Student's Guide

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The study plan is designed to enable students to develop targeted know-how to operate distinctively in the field of hospitality management. Students acquire analysis methodologies, tools, and firm-specific skills in hospitality, which are essential for working in national and international business environments across various business functions and management areas. The specific educational objectives are tailored to the profile intended to be formed, namely the middle manager in hotel management or food and beverage management in the hospitality industry. 

A comprehensive three-year program of study with a total of 180 credits. 

For further information regarding the study plan, please consult the following link: 

https://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/en/study-programs/ 

Study Plan Notes 

To achieve these specific objectives, all graduates in Hospitality Management must acquire knowledge and skills in the following areas of learning: 

– Basic Education Area: Hotel Management and F&B Management, in which hospitality facilities are treated for their possible applications to the HM industry and are functional to the characterizing, related and integrative subjects. In addition, an adequate number of CFU is foreseen in the areas of business economics, private law, tourism and agri-food, quantitative methods, tourism economics, environmental valorization processes, and sustainable tourism. 

– Area of characterizing training: it allows the acquisition of specific knowledge, also in foreign languages, of traditional management and marketing of the hotel business, performance management systems, statistics, information technology and social media data analysis, commercial law and navigation, strategic management and innovation, tourism and transport policy, business planning, human resources management and team building, territorial valorization, gastronomic culture and ethical food. 

– Area of related and complementary disciplines: this area concerns both disciplines related to gastronomic culture and business. There will be courses aimed at promoting specialization in hotel management and food & beverage respectively.  

Curricular internship activities  

The course includes two curricular internships: in the second year (20 CFU) and in the third year for (30 CFU). In fact, after the construction of a theoretical base in the first year, the curriculum provides for greater specialization in the second year through a first phase of internship, while in the third year the classroom training activities will be more contained, given the higher number of credits dedicated to the internship, with a specific training with respect to the profiles identified. These training activities are essential in view of the professionalizing nature of the Degree. The internship is an experience that allows students to come into contact with the business reality and the world of work, creating synergies between the theoretical preparation provided in the classroom and the operational one developed during the on-the-job training.  

This experience has a formative purpose, aimed at testing the knowledge acquired and developing new skills. The internships are held in the second semester and can be carried out in Italy or abroad at different types of companies operating in sectors related to the educational objectives of the course. As these are curricular internships, there is no remuneration for the work done. However, it is suggested to the partners of the course in Hospitality Management the recognition of some facilities (reimbursement of expenses / accommodation / food). In order to assess the existence of the requirements of consistency with the academic course, the training projects developed for the activation of the internship are subject to the approval of the university tutor, who is a teacher related to the course of study.  

For the modalities of access to the internship and the necessary documentation please refer to the following links: 

https://www.demi.unina.it/documents/13607297/14337659/Vademecum+per+stagisti.pdf/0b33cdcb-8faf-4a7e-abd5-54371f44ea7c 

http://www.unina.it/didattica/tirocini-studenti 

http://www.unina.it/documents/11958/13535713/PortaleTirocini_GuidaStudente_2017-03-20.pdf 

http://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/jobcareer-opportunities/ 

Training periods abroad – ERASMUS programs 

The Erasmus program provides more opportunities for learning mobility and strengthens cooperation between the world of education and training and the world of work. Mobility may involve a period of study at a partner institution or a traineeship or the acquisition of experience as an assistant or trainee abroad. Mobility organized on the basis of high-quality joint, double or multiple degrees is also supported.  

Further information can be found at the following links: 

https://www.unina.it/didattica/opportunita-studenti/erasmus/programma 

https://www.demi.unina.it/didattica/erasmus 

https://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/accordi-erasmus/ 

In particular, the Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management has entered into agreements with the following universities for the purpose of carrying out Erasmus programs: 

– Universidad de la Rioja 

– Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena 

– Istituto politécnico de Viana do Castelo 

– NHL Stenden   

– Mykolas Romeris University 

– Universidad Católica de Ávila 

– Universitat de Girona 

– Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) 

– Université Lumière Lyon 2 

– Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 

– Turība University 

– Bilkent University 

– Riga Technical University 

– Constantine the Philosopher University 

– Budapest Business School 

– University College of Northern (UCN)  

Curriculum customization  

There are courses aimed at encouraging specialization in hotel management and food & beverage respectively. Furthermore, practical-application activities are established (such as challenges, business games, and role playing) to prepare for internships and training. In these activities, partner companies, which are provided with all the necessary elements to evaluate the students’ resumes, make their high-level skills and the most sought-after market opportunities available. 

Activities for the preparation and development of the final test 

The final exam verifies the student’s ability to carry out an autonomous and methodologically rigorous learning process. The activities carried out in order to pass the final exam consist in the realization of a study on a topic of interest coherent with the formative contents of the Degree Course. The study consists of an in-depth bibliographical study on a subject related to the course of study and its presentation and discussion before the Degree Committee. The topic chosen for the preparation of the paper is agreed upon with the lecturer, it must contain the most recent acquisitions on the chosen topic and must highlight the student’s synthesis and communication skills. The paper can be written in Italian or in English. Deadlines vary according to the teaching calendar. Therefore, the student is encouraged to consult the Graduate Sessions section of the Department of Economics, Management, Institutions website to check the approved deadlines in the current academic year: https://www.demi.unina.it/didattica/calendario-degli-esami 

Incoming orientation
 

For the incoming orientation, the School Board has established an effective collaboration with the Regional School Department. In fact, this is a strategic activity for the Bachelor’s Degree, which is articulated in different moments. the Department of ‘Economics, Management, Institutions’ (DEMI) organizes every year the Open Day, to present to the students of the fifth year of the schools the Courses of Study and the relative access modalities. secondly, meetings are organized at the headquarters of the high schools or also through online links, where the course, the objectives, the study plan, the outgoing profiles and the access modalities are illustrated.  

Participation in lessons of the course is another important moment and is carried out on-demand (through online platforms already used by students such as, for example, google classroom) both to students of high schools and to individuals who request it. Finally, the DEMI offers an integrated path of School-Work Alternation and PON Plans, with the aim of enriching the knowledge of students in high schools for students who choose the path dedicated to the tourism sector and can acquire technical skills and transversal. The incoming orientation is aimed at high school students at national and international level and graduates who wish to deepen the hospitality industry. 

Meeting moments realized and in progress are represented by online counters for individual students through the platform Micorsoft Teams, request for information through the Facebook and Instragram pages and the dedicated form ‘Request Information’ on the website (https://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/iscrizione/). 

In addition, the Department website also has a section dedicated to orientation. 

Orientation and tutoring during the course  

The Internship Commission, internships, relationship with companies carries out the activities of: 

– orientation in itinere to identify the propensities of the students who will carry out the internship at the partner structures; 

– preparation of questionnaires for companies and students in order to map opportunities and suitable profiles and then make a match between supply and demand; 

– preparation of formats for monitoring questionnaires, for companies and students, and for the final report; 

– possibility to develop relationships with new business partners; 

– support the company tutors in the different phases of the internship; 

– opportunity to collaborate on orientation and training initiatives; 

– monitoring of student placement. 

Outbound orientation and placement activities 

The course of study organizes outbound orientation and placement initiatives in close coordination with other courses in the Department/University. To enroll in the degree program orientation program, you must log in with your credentials at the following links: 

http://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/jobcareer-opportunities/#1469698928990-bf428591-7fc8 

http://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/jobcareer-opportunities/ 

Terms and deadlines 

The selection takes place after participation to the call. The admission test is oral. The selection process takes place in July. Additionally, to fill any remaining and uncovered spots from the first selection session, there is an additional selection window in the first ten days of September Online meetings are scheduled, as per the calendar published on the site: www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it 

Matriculation and enrollment in subsequent years normally takes place from September 1 to October 31 of each year, in ways that are made known in a specific Guide to Enrollment and Fee Payment published at URL: 

https://www.unina.it/didattica/sportello-studenti/guide-dello-studente
 

For the first year, enrolment must take place, under penalty of exclusion, by telematic procedure, starting from the date of publication of the ranking and within the peremptory deadline established by the announcement.  

For applications to the Erasmus+ and Mobility for study purposes programs, we invite you to consult the announcements periodically released on the site:   

http://www.unina.it/didattica/opportunita-studenti/erasmus/programma
 

Calendar of teaching activities and profit exams 

The teaching calendar is divided into two semesters, each divided into two terms. The academic calendar can be found at the link: http://www.unina.it/didattica/sportello-studenti/calendario-accademico 

Five exam sessions are scheduled during the academic year. The calendar of exam appointments can be found at the following links: 

http://www.demi.unina.it/didattica/calendario-degli-esami 

http://www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/calendario-esami/ 

Timetable of training activities 

Classes are held at the University Complex of Monte Sant’Angelo (Via Cintia 26 – 80126, Napoli); Building 1 – Common Centers – 1th Floor – Former Economics Chair Area (Hospitality Management Area). In particular, the delivery of training activities takes place in the Green/Blue classrooms. 

The timetable of classes can be consulted at the following links: 

www.demi.unina.it/orario-delle-lezioni 

www.hospitalitymanagement.unina.it/calendario-delle-lezioni/ 

Calendar of graduation sessions 

Graduation sessions are held in the months of February, March, May/June, July, October, December. The detailed calendar is available at the following link, in the “calendario sedute di laurea” section: 

http://www.demi.unina.it/didattica/calendario-degli-esami