Tourism Guidance Master's Degree was established in the 2020-2021 academic year under the umbrella of the Graduate Education Institute. The department, whose language of instruction is Turkish, aims to provide its students with all academic, cultural, scientific and up-to-date information about tourism guidance with its expert and professional academic staff within the framework of a one-year graduate education plan, and to raise individuals who have problem-solving skills, self-development, and beneficial to the society and country.
The primary goal of the program is to have a high cultural level, to have high knowledge and experience about the natural and cultural assets in our country, to establish good human relations, to think analytically, to be innovative, to have advanced problem-solving and organizational skills, to have basic and social values such as tolerance, courtesy, respect and honesty. It is aimed to train tourist guides and qualified individuals who will take local and foreign tourists with leadership skills to the sights of Turkey and provide information, and to bring them into the tourism industry.
The academic level tourism guiding education to be given with the relevant program will not only make the graduates equipped to provide guidance throughout Türkiye , but will also close the gap in guidance services on a regional basis. In addition to tourism guidance, if the graduates pass the "Information Officer and Foreign Language Exam" opened by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Travel Agencies Association, they will have the opportunity to be employed as an information officer and responsible manager in a group A travel agency.
In the globalizing world, people travel more and more every day to satisfy their curiosity about different countries and cultures, to relax and have fun. The qualifications of tourist guides who will guide tourists on these trips and convey the history and culture of the region to them come to the fore. The existence of well-equipped guides who have adapted to the changing order of the world and technology will appear as a profession that maintains its importance in the coming years.
People who want to take their postgraduate education in tourism guidance to the next level, who have graduated from different undergraduate departments, but who want to become a tourist guide and who want to study in this field can apply to the department.
They can work as an independent tourist guide, a tourist guide affiliated with a travel agency, a travel agency manager, a travel agency information officer, and a middle and senior manager in tourism enterprises.
Vertical transfer is not available in postgraduate education.