Department of «Tourism and service»

The Department of Tourism and Service is one of the main educational and scientific structural divisions of the university and is part of the Faculty of Economics and Business.

The main tasks of the department are to prepare graduates to take leadership positions, think critically, make decisions and contribute to society.

A feature of the department is the use by students of all the learned and acquired skills in practice thanks to a special complex of the hotel and restaurant business ATU IN .

With this knowledge and experience, graduates build successful careers as administrators and creative professionals in hotels; restaurants; resorts; banquet and catering services; airlines; travel agencies; travel agencies; travel agencies; objects of cultural heritage; and other areas.

Opportunities of the department “Tourism and service” at the University of ATU:

• Obtaining a double diploma together with the HTMI University (Switzerland) and the University. Plekhanov (Russia);
• Students can specialize in four professional areas: Tourism, Hospitality, Catering, Event Management.
• Practical learning experience: internships, service training, student clubs, research competitions, etc.

The department carries out educational, methodical and research work. Along with this, the department provides research and educational work among students, and also takes part in the implementation of advanced training courses for the teaching staff of the department.

The department was established in 2007 to implement educational programs in the specialty “Tourism”. In 2009, for the first time in Kazakhstan, recruitment for the specialty “Restaurant business and hotel business” was carried out.

Since 2010, according to the postgraduate educational program, there has been a master’s program in the specialties 7M111 – Tourism, 7M111 – Restaurant business and hotel business and PhD doctoral studies in the specialty 8D111 – Restaurant business and hotel business.

The department is one of the main educational and scientific divisions of the university, a structural division of the Faculty of Economics and Business. The main goal of the department is the preparation of bachelors, masters and doctors in the relevant specialties, the implementation of scientific and educational work.