The Academy of Hotel Management and Catering Industry was established on July 14 1993 by virtue of the decision of the Minister of Education (no. 29) The school offers a diploma in hotel, restaurant and tourism management. The Academy is located at the heart of Wielkopolska, in Poznań which is famous for its good management and administration, modern economy as well as its rich academic tradition.

According to the statistics of the Provincial Employment Office our graduates find interesting jobs.

Our Academy offers a three-year either full-time, evening or extramural Bachelor-of-Arts course in Tourism and Recreation with such 10 majors as Hotel Management and Catering Industry, Tourism Services, Management and Marketing in Hotels, Restaurants, Tourism and Recreation, Administration and Legal Procedure in Tourism, Modern Communication Techniques in Hotels Restaurants, Tourism and Recreation, Agriecotourism, Dietetics in Tourism and Recreation, Logistics in Tourism and Recreation, Physico-Therapy in Health Resorts, the Economy of Tourism.

This year the Academy of Hotel Management and Catering Industry celebrated its tenth anniversary. Over the time 3182 people had finished the School. That includes overseas students from Peru, China, Belarus and Ukraine to name but a few. Bearing in mind the students' needs, the Academy keeps growing and changing which You can tell looking at its rich facilities, the majors, courses and training both in Poland and abroad, as well as the teaching staff that the School offers. One of the principles that the authorities of the Academy observes is that classes should be conducted by experienced specialists from the academic world and well-known and esteemed specialists in the hotel, restaurant and tourist industry. Our teaching staff are graduates of the most famous higher education facilities of Poznań (Adam Mickiewicz University, The Academy of Physical Education, The Academy of Agriculture) and of Poland (the University of Szczecin, the Academy of Physical Education in Wrocław and Warsaw). Our instructors hold high posts in such famous hotels as the Forum, Jan III Sobieski, Sheraton and Victoria IHC in Warsaw, Merkury, Polonez in Poznań etc.

The Academy of Hotel Management and Catering Industry
Our graduates are ready to work in travel agencies, hotels, leisure centers, recreation centers, local authority and national government offices in charge of the development of tourism and recreation as well as in non-profit organizations. Our school is a private one which means that the tuition fees is used to keep modernizing our technical background and to buy learning aids for our students to raise their qualifications.

The Academy focuses on tourism and recreation, specializing in:

Hotel management and catering industry
Qualifies professionals to work in hotels and restaurants, provides students with knowledge concerning establishing and running your own business
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Management of tourist traffic
Provides students with knowledge on both economy and law that enables them to run a travel agency
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Management and marketing in hotels, restaurants, tourism and recreation
Teaches how to run enterprises connected with tourism and recreation, the economics of tourism, it ushers students in the secrets of the mechanisms governing the tourist marke
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Administration and legal procedure in tourism
Provides students with knowledge on how to establish a firm in tourism, hotel and restaurant business. It teaches You hot to interpret the law and how to use the acts of law relevant to the enterprise you have undertaken. A graduate in this major is prepared to work efficiently at any post there is within the given industries.
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Modern communication techniques in hotels, restaurants, tourism and recreation
Is a major that qualifies professional mediators able to solve disputes, conflicts and misunderstandings that occur in the given industries. Students get to know the foundations of undisturbed interpersonal communication and find out how to use the knowledge in business.
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Agriecotourism
Is a major whose students learn the essence of agritouism and farming tourism which has become quite popular recently. Graduates are qualified to start working as agricultural advisers and travel agency employees as well as start their own business in agritourism.
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Dietetics in tourism and recreation
Provides students with knowledge how to set appropriate diets for both individuals and groups of tourist. The curriculum includes such subjects as the foundations of nourishment, food production technology an nourishment methodology, to name but a few, which enables the students to learn the art of food production for selected customers.
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Logistic in tourism and recreation
Is a major that prepares specialists in optimizing production, rationalizing service and storage. The graduates in this major know how to solve even the most serious problems connected with the rational management of means and materials in production and service facilities.
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Physical therapy in health resorts
Is a major that provides you with knowledge on prophylactics, treatment and rehabilitation. Students learn how to use gymnastics, kinesotherapy, hydrotherapy and massage to improve your physical condition. A graduate in this major is a specialist with knowledge on health resorts both in Poland and abroad as well as the potential and methods of treatment.
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The economics of touris
Is a major that provides knowledge on the elements of the tourist market as well as the principles and mechanisms that govern it. A graduate in this major is able to define the determinants that shape modern tourism both globally and locally.

The Academy has a separate Center for the Training of Staff that offers:

• waiter and bartender courses;
• work safety and hygiene courses;
• pedagogic courses for job instructors and masters teaching apprentices;
• courses preparing masters and apprentices in such professions as a pastry cook, waiter, cook, pork-butcher, salesman.

There are also extramural exams.
The courses may take place outside the Academy premises.

The Academy also has a post-graduate vocational school - the European Academy of Culinary Arts cooperating with the International Institute Beverly Hills C. A. and Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne. The Academy trains cooks, waiters, hotel and catering managers and administrators, receptionists and specialists in the hotel industry and tourism.

Bachelors Degree (BA) 3 Years  Masters Degree (MA) 2 Years  Post - Graduate Diploma (1 Year)

Entry requirements: (Recruitment rules)
You may be admitted as a student of the Academy of Hotel Management and Catering Industry if You have finished a secondary school. The two factors that determine whether You are admitted are the chronological order of applications and an interview during which a candidate's potential is evaluated. Recruitment starts on 15th May and finishes on 15th September.

Required documents:

• a secondary school certificate
• a medical certificate attesting no contraindication, against undertaking the studies
• 5 ID photos
• a photocopy of Your ID
• a photocopy of Your military ID

Modes of Studies
Full-time, extramural (classes twice a week, Saturdays and Sundays) and evening studies.

For full-time students there are obligatory classes in three foreign languages and the sign language.

For students majoring in hotel management and catering industry two of the three obligatory language classes are English and French, for other majors these are English and German.

Students get to choose the third obligatory foreign language.

Students may also learn other languages free of charge on the condition that there is a group of at least 15 students willing to. For extramural students English is the only obligatory of the foreign language classes.
 
Tuition fee
The one-time entry fee is 500 zloties. The amount of the tuition fee depends on the mode of studies and the terms of the contract and is payable either on a single occasion or in monthly installments.

On filing the documents candidates fill in a personal questionnaire, sign a contract, pay the entry fee, and they choose the mode of studies, the major and the level of foreign language classes.

• Intermediate OR 10+2,
• Bachelor degree in any discipline OR,
• At least 3 years supervisory experience in any industry
• English level equivalent to TOEFL 525 (196 computer based), or IELTS 5.5

Application & admissions:
If you match the student profile then you are requested to print and send a completed application package (Wyższa_Apps.pdf 100 kb) to address below. Please drop us a line if you want more detailed information or wish to attend one of our information sessions.

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