Sustainable Tourism Development

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University Heilbronn University
Degree Master

Degree Master of Science, M.Sc.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
Application Deadline for Beginning Students 15.07.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 3 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Heilbronn
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das Hotel, Catering, Tourism gehört zum Studienbereiche Economic Sciences der Fächergruppe Economic Sciences, Law.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Economic Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Economic Sciences, Law.
Hotel, Catering, Tourism
Areas of Concentration Digital Transformation & AI in Tourism, Natural & Cultural Heritage Management, Practical Project, Project Management, Public Economics, Research Methods, Spatial Planning / Tourism Geography, Sustainable Tourism Management

Field of study
- Target group Graduates with a degree in tourism, geography, planning, environment, economics or social sciences with an interest in sustainable tourism at the interface of public economics, management, geography and law.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Further language(s) English
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution Application deadline: 15.7
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- Proof of English language skills and for non-native speakers also proof of German language skills
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum grade: 2.50
  - Required ECTS credits: 210
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Subject group: Economic Sciences, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
  - Area of study: Cultural Studies, Economic Sciences, Geography, Geosciences, Social Sciences
- Required language skills
- Required minimum language skills that must be proven by passing one or more of the following language tests:
  - Cambridge (English): Certificate CAE B2 min. 170; Certificate CPE C2
  - IELTS (English): 6.0
  - TOEFL IBT (English): 75
  - Other English language certificates: Oxford Test of English/OTE: min CEFR B2 in all modules; Anderweitiger Nachweis (z.B. Nachweis aus Erststudium)
  - DSH (Deutsch): B2.2 / C1
  - Anderweitiger Nachweis (z.B. Nachweis aus Erststudium) (Englisch): B2
- Further admission requirements Application letter / personal statement , CV
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 22.09.2025 — 16.01.2026
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    15.07.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    15.07.2026
    gemäß Zulassungsbescheid
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 15.07.2026
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 15.07.2026
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
- Annotation to the tuition fee The state of Baden-Württemberg has been charging tuition fees for international students from non-EU/EEA countries and for students studying for a second degree since the winter semester 2017/18.
  
  The state of Baden-Württemberg has passed a law introducing tuition fees of EUR 1.500 per Semester for newly enrolled international students not from EU/EEA countries as well as EUR 650 for second degree students.
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Max-Planck-Straße 39, 74081 Heilbronn
- Phone 07131 504-262
- Fax 07131 252470
- csilla.csapo(at)hs-heilbronn.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Fachstudienberatung Nachhaltige Tourismusentwicklung
- Contact person Dorothee Weissert
- Street address Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081 Heilbronn
- Phone 07131 / 504 6797
- nte(at)hs-heilbronn.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung
- Street address Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081 Heilbronn
- Postal/mail adress Post Office Box, POB 39, 74081 Heilbronn
- Phone 07131 504-6932
- Fax 07131 25 2470
- zentralestudienberatung(at)hs-heilbronn.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Herr Dipl.-Finw. (FH) Roland Schweizer
- Function Zentrale Studienberatung
- Phone 07131 504-6932
- Fax 07131 25 2470
- roland.schweizer(at)hs-heilbronn.de
- Internet page

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