650,- CZK and must be paid no later than the closing date for applications of the given round (if you do not enrol, the fee will not be refunded). Further payment instructions (account number, variable symbol) find it in the electronic application. The fee must be paid again for each round of admissions.

Applications in the 2nd and 3rd supplementary rounds will only be allowed provided that the number of applicants already admitted in the 1st basic round is not already full.

What subjects will you study?

The list of subjects that you will take during your studies can be found in the Study Plan for Full-Time Study and study plan to combined form of study. The study also includes a long-term internship (14 weeks).

• The condition for admission to study is the attainment of secondary education with a matriculation examination (successfully passed matriculation examination at a secondary school).
• Applicants are admitted to study on the basis of an application for study and proof of passing the matriculation examination. The maximum number of students admitted to the study programme may total 450 in both forms of study, with a maximum of 225 in the combined form of study.
The date and time of application is decisive for admission to study within the maximum number of students.
• Acceptance of applicants for study who are foreign nationals (with the exception of Slovak nationals) is also subject to proof of knowledge of the Czech language. This proficiency can be demonstrated by a matriculation exam in the Czech language (successfully passing the matriculation exam at a Czech high school) or by an oral interview at the entrance exam at the Polytechnic University Jihlava (understanding of the spoken word, ability to interact and to identify the motivation, expectations and immediate needs of the student).

For the full text of the conditions of admission to VŠPJ for the academic year 2024/2025, please see HERE. 

In the context of the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine caused by the invasion of the Russian Federation troops, the VŠPJ has issued special rules for students and applicants with temporary protection in the Czech Republic and citizens of Ukraine. The full text of the special rules can be found HERE. 

More information on the Czech language exam, including exam dates, can be found on the website HERE.

As part of the admission procedure for AR 2024/2025, there is again No FEE for acts related to the admission procedure for applicants in difficult social situation. No fee will be charged to an applicant who meets the following conditions:

• submits an application to study in a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme no later than 15 May 2024,
• is not a graduate of the same type of study programme (written affidavit),
• proves that he/she is in a difficult social situation (written certificate issued at his/her request by the state social assistance body that the family income ascertained for the purposes of the child benefit for the third calendar quarter of 2023 did not exceed the product of the family's subsistence minimum and a coefficient of 1.5),
• requests that the fee not be assessed no later than April 10, 2024.

An application for not setting the fee is available HERE, a model affidavit is available HERE.

More information can be found in RR No. 2/2024 HERE. 

Further information on the admission procedure:

• The matriculation certificate/certification must be submitted in one of the following ways: 
• online (upload via personal folder in the e-application)  - only authorized document conversion (provided by Czech POINT branches)  - other electronic versions of the document, e.g. simple scan will not be accepted 
• by correspondence to the study department (officially certified copy)
• in person at the study department (certified copy)
• The matriculation certificate/certificate must be delivered by 10 September 2024 (in case of non-delivery by the deadline, the candidate will not be admitted for studies).
  
  

Where can I find the results of the admission process

Summary results of the admission procedure can be found: View

Your further questions can be answered by contacting the Studies Department, tel. 567 141 181 or e-mail: studijni@vspj.cz.

Important dates for applications and admissions

The last date for regular enrolment for the academic year 2024/2025 is set for September 12, 2024.

Only those applicants who have fulfilled the admission requirements and have the document "Rector's Decision on Admission to Study" available in the e-application form may apply for study. The easiest and fastest way to enrol for studies is online directly in the e-application form. However, you can also choose to enrol by correspondence or enrol in person at the VŠPJ building (dates will be announced continuously). All information about the admission procedure and subsequent enrolment can be found in your e-application. 

The study programme Tourism provides a practically oriented economically oriented bachelor education for the performance of professional activities in various areas of tourism

The programme is designed in such a way that it fulfils the Government Regulation No. 275/2016 Coll., on areas of education in higher education for study programmes in the category of Economics, to the extent appropriate to a professionally oriented bachelor's degree programme. The acquired knowledge and skills of the graduate were designed to be in line with the Central Database of Competences of the National System of Occupations of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

From the point of view of the Central Database of Competences of the National Occupational System of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the graduate of the study programme Tourism has the following competences:

• Professional knowledge: Knowledge in the field of business economics, knowledge in the field of accounting and taxation, knowledge in the field of economics, knowledge in the field of legal principles, laws, regulations and their interpretation and meaning, knowledge in the field of tourism theory, knowledge in the field of management, knowledge in the field of human resources management, knowledge in hotel management, knowledge in hospitality management, knowledge in travel agency management and tour guiding, knowledge in destination management, knowledge in marketing, knowledge in geography, knowledge in statistics and mathematics, knowledge in foreign languages.
• Professional Skills: people skills in business economics, management, marketing, hotel, hospitality, travel agency operations, mental skills in all these areas, skills in managing processes and activities in these areas.
• General Skills: are implicitly given by the expansion of economic awareness, and are further enhanced especially in the areas of computer and numerical competence and language competence.
• Soft competences: these are mainly effective communication, cooperation, creativity, independence, flexibility, problem solving, planning and organising work, discovery and orientation to information.

Key Learning Outcomes

The graduate has the knowledge, skills and general competencies to be able to:

• Plan operational and tactical activities in a hotel operation, travel agency including product costing,
• analyze the prerequisites for the development of tourism of the destination, propose options for sustainable development of tourism of the destination,
• assess and analyse the impact of the economic situation on the enterprise,
• develop a marketing research plan and implement it,
• develop a business plan,
• apply basic human resource management tools,
• use information technology and software support for organizational, presentation and analytical work,
• basic mathematical and statistical analysis,
• actively use their professional knowledge and skills in at least two foreign languages.

Graduate placement

• in middle management positions in the hotel industry, e.g. front desk manager,
• middle management positions in the hospitality industry, e.g. operations,
• middle management positions in travel agency operations,
• as a manager or regional development officer in the tourism industry,
• as an administrative and economic officer,
• as an independent entrepreneur.

• Full-time study
• Combined studies