The CETT-UB Bachelor's degree in Tourism 100% in english is a unique opportunity to shape your future. Thanks to the set of knowledge and experiences that you will gain throughout your studies, you will lead and manage all kinds of companies in the tourism and hospitality sector. Imagine a school with its hotel and restaurant—a meeting place for professionals in the industry, students, and clients. Live CETT's experience. Shape your future and study with us for a Tourism Degree.
Tourism is one of the main economic sectors worldwide and especially in Spain. Despite the current economic and health crisis, the tourism sector demands profiles with multidisciplinary training in business management, leadership, economics, law, humanities, and languages. Companies need trained professionals to respond to the challenges that the sector must face, such as digitalization, sustainability, innovation, and responsible and ethical development.
As a CETT-UB Graduate in Tourism, you will be recognized for your ability to adapt to new situations and contexts, your versatility, and your versatility for the direction and management of companies in the tourism sector.
DISCOVER THE DEGREE IN NUMBERS
You will be able to pursue an international double degree in the U.S., France, or Finland in just four years.
You will be able to choose between 3 specializations (mentions) with official recognition. .
languages. We are the center with more teaching hours in different languages: English, French, German, Italian, Xinese, Russian and Spanish for international students.
More than 85% of our students find a job within three months of completing their degree
(Source: AQU).
agreements with collaborating companies
international agreements in 4 continents
DEGREE KEY FACTS
CETT Methodology
100% pràctic, aplicat i real
és el sistema d'aprenentatge del Grau de Turisme del CETT es basa en combinar espais de treball individuals i espais de treball col.laboratius.
Alumne al centre
Tu seràs el centre de tot el procés educatiu i formatiu. El tracte als nostres alumnes es basa en la personalització de cada cas i cada persona.
Participació activa
en les diferents activitats i metodologies formatives propies del CETT
International Connetion
You will make the most of the different academic mobility options. We have more than 50 agreements with universities in 25 countries on four continents.
You will be able to do your internship abroad thanks to CETT's various agreements with international companies.
You will benefit from CETT-UB's close ties with the business sector and tourism administrations.
Connect to labour market
You will apply the knowledge acquired directly in CETT's own companies without leaving campus: the Hotel Alimara or the Residència Universitària Internacional Àgora BCN.
You will join a new generation of experts in the sector by creating a strong networking from CETT. You and your classmates will be the future managers of tomorrow's tourism companies.
Within the tourism sector, you will be recognized as a CETT-UB student for your transversal competencies and leadership and management skills.
ONE DEGREE AND THREE SPECIALISATIONS
This tourism degree allows you to choose from three specializations to deep in. The subjects and objectives of these specializations respond to the most critical strategic challenges of the sector. Thanks to a flexible program, you can customize your study program according to your interests and motivations:
Hotel Management Specialization
Tourism Management
Digital Tourism Business Management
WHY STUDY THIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN TOURISM?
With the CETT-UB Degree in Tourism, you will hold positions of responsibility, management, and administration of tourism companies and public or private organizations in the sector.
Its curricular design will allow you to understand and see tourism from a global and international perspective. At the same time, it integrates the development of the necessary competencies for management profiles and those responsible for tourism and hotel businesses.
ACQUIRE THE COMPETENCIES OF THE TOURISM LEADERS OF THE FUTURE
- You will develop a professional career with the most competent, versatile, and polyvalent profile in a sector with a future.
- You will be part of the new generation of managers with the necessary management skills that the sector demands.
- With more than 50 years of experience and recognized expertise in the sector, CETT is one of the most prestigious centers endorsed by the UB.
- You will learn with a faculty with outstanding expertise and a proven track record in the tourism and hotel sector.
- You will acquire recognition in the sector for the transversal competencies and management skills our students are known for.
- It will open the doors to the labor market: 45% of CETT-UB Tourism Degree undergraduates have found employment before completing their degree, and 90% have done so within three months.
INTERNSHIPS HOW AND WHERE YOU WANT
- You will have to complete two periods of curricular internships in companies and organizations of the CETT-UB partner sector; you can choose from more than 900! You will also be able to do extracurricular internships.
- You will also have the option of doing a cross-training internship thanks to the skills enhancing elective subjects, which will allow you to get to know the different departments of a company. Do not hesitate to ask.
BOOST YOUR INTERNATIONAL PROFILE WITH A DOUBLE DEGREE
- CETT-UB has international double degrees: specific training itineraries established with universities in different countries, which will allow you to obtain two official degrees. Check these opportunities here.
- You will choose between doing a double degree in the USA, France, or Finland.
A UNIQUE HiGHER EDUCATION CENTER AT YOUR DISPOSAL!
- You will be able to use multipurpose learning spaces: the Forum, the Eidos Space, La Plaza, the Creativity, and Innovation Space, the Computer Classrooms, or the Reception Classroom.
Our Bachelor's Degree in Tourism has a multidisciplinary approach, so no additional knowledge is required to access the program. Your pre-university studies will be enough, although we recommend that you have notions of humanities and social sciences.
If you come from a vocational background, you can apply for credit recognition and follow a tailor-made study pathway. Ask our student guidance team for all the details!
The recommended profile for prospective students of the degree:
- Has a good level of foreign languages, especially English.
- Has basic knowledge in tourism and hotel business management.
- Has analytical and organizational skills.
- Has critical and reflective capacity.
- Can study the dynamics of business growth and internationalization.
- Has empathy and willingness to work as part of a team.
- Has a high sense of ethics.
- Has an interest in traveling, enjoying the knowledge of other cultures, and contacting different realities.
AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING JOURNEY
The study plan for the Bachelor's Degree in Tourism is composed of four courses of 60 ECTS each. The first two are common to all students. In the 3rd and 4th years, you will study the subjects corresponding to the specializations.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SPECIALIZATIONS?
Your specialization will allow you to study more specific topics to gain experience and knowledge. The specialization you take will also appear on your official degree, as you have acquired the associated professional competencies. Within the degree, you will be able to specialize by taking the following specializations:
DURATION
The study program of this degree is structured in four academic years, with 60 ECTS credits each. The first two academic years cover core areas for all students. The last two are dedicated to your chosen specialization.
DESIGN YOUR PROEFESSIONAL PROFILE
At CETT, we offer you skill enhancement pathways to adapt the degree to your motivations and interests and configure your professional profile with an added and differential value that will boost your professional career.
After completing your skills enhancement itinerary, you will receive an expert diploma in the chosen area, which will certify this itinerary to complement your degree specialization.
Depending on your interests, you will be able to choose between several intensification itineraries:
- Skills Enhancement: you will be able to take 18 credits to further deepen your knowledge in any of the following areas:
- Internationalization: new emerging markets, models, and expansion strategies in tourism businesses, etc.
- Digitalization: Big data management, Artificial Intelligence, digital applications in tourism, innovation: innovation models, agile methodologies for innovation, and technological innovation in tourism.
- Experiences: film and literature, food and wine tourism, design of establishments in hospitality, and design of experiential spaces in catering.
- Sustainability: ethics and CSR, development cooperation and tourism, tourism and gender.
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Skills Enhancement oriented to increase language proficiency: you will be able to master a second language and take up to 27 credits of French or German. You will also learn other foreign languages such as Chinese or Russian and Spanish for international students.
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Skills Enhancement oriented to applied learning and knowledge of organizations and business management models: to carry out cross-training between various departments of national and international companies for 4 to 6 months.
At the end of your studies of the Tourism Degree you will be able to work in:
- Lodging companies
- Catering companies
- Congress and convention organization companies
- Transport and logistics companies
- Teaching, research, and consulting
- Tourism intermediation companies
- Public administrations

