Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management

In the current panorama of international tourism, concern for sustainability, growing competition between destinations and demand for quality at a reasonable price are challenges that come together in an environment that is already by nature subject to continuous transformation and, in some cases, instability.

In response to this situation, the Ostelea Tourism Management School offers a Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management, this official qualification program is underpinned by an international approach in which trips are not seen simply as the act of travelling or intermediation and commercialization of tourism products, but rather, just the contrary, it encompasses all of the activities and agents involved in the tourism sector that manifest themselves through trips. Moreover, the Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management understands leisure as the consumption of tourism reflected in a cross-disciplinary way in all of the elements of the tourism system

The main aim of this Bachelor Degree is to equip professionals working in any functional department to successfully manage companies and businesses primarily dedicated to planning and managing international tourism and leisure destinations and products. To this end, Ostelea provides a broad range of tuition covering tourism companies, resources, products, destinations and tools for international tourism management, in order to enable our students to attain a strategic global vision applicable to any of the professional and career opportunities for which this Bachelor Degree has been designed.

The Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management at OSTELEA:

Training the executives of the future

This tuition plan is designed to develop the competences that will required of future executives in the business sector. On this Bachelor Degree, students acquire the knowledge and skills to inspire other people to enhance their productivity. Based on workshops and management sessions, series of conferences with executives from the sector, and the development of business projects, the students will hone their executive skills.

A combined official Bachelor Degree and Master option

At Ostelea Tourism Management School, we set the educational standard at an international level, and this Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management ranks among the most advanced learning systems in the world. Students have the option to study for 5 academic years (with the option of doing a Master), thereby earning the official qualification of the University Bachelor Degree (4 years) and a Master specializing in the chosen area (1 year).

Bilingual tuition

This Bachelor Degree is completely bilingual, with over 70% of the courses taught in English. As such,  students are required to have a minimum level of B2 to be able to follow the classes given in English.

75% of the students at our Tourism School  are international, while over 50% of our faculty has international professional experience.

Moreover, Ostelea gives our students access to an online interactive English course free of charge. The course is designed by professionals and is published by Grupo Planeta.

Students can complete independently and voluntarily throughout the degree program. The English course consists of four levels: Elementary, Intermediate, Lower Intermediate and Upper intermediate. Ostelea also gives students access to interactive platform My English Grammar platform, created by the acclaimed international publishing house, Pearson. This enable each of our students to make progress and track their language learning in a fully personalized way.

Curricular internships

The students on the Bachelor Degree have the opportunity to do an internship (compulsory) throughout each of the 4 academic years of the program. Ostelea enables you to gain experience in leading companies in the tourism and leisure sector, thereby improving your experience and professional CV, which will set you apart when competing on the labour market. Ostelea currently works with over 2,000 companies in the Tourism and Hospitality sector, including leading multinationals such as Hilton, American Express and Lonely Planet.

Training objectives of the curricular internships

At Ostelea, the curricular internships aim to ensure that the student manages to consolidate and apply the knowledge and skills covered the course. These compulsory internships require a Training Project and a co-tutor in the company in which the intern is placed. In addition, they are supervised by an academic tutor and account for 30 ECTS credits spread across the four years (6 credits each year in the first three years and 12 credits in the fourth year).

Mobility programs

National: Students of the Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management has access to the following mobility programs within Spain:

• The SICUE program: a national program that takes its inspiration from the Erasmus experience to facilitate the Exchange System between Spanish universities. The SICUE program enables exchanges between students from different universities in Spain.
• The DRAC Program: the main aim of the DRAC program is to empower the mobility of the university community of the institutions that form the Xarxa Vives d'Universitats, a network of universities of in Catalonia, Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands, as well as the University of Andorra and certain higher education institutions in southern France.
• The Stella Program: the Stella program of Compostela the Group of Universities enables students to do internships at other universities within and outside Spain.

International: Ostelea has a Director of International Projects (DIP), who plays a key role in our students’ mobility. The International Project Director is responsible for giving students guidance when choosing destination and courses, as well as managing agreements between educational institutions.

At Ostelea, we evaluate the mobility options of the Bachelor Degree as a whole in three-year cycles, placing greater emphasis on international mobility, taking into account both academic and training aspects, the satisfaction of our students, teachers and the academic or business partner

Our School assesses all the aspects related to administrative management (before and after the completion of the placement, with particular attention paid to credit recognition mechanisms).

Who can take part in our mobility programs?

The mobility programs that Ostelea runs for its students on the Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure majoring in Leisure Management are open to students from the third  year of the program onwards. The current regulations of the UdL in this regard allow students to take part in mobility programs if the academic nature of the internship requires it, and if the academic internship takes place during the summer or other holiday periods.

The International Projects Department, coordinated by the IDP responsible for the School’s internships and in constant collaboration with the International Relations Office of the Universitat de Lleida, regulates and manages all the agreements with foreign universities to effectively manage the entire operation.

Likewise, the International Projects Department is responsible for overseeing the procedures with companies and institutions in other countries and will be in charge of managing both the internships and, if necessary, the mobility grant program chosen by the student from our School.

The following procedure is established for international mobility at Ostelea in related to internships on the Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management: at the beginning of the academic year, our School publishes the list of internship places that which our students can apply for, as well as the universities, companies and foreign institutions available.

Ostelea also specifies the location, training objectives of the internship, its duration, the co-tutor, the evaluation procedure and all other factors that are relevant for the students. If the internship takes place outside the school term, the student must take out supplementary insurance if required.

The documentation listed below must be submitted to our School of Tourism’s International Project Department  before the deadline it sets for announcing the successful applicants for the places:

1. Application form issued by Ostelea
2. Candidate’s Curriculum Vitae
3. Letter of motivation
4. 2 colour passport photos
5. Photocopy of the passport

Once the candidate has submitted the required documentation, it is sent to the host university or school, which makes its decision to award the place to which candidate in accordance with its protocols within the period stipulated by the host institution.

In all cases, there must be an Education Partnership Agreement in place between Ostelea and the university, company or foreign institution offering a place on an internship, in accordance with the guidelines set by the Department of External Academic Internship Management of the UdL.

Please not that these internships can sometimes carried out within the framework of the Erasmus specific program for internship. Therefore, the way that they are organized may vary from this general model.

Tourism Skills Development Program (TSDP):

Ostelea is proud to offer this exclusive program for its students, developed together with many of the most innovative organizations on the market. The Tourism Skill Development Program is designed to strengthen students' competences and skills in different areas, such as executive and leadership skills, coaching, emotional and speaking intelligence, non-verbal language, improvisation management, stress management through yoga skills etc.

*These activities are run on the condition that 15 students register.

Ostelea’s Innovative Methodology and Pedagogical Approach

Year after year, Ostelea's programs receive recognition from National and International Rankings, partly due to the effective methodology applied on our programs. The educational experience on our Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management includes the following teaching approaches:

Case study method - evaluating real situations, analysing various scenarios and weighing up benefits and challenges of different decisions that professionals in the sector have to make on a daily basis.

A learning process focused on challenges and problems in order to enhance the student's analytical capacity. Likewise, students learn to manage complicated situations and increase their capacity for innovation until they find their solution.

Project development, fostering holistic thinking and the knowledge and use of interdisciplinary analysis techniques.

Cross-disciplinary project, enabling them to apply the knowledge on the course of academic year to an organization, company, tourism or leisure event or destination.

Business Game, in order to put into practice the skills learned through the use of a tourist service simulator in a real competitive context.

Guidance and Tutoring on our Bachelor Degree

The activity that best characterizes the beginning of the course of our Bachelor Degree is the Welcome Days, held before the beginning of the academic year with the main objective of helping students settle into our Tourism, equipping them with the tools and activities necessary to study at Ostelea.

During the Welcome Days for our Bachelor Degree in Tourism and Leisure, majoring in Leisure Management, there is a presentation of two key features of our students’ academic life of our students will be presented: the Tuition Plan and the Management team. In addition, there is also an overview of the services offered by Ostelea and how the School runs

Within this context, the Tutorial Action Plan is presented, developed based on the Universitat de Lleida’s Néstor Program. The Plan aims to achieve the following objectives:

• For students to feel supported at all times thanks to comprehensive assistance.
• Tools for settling into the university environment.
• Giving students excellent academic, personal and professional guidance and services.
• Fostering relationships between students as a great complementary benefit to education.
• Promoting the improvement of academic quality.
• Setting the standard in achieving the personal and professional training project.

With this mind, individual and group tutorials, workshops and non-curricular workshops will be held throughout the academic year.

Click on the following links for information on the various grant programs available:

• General Grant
• Grants from the Catalan Government