TOURIST GUIDE
International itinerary and dual training in companies from the beginning.
Tourism is a social, cultural and economic activity in which the person is at the center of the action. Having professional tour guides, properly trained and certified, is vital in the offer of any tourist destination that bets on quality.
The activity of tourist guide requires a wide and varied training, the mastery of foreign languages and the ability to communicate with different customer profiles. The interest in knowing the environment, the curiosity for everything that surrounds us, is the starting point of the future tourist guide.
At Iriarte we want to be part of the training that will lead you to become a good professional, having access from the first moment to practical training with the best experts in the sector.
Access to the latest in a changing professional world and complete your classroom training with official internships from the first year in the most prestigious companies.
FORMAT
2 academic courses 2,000 hours.
Classroom teaching with support through virtual classroom.
PROFILE
Students who have passed the High School.
As well as equivalent situations.
CAMPUS
Tenerife North, Puerto de la Cruz.
LANGUAGE
English / Spanish / German
SCHEDULE
Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
ADMISSION
Reservations are open for the entire course.
WHY STUDY TOURISM MANAGEMENT AT IRIARTE?
WE ARE A UNIVERSITY CENTER SPECIALIZED IN TOURISM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
All our resources and activities are exclusively oriented to this sector.
WE TRAIN MANAGERS FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
A teaching team made up of active professionals with brilliant careers.
DUAL PAID TRAINING
We combine classroom training with real paid internships in companies from the first year.
ERASMUS INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY, OVER 60 UNIVERSITIES IN 25 COUNTRIES
We guarantee a place, full validations and the best scholarship.
28 YEARS EXPERIENCE
We are a consolidated center, with a wide network of associated companies at your disposal.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ONLY 2.5 YEARS
You will have a background in tourism management and languages that will allow you to validate subjects.
WE FOCUS ON CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGICAL SUBJECTS
Market-leading state-of-the-art management operating systems: Amadeus, SAP, Revenue Management.
A TEAM OF TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONALS AT YOUR DISPOSAL
We combine teachers with an academic profile with working professionals in the sector.
CUSTOMIZING
We are a specialized center, with individual attention and follow-up.
LANGUAGES WITH CERTIFIED TRAINING
We include complementary language training for you to certify the level you have reached.
STUDY IN TENERIFE
Enjoy an international university experience
EUROPEAN ITINERARY: STUDY IN 2 COUNTRIES
Dual training from the first year.
Iriarte students are guaranteed to be able to choose to spend a four-month period in one of the more than 60 Erasmus destinations offered by Iriarte throughout Europe with a European scholarship of approximately 1,000 euros per month and guaranteed academic validation.
There is also an Erasmus Internship program with a grant of a similar amount. The combination of internships and Erasmus stays allows, at the student’s choice, to opt for different itineraries combining four semesters of teaching at Iriarte and in the different European academic centers.
LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY
B1, B2, C1
CERTIFICATE
Develop the English skills necessary for a successful career. At Iriarte you will be immersed in an international environment with Erasmus students from countries with which we have international mobility exchange agreements. We include annual B1, B2 and C1 certification courses for all our Bachelor, Second Degree, Master, European Master, Expert and Specialist students, which you will also be able to use to carry out the different international mobilities.
MEET OUR STUDENTS
Discover some of the stories and experiences of our students at Iriarte.
INÉS, SECOND DEGREE STUDENT
“Right now I’m working for Emirates, an airline based in Dubai. I always wanted to travel and was drawn to the world of aviation.”
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GAUDIO, SECOND DEGREE STUDENT
“In my particular case, I came to Iriarte almost by chance. I was coming from my engineering studies and I was looking for something totally different”.
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BECOME A LEADER IN THE
THE TOURISM MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY
Do as many internships as you can starting from the first year. At Iriarte you will be able to do a total of 18 months of national and international internships as a student of the Second Degree.
We encourage you to do an internship abroad with funding from the Erasmus program. Stays abroad provide personal maturity, language practice, social relations, adaptability and initiative: just what tourism companies value the most.
Take advantage of all the complementary training courses offered by Iriarte, which are designed to provide knowledge on subjects that are highly valued by tourism companies: protocol, public relations, revenue management, management programs (Amadeus, SAP).
Make an effort with languages, don’t settle for the minimum and take advantage of complementary certification classes. In the tourism industry, languages open the best doors.
SHALL WE TALK?
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
The tourism industry demands professionals with high theoretical and practical training, with the ability to integrate into multidisciplinary work teams and who can continuously adapt to a sector in constant transformation.
TOURISTIC INFORMER
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
TOURISM PROMOTER
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT
TERMINAL ASSISTANT
CHECK IN AT TERMINALS
FAIRS, CONGRESSES AND CONVENTIONS
EVENT SERVICES MANAGER
LOCAL GUIDE / ACCOMPANYING GUIDE
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM TRADE FAIRS
Each year Iriarte organizes a trip to one of the four main international tourism fairs, with the intention that students can attend several of them during their studies.
BERLIN
March
MILAN
February
LISBON
March
LONDON
November
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DOBLE DEGREE: SECOND DEGREE + BACHELOR
You will be able to validate subjects and reduce the University Degree to only two and a half years.