Is there a limit on the number of the students you accept?
No, there is no limit on the number of students we accept at this point.
What is the difference between a scientific and a professional bachelor’s degree in tourism?
The BSc Tourism looks more broadly at the subject of tourism than the average professional bachelor and connects knowledge about tourism with knowledge about broader change processes. Scientific analysis and [...]
What are the main differences between this program and tourism management?
First of all, tourism management is a professional bachelor’s degree and BSc Tourism a scientific degree. Tourism Management is a program that focuses mainly on management within the tourism industry. [...]
Why was a Joint Degree chosen between WUR and BUas and what does that mean for me?
The Joint Degree brings together strong characteristics of both institutions: The scientific top knowledge of social and environmental sciences and the international scientific networks of WUR The applied tourist knowledge [...]
What guarantees the scientific quality of the programme?
The program does not share courses with professional bachelor programs from BUas. All courses are specifically designed for the BSc Tourism. In almost all courses, teachers of Wageningen and Breda [...]
How many students yearly enrol in the programme and where do they come from?
Approximately 30 students register for the BSc Tourism every year. About 30% have a foreign nationality. About 70% of the students are women.
How many contact hours are there? What is the balance between contact hours and self-study?
The number of contact hours in the first year of the course is 12-18 hours. In BSc Tourism, contact education is concentrated as much as possible on a few days [...]
Can I choose elective courses?
The program has deliberately chosen not to have specialization. The integrated approach to tourism from the angles of all three core disciplines (social, economic, environment) in most courses is the [...]
How international is this bachelor’s degree?
Very! All subjects in the program have an international perspective. Issues from all over the world are covered. The literature used is international. 30% of the students have a foreign [...]
How often will you go abroad?
In the second year of the study programme, the International Field Project takes you one month to an international destination. In the third year, over 50% of the students go [...]