The Department of Tourism Studies is one of the main departments in the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels which endeavors to leadership in tourism education and scientific research. The department aims to keep up with the continuous and successive updates in the tourism industry either by scientific literature and theoretical basics or practical reality and labor requirements. The department follows the quality requirements in performance standards and continuous assessment. The department seeks through its faculty members to raise its competency by training in order to keep abreast of global changes through continuous and serious scientific research to develop curricula according to the latest international developments.
The Department of Tourism Studies provides the students with advanced knowledge and skills in order to connect the graduates of the College and the Department with the requirements of the labor market and the needs of the tourism field. The department provides the student with the knowledge he needs through teaching different theoretical courses. The department organizes scientific trips for its students through the faculty training unit to support the theoretical aspects, develop his skills and refine his experiences through the applied side.
The practical aspect is to provide students with continuous training, including multiple stages, starting with different research in the form of groups for training in working as a team, using information technology and supporting computer skills, in addition to carrying out the work of the graduation project in the fourth division to train its abilities in the practical application of how to prepare a project With a continuous training during the years of specialization on customer service and airline ticket reservation systems and the development of a tourism program according to the latest international systems.
The Department applies the credit hours system and grants degrees to graduates of the college starting from the bachelor's degree for graduates, and the master's degree and doctorate in tourism studies for postgraduate students.