What our Alumni say
The International joint Degrees offered at CETT provide specific training paths designed together with universities of recognized reputation and academic excellence; they provide students with the chance of obtaining two accredited qualifications upon completion of the program. These joint Degrees give students a competitive edge in the job market and an invaluable chance to acquire key international skills and competence.
Our School provides the following joint specializations to students who study three academic years at CETT and a further academic year at a University/School of their choice.

CETT Bachelor Degree in Tourism – Universitat de Barcelona and “Bachelor Programme in International Business” accredited by Grenoble École de Management - France.
CETT Bachelor Degree in Tourism – Universitat de Barcelona and “Bachelor Programme in Hospitality Business” accredited by Michigan State University - US.

CETT Bachelor Degree in Tourism – Universitat de Barcelona and “Bachelor Programme in Tourism Management” accredited by JAMK University of Applied Sciences - Finland.
Tourism is one of the current engines of the world economy generating employment and welfare for the whole of our society. For this reason, it is vital to maintain a high level of quality in the Tourism sector, with the support of a university education to provide specialized knowledge - a basis for innovation and growth-, and skilled people contribute to maintain and improve the levels of competitiveness in the sector.
The degree in Tourism CETT-UB is a university education approved and fully adapted to the requirements of the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA). At CETT-UB we have been working from the very beginning to achieve the highest degree of adaptability and ease of mobility of students. Given the multidisciplinary nature and numerous opportunities for professional development offered, the bachelor's degree provides a curriculum that allows different levels of expertise in the field of Tourism.
- The curricular design of the bachelor's degree in Tourism provides a corpus of training in higher education for the tourism knowledge that allows viewing and understanding this phenomenon from a global and international perspective. At the same time, it integrates the **development of the necessary skills needed for the profiles of management and Tourism and Hotel business managers.
- It deepens in the creation, production, promotion and brokerage of Tourism products and Tourism and Hotel services, and values the cultural and territorial resources, to design offerings that respond to the needs of tourists, demanding new and compelling experiences and emotions.
- The bachelor´s degree allows students to choose between three pathways of specialization: the pathway for Hotel Management, the pathway for Tourism Management, and Digital Tourism Business Management. The subjects and targets of these pathways respond to the major strategic challenges in the sector and, through a flexible program, they allow students to customize their own curriculum according to their interests and motivations.

