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DP in Experience and Wellness Management
Helsinki: Haaga Unit/Campus
Bachelor of Hospitality Management
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Description of the Degree Programme
The full-time Degree Programme in Experience and Wellness Management (taught in English) comprises 210 ECTS and will take 3.5 years to complete. The studies lead to the title of 'Bachelor of Hospitality Management' and the corresponding Finnish title of 'Restonomi' (AMK).
Business is theatre and the classroom your stage.
The DP in Experience and Wellness Management (EXWEL) is the first of its kind in the world.
Experience (elämys in Finnish; upplevelse in Swedish; Erlebnis in German; elamus in Estonian) is a new field of study in tourism. Examples of tourism Experiences are cultural events, music festivals, sport activities, art performances, cultural celebrations, and alike.
The programme provides the students with comprehensive competences to work in the emerging professions in experience and wellness in tourism and leisure industry. The programme is built on 3 pillars (core values): creativity/ innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Through a blockular curriculum of interdisciplinary subjects this innovative programme emphasises on multifaceted management and transformation by developing management competences to deal with new consumers/ markets, new research, new contexts, new concepts, new perspectives/ developments. The programme bridges theory-practice knowledge and working placements are an integral part of it. Graduates either start their own business (e.g. consultant/ specialist) or work for private or public organisations in junior and middle management positions (e.g. destinations, cities, resorts, wellness centres, spas, sport/ fitness centres, stadiums, casinos, entertainment, media, retail, attractions, airports, hotels, restaurants, cruise lines, airlines and alike).
Entry Conditions
› Please see Eligibility for applying to the programme in the following link: Application periods and instructions
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› Video 1 on youtube
› Video 2 on youtube
Brochures
› Brochure 1 (.PDF) [requires Adobe Reader, download it here]
› Brochure 2 (.PDF) [requires Adobe Reader, download it here]