The MSc in Hospitality and Tourism Management is a full-time, two-year Program, fully taught in English. This program offers the option of doing a dual degree with Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando – giving you the opportunity of studying in one of the Top 5 Hospitality and Tourism Colleges in the World!

PhD in Tourism is by far the most important activity in the Algarve region. Hence, the University of Algarve (UAlg) recently selected Tourism Studies as one of its central domains (its academic cadre hosts the largest number of PhD holders in Tourism Studies in Portugal).

The degree in Tourism aims to provide students with scientific, technical and professional skills in the field of Tourism. The diversity of tourism activities requires professionals with a broad knowledge of the tourism sector and organizational structures. In this sense, the degree in Tourism provides knowledge in the area of management, planning and development of companies and territories, enabling students to implement innovation, marketing, management, human resources and animation strategies in companies, organizations and tourist destinations.

The Degree in Tourism and Sustainable Business at ISPGAYA provides markedly practical and experimental training, based on the theoretical knowledge necessary for professional practice.

The Master in Tourism contributes to the enhancement of the academic skills and professional performance of young graduates, who intend to expand knowledge and direct their professional career, and of professionals, interested in developing scientific and technical skills in the field of tourism.

This master's degree in Communication Design for Tourism and Culture aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge while intending to create an operational definition of resources that essentially integrate the reinvention of the development of communication design projects in the fields of Tourism and Culture.

In articulation with the first and third cycles, this master's Program Is based on an interdisciplinary and integrated vision of the tourism sector. It aims to provide a deep and consolidated training which underpins the acquisition of the knowledge and expertise in the fields of planning and management which are necessary and essential to ensure the success and sustainability of any strategy of tourist development. This training should support a specialised grounding for students intending to follow a professional career in different public and private institutions in the tourism sector (including the leadership and coordination of advanced studies, and planning and management activities) as well as for those who intend to continue their academic studies.

The Doctoral Program in Tourism seeks to create a new research Program, under the umbrella of the Bologna Treaty, and pursues the following objectives:

The Master Program in Sustainable Tourism Management aims the training of students able to perform tasks in various branches of tourism, whether in public or in private sector.

The ESB’s Master's in Food Engineering, is aimed at those interested in food and bioprocess engineering, risk assessment, process development and control, advanced production systems and associated environmental and social issues. This specialization leads graduates to various job opportunities in one of the most important sectors in Portugal and the European Union.

This course aims to build, develop, promote and market different tourist services and products in tourist companies and other organizations in the sector that carry out diversified tourist operations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES Graduates of the Degree in Hotel Management, by acquiring various skills throughout the course, will be able to perform different functions, at different levels of intervention, within the scope of hotel units. Specifically, training in Hotel Management aims to provide the development of scientific, technical and interpersonal skills that contribute to the organization and evaluation of theoretical, technical and practical solutions to the various problems faced by the various areas of Hospitality. Through the knowledge acquired, the degree in Hotel Management will develop a wide range of knowledge and skills, not only in managing the services of hotel units, but also in finance, marketing, communication and resource management and will have leadership skills.

This Tourism degree, strongly connected with the business world, is focused on the creation, management, and dissemination of tourism and hospitality in its different aspects, opening unprecedented employment opportunities. More than 170 partnerships in the areas of tourism and hospitality provide students with different and real experiences in the tourism industry: Vila Galé, Pestana, Tivoli Hotels, Viagens Abreu Group, Uniplaces, Museus de Portugal, CCB, Zomato and Fórum Turismo 2.1, among many other partnerships.

The master's degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management is a specialization master's degree. The immersion in the good practices of the sector, applied projects of great value for the different sectors that make up the value chain of tourism and hospitality and the academic richness of the subjects taught are elements of irrefutable value in the training of all those who intend to contribute to the continues to value tourism and hospitality, either through research or professionally.

The study program aims at providing the students with a technical and humanistic background that will allow them to contribute to the Portuguese and European heritage in line with the sustainability of tourism industry and taking into account the connections between tourism and cultural heritage activities.