A visit from Başkent University to TÜROB President Eresin

TÜROB President Müberra Eresin met with İpek Kalemci Tüzün, Dean of the Faculty of Commercial Sciences at Başkent University, and Dr. Rodolph Bardot, Social Sciences Director of Ferrandi Paris, at Eresin Hotels Topkapı.

During the meeting, developments in the sector, work in the field of education, possible areas of cooperation between TÜROB and Başkent University, and the details of student admission to the "International Joint Master's Program with Thesis in Tourism Management" were discussed. This program was launched in cooperation between the Tourism Management department of Başkent University and Ecole Ferrandi Paris, one of France's leading schools, with the aim of developing the qualifications of tourism sector employees and cultivating new talents.

Information Note: For more than 20 years, Başkent University has provided tourism education on its campus, at its affiliated accommodation establishments (Patalya Termal Otel Kızılcahamam and Patalya Lakeside Resort Otel), and at other 5-star hotels and accommodation establishments of similar quality in Türkiye and abroad. Similarly, Ferrandi Paris has a history of more than 100 years and is an institution that has carried tourism education from the local to the international level. With its educational approach that blends cuisine, management, art, technology and innovation, Ferrandi Paris is, more than a school, a space for discovery, inspiration and change. It brings together innovations in the tourism industry and creativity in the culinary arts. With this educational approach, Ferrandi Paris is a hospitality school that trains the innovative actors of the future in the fields of gastronomy and accommodation.

Both universities aim to train the workforce that the ever-growing tourism sector requires, to spread sustainable tourism practices, to increase intercultural interaction and sector-oriented research, and, as an extension of undergraduate experience, to intensify educational activities in the field of tourism management at the postgraduate level.

In line with the tourism sector's need for qualified and educated personnel, this is the International Joint Master's Program with Thesis in Tourism Management, established between Ecole Ferrandi Paris, a 100-year-old school in France, and the Tourism Management department of Başkent University. Students who successfully complete the International Joint Master's Program with Thesis in Tourism Management will receive a master's diploma from YÖK. Like other master's programs, this program consists of two years, that is, four semesters. The admission requirements for the program are a score of 80 on the YDS/YÖKDİL or a foreign language exam recognized as equivalent by YÖK (equivalent to 80), and a minimum score of 55 on the ALES. Students admitted to the program will study the first year (the first two semesters) at Ecole Ferrandi Paris, and if they pass their courses, they will spend the final year (the final two semesters) at Başkent University Tourism Management and, upon success, will obtain a master's diploma. The language of instruction of the program is English.