Master's Degree in International Tourism and Destination Management
Macerata, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 200 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* For the academic year 2025/2026 international students must submit a pre-admission application until spring 2025.
** The amount is approximate and refers to the yearly tuiton fees and contributions. Reductions can be applied depending on the incoming country of the student. Renewal fees and contributions are charge yearly.
Key Summary
Introduction
Presentation
Tourism directly supports more than 100 million travel and tourism jobs according to WTTC 2014, one of the world's largest industries. Demand for tourism and travel professionals will grow as many traditional borders disappear and businesses develop even more globally.
The Master's degree in International Tourism and Destination Management (ITourDeM) at the University of Macerata is a two-year postgraduate degree which is equivalent to an M.A./M.Sc. It aims to prepare managers and professionals able to tackle the global challenges of present tourism, being key players of sustainable development, and cultural heritage promoters.
Curriculum
Offered by the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the University of Macerata, the master's degree programme in International Tourism and Destination Management – ITourDeM at the University of Macerata is a two-year postgraduate degree which is equivalent to an M.A./M.Sc.
It aims to prepare managers and professionals able to tackle the global challenges of present tourism, being key players of sustainable development, and cultural heritage promoters.
ITourDeM focuses on a professional figure with theoretical and practical skills and stresses socio-economical methodologies and historical and geographical knowledge. This professional figure has competencies in designing and implementing advanced tourism operational infrastructures, building and managing tourist destinations through the sustainable enhancement of natural and cultural resources, developing natural and landscape tourism projects, qualifying a tourism approach to environment and food goods.
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Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
The ITourDeM Master's degree offers vocational education for professionals in receptive tourism and hotel management companies, high-responsibility positions in enterprises designing, planning, and marketing travel and tourism-connected products, in cooperatives and consortia of integrated tourism. Other career positions deal with the organization of cultural events and exhibitions, and the management of services to the public, government, public and private institutions, in the fields of tourism, culture, environment, heritage, and local development.