Acquire a solid foundation

Promote innovation and sustainability in tourism.

The empowerment of students

Offer a strategic vision of tourism management

Business-oriented approach and entrepreneurship

Educate leading professionals

Focus in an international and everevolving sector
An innovative 4.0 methodology
Acquire the skills necessary for leadership
This methodology is designed to guarantee applied learning through an active training experience with a real impact, in modern facilities with the best teachers.
Unique learning methodology
- Introduction (individual work space)
A prior preparation of each training session by way of reading bibliography on the concepts, viewing multimedia material, etc.
- Assimilation (collaborative work spaces)
While on class, you’ll examine the concepts in depth with debates with the classmates and the guidance of the lecturer, discussions, analysis of models, case studies, company visits, etc.
- Projection (collaborative work spaces)
Sessions for the practical application of knowledge and critical analysis while undertaking projects, confronting challenges, contrasting ideas with professionals from the sector, etc.
- Consolidation (individual work space)
Internalization of the learning and autonomous work by the student, time for reflection and application of the knowledge in other academic areas and personal motivations.
Access to the most advanced methodological instruments
- Flipped Classroom
- Gamification
- Design thinking
- Problem-based
- Learning
- Competency-based learning
- Project-based learning
- Cooperative learning
The learning process in the bachelor’s degree is characterized by a customized level of service and attention towards the students. CETT-UB's training model combines different training methods, such as:
- Conceptual presentations by teachers and professionals of the sector, and subsequent group reflection.
- Discussions with reference managers.
- Simulations and conduction of case studies.
- Teamwork.
- Role-play development.
- Report composing and written work.
- Individual or group tutorial boosters.
- Participation in study groups, research and development of expertise in Tourism, where students develop their level of expertise, while working on interpersonal skills.
- Outings related to the knowledge of the industry: company visits, cultural trips and destinations.
- Attendance at roundtables, conferences, and presentations.
Students are assessed throughout the curriculum through continuous assessment. However, the option of the final assessment is also provided for students with difficulties to attend all classes regularly.
The Tourism degree curriculum is organized into four academic years with 60 ECTS credits each. The first two academic years are basic training that is common to all students and the other two are focused on the minor chosen.
A degree that adapts to your schedule
At CETT-UB you have the option to adapt your academic schedule to your working life, enrolling in one of the following groups:
- Group 100% in English – morning schedule
Group designed for international students and for national students that wish to continue developing their communication skills in an international cultural environment.
- Group 100% in Spanish – morning schedule
Group designed for students coming from Spanish-speaking countries and national students that wish to pursue their degree in Spanish.
- Group 100% in Catalan – morning schedule
Group designed for students that wish to pursue their degree in Catalan.
- Intensive Group – afternoon shift
Group designed for students that wish to advance their practical training and/or combine their studies with a job in Tourism, with a flexible schedule and innovative learning methodologies.
Enrollment regulations
For students to receive the Tourism degree, they must successfully pass all of the credits that make up the curriculum.
The regulation establishes that students can enroll in between a minimum of 18 credits and a maximum of 60 new credits. Students may enroll in more than 60 credits (up to a maximum of 75 credits) if they are not currently in a grace period, taking into account that only 60 may be new credits.
Exceptionally, and when it is justified, the direction of CETT-UB may authorize a student to enroll in more than 75 credits, up to a maximum of 78 per academic year (maximum 60 new credits). In this case, the student would have to file a written request.
In any event, at the beginning of the academic year students who have a maximum of 10% of credits remaining to complete the degree (24 credits) must enroll in them all and may request that these courses be offered extraordinarily, regardless of the semester in which they are offered. This request can only be processed at enrollment at the beginning of the academic year.
In order to obtain the bachelor’s degree certification in Tourism, it is necessary that students succeed in earning the totality of the credits established in the curriculum.
Direction
ANTONIO PÉREZ-ARANDA CANELA
Academic Direction
OSCAR CASANOVAS IBAÑEZ
Studies Coordination
MARIA SOY LABRO
Faculty
NÚRIA ABELLAN CALVET
YOLANDA ALVAREZ GIRON
MARC ÁMBIT FERNÁNDEZ
ORIOL ANGUERA TORRELL
ELOISA ARAGONÉS GIL
ÁLVARO ENRIQUE ARRIETA VALLE
MAITE AUDET PALAU
URSULA BEDOGNI
ANNA BUSQUETS CARPENA
AINHOA CARBALLIDO RISCO
MIGUEL CARRETERO RODRÍGUEZ
ARIADNA CASASÚS BERNACHO
ANAIS CAVALLÍN
MARIA DOLORS CIRERA VIÑOLAS
MERCÈ CIVERA PÉREZ
ELENA COLORADO GUERRERO
ESTHER COMÍN CELADES
MONTSERRAT CORBELLA VALEA
CARLOS AUGUSTO DA SILVA MOTA
LAIA ENCINAR PRAT
BEGOÑA FERNÁNDEZ BENÍTEZ
CARLO FERRI
MARCEL FORNS BERNHARDT
AIDA GALERA PARDOS
SUSANA GALLEGO MARTÍNEZ
XAVIER GARCÍA GUAL
XAVIER GASSÓ COMPANYS
YADUR GONZÁLEZ MEZA
NÚRIA GUITART CASALDERREY
ASTRID HOHNER
MONTSERRAT IGLESIAS XAMANÍ
FELIX LAENCUENTRA CANAL
Mª DEL PILAR LEAL LONDOÑO
NÚRIA LOUZAO BELMONTE
DANIEL MARCHENA SALGADO
ANTONI MATAS TARRUELLA
ALEXANDER MEDINA PHIMISTER
MIREIA MESTRES CAÑADELL
JENNA KELLY MOUBARAK
JEAN-PHILIPPE NADIER
ELENA RIDOLFI
NOEMÍ ROIG TEIXIDÓ
ELENA ROQUE GUERRERO
MAX ROS PETROV
MARTA SALVADOR ALMELA
JOAN MANUEL SÁNCHEZ PERALTA
IMMA SATORRAS GARCÍA
SOPHIA VALENTINA SCHMITZ
MIREILLE SPALACCI
MARTÍ TORRAS MATA
XAVIER TORRES RODRIGUEZ
ESTHER VELASCO FERREIRO
JORDI VILA CASTAÑER
International development
The CETT-UB campus offers its students an International Relations Office, responsible both for managing the mobility of students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff, and for guidance, advice and care for students interested in an international experience. CETT-UB has 3 international mobility itineraries, representing professional added value and a life experience:
Academic mobility program
Erasmus Program in the European Union, Sicue Program in Spain and, in the rest of the world, CETT-UB has specific agreements for bachelor’s degree students. CETT-UB offers its students the opportunity to study abroad in the universities which, like CETT-UB, promote knowledge, educational excellence and innovation.
- 165 vacancies.
- 46 international agreements in 23 countries on 4 continents.
- 133 students participated in Incoming programs in the academic year 2018-19.
- 66 students participated in Outgoing programs in the academic year 2018-19.
International Global internship program
Students who have finished their studies will have the opportunity to undertake an international business internship with a duration between 6 and 12 months in:
- Leading tourism and hotel companies, recognized for their high level of competitiveness and excellence.
- Tourism solidarity projects, where they participate in international cooperation plans with NGOs for the development of responsible and sustainable tourism (10 projects).
- Start-ups which are beginning their activity, participating in the entrepreneurial and creative process of their projects.
International Minor Programs
Interdisciplinary postgraduate courses which allow the graduate to study a specific sphere of knowledge linked to their degree in greater depth or explore other fields of specialization which broaden their curriculum in prestigious international universities.
- Victoria University, Melbourne (Australia).
- Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble (France).
- JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä (Finland).
- Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey (Mexico).
Further information:
Check the price of the Bachelor's degree in Tourism in English
Reservation Fee | UB Fee* | Price | Total Price** |
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850 € | 320,31 | 5.928 € | 7.098,31 € |
*The fees of the University of Barcelona (UB) are an amount that the student of an affiliated centre has to pay for academic services. This amount is exempt from any type of discount and is paid at the same time as the registration. Amount for the academic year 2021/2022. The updating of the rates of the new course is pending the publication of the Prices Decree of the Generalitat de Catalunya
**This price is for cash payments. Consult the prices and conditions for other payment methods with our Future Students Guidance Team.
CETT Foundation, with the firm conviction that training and knowledge transmission are essential, expands the aid program that it already offered annually to students and includes new scholarships for the 2020 academic year 2021, taking into account, in addition, the difficulties generated by COVID-19.
In addition, the CETT will also give the option to make the payment in 6, 10 or 12 months through bank financing with which a 5% discount on the amount of the fees will be applied. Find out about the special conditions.
Formal qualification | RUCT Code | Quality assurance |
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Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism from the University of Barcelona and Minor in Tourism Management, Hospitality Management, or Digital Tourism Business Management | 2500521 | ![]() |
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