About the studio
Become a hotel or tourism manager.
Today, when even the most distant destinations are only a few hours away by flight, and just one bad review can cause permanent damage to a destination, we can only deal with the challenges of tourism with the help of expertise and knowledge. That is why the goal of this study is to provide top-notch education for experts in the field of destination and hospitality management. The importance of tourism for Croatia does not need to be emphasized, as tourism in Croatia accounts for a quarter of GDP. We already have beauty and sights. We need experts.
Become part of the generation that will take tourism to an even higher level. Study the future today. Study at VERN'.
Type
Professional undergraduate study
Start of classes
March 2026 (for transfer students) October 2026
ECTS credits
210 points
Duration
7 semesters
What knowledge will you gain during your studies?
Specialist professional knowledge
Hospitality Management
If you decide to go in the direction of hospitality management, you will acquire the management knowledge necessary to run any type of tourist facility - from hotels and accommodation facilities, through restaurants and bars to campsites. But also the marketing knowledge with which your campaigns will meet all the management's expectations.
Destination Management
If you still recognize yourself in destination management, the course will offer you a wide range of knowledge that will prepare you for running a tourist board or agency. You will learn how to attract guests to a particular destination, how to organize the best events and how to create a marketing mix that will ensure occupancy 365 days a year.
Basic knowledge
Basic knowledge of economics, statistics, management, marketing, accounting, and finance will provide you with the right knowledge base. You will adopt the tools that will make your service recognizable, teach you how to manage millions, and how to choose your leadership style.
Soft skills
In tourism, working with people is perhaps more important than in any other branch. Because of this, you will acquire skills and knowledge such as conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, assertiveness, time management , formation of work groups or team management. All the listed competencies will help you become a top leader .
Interdisciplinary knowledge in tourism
In tourism, many activities are mixed, and knowledge from all angles of business allows you to see the bigger picture. These are knowledge from tourism, economics, law, sustainable tourism and PR and digital marketing in tourism.
Learning outcomes
After completing the studies, students will be able to:
- Explain the prerequisites for the emergence and development of tourism, the motives of tourists, and the basic concepts, factors, relationships, and consequences caused by tourism in modern society.
- Identify attractions and main emitting areas, directions and connections of tourist destinations, and compare the spatial organization, importance and role of tourism in different economies, cultures and countries.
- To present the specific interests and mutual relationships of different stakeholder groups, as well as models of cooperation and instruments for managing a tourist destination.
- Recognize the positive and negative effects of tourism development and tourist destination management on the environment and the social community, as well as the main ethical issues of modern tourism.
- Interpret the basic guidelines of various tourism policy measures, especially regulations that regulate tourism operations and contracts concluded between tourism business entities.
- Use basic mathematical and statistical concepts, methods and tools when collecting and processing data and creating simpler analyses, calculations and reports common in tourism.
- Use basic economic principles, concepts, and analyses in specific business practices in tourism across various companies and tourist destinations.
- Plan simpler business activities in tourism, their financing and securing the necessary resources, taking into account the conditions in the business environment and within the company or tourist destination.
- Present analyses, projects, processes, examples of good practice, business and broader tourism policies in Croatian and at least one other foreign language, and basic information about the attraction base of the tourist destination and tourist products in another foreign language.
- Manage your career and the careers of your team members, improving personal and team skills through personal development, teamwork development and various forms of lifelong learning, including continuing formal education at specialist studies in Croatia and abroad.
- Use modern information technology in everyday office operations, as well as specific business processes in the hospitality industry or in a tourist destination, or tourist mediation.
- Interpret the business results of companies in the hospitality industry or in tourism brokerage and tourist boards, based on information expressed in terms of value and quality from financial and other reports.
- Assess the possibilities of developing entrepreneurial projects in the hospitality industry according to the types and specificities of hospitality facility technology or in a tourist destination according to the forms of tourism and specificities of tourist attractions.
- Evaluate a business idea based on known parameters and create a business model outline for a tourism project, and launch your own small entrepreneurial projects in the field of hospitality or tourism mediation, depending on the selected group of elective courses.
- Design a simpler marketing plan for the development and placement of a tourist product in the hospitality industry or tourist destination, or tourist mediation, depending on the selected group of elective courses
- Lead the management processes of a micro or small enterprise, a department in the hospitality industry, accommodation facilities, or in a tourist agency or tourist community, and depending on the selected group of elective courses, participate in the processes of organizing events.
Study information
Full-time study
Classes are held over 2 semesters of 15 weeks. Daily commitment is 4 to 6 teaching hours.
Part-time study
Classes take place over 15 weeks per semester starting at 5pm (on average 12 school hours per week, or 3 days per week).
Head of study
M.Sc. sc. Dubravka Maras , v. pred.
dubravka.maras@vern.hr
Head's Office: 091/4825-849
Professional title
Bachelor of Economics (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) (bacc.oec.)
Program partner
Sponsors of part of the educational process
Top skills you will master
- Customer service skills
- Leadership
- Multicultural awareness
- Technology use – specific SW and APP
- Language skills
- Organizational skills
- Multitasking skills
What jobs are we preparing you for?
- Do you see yourself running a hotel as a hospitality manager or managing the first three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Croatia? Do you want to become an event or congress manager and organize TOP events like Ultra or organize the best business congresses in the region? Choose the hospitality management major because it will allow you to specialize in these jobs!
- Do you want to become a manager of a travel agency with the best destinations? Maybe you are a natural born capacity manager , have a touch for attracting a team and know that you can fill any accommodation! Or you believe that you have an idea how to revive tourism in a certain area. In that case, destination management jobs are the ones that will fulfill your expectations.
- There are many opportunities, and it's up to you to choose which direction you take.
Teaching
1st year
1 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Basics of business psychology and communication | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Economic mathematics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| English in Tourism 1 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Informatics for office operations 1 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Microeconomics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Tourism basics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective courses | |||
| German language 1 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| Italian language 1 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
2 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Business Croatian language | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Business statistics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Economic and tourist geography | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| English in Tourism 2 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Informatics for office operations 2 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Macroeconomics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective courses | |||
| German language 2 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| Italian language 2 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
2nd year
3 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Accounting | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective foreign language | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Entrepreneurship in tourism | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Management | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Marketing basics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Tourist destination management | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective courses | |||
| German language in tourism 1 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Italian language in tourism 1 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
4 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Basics of corporate finance | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective foreign language | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Law in tourism | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Organizational psychology | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Strategic management | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Sustainable tourism | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective courses | |||
| German language in tourism 2 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Italian language in tourism (second foreign language) 2 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
3rd year
5 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Elective foreign language | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| English in Tourism 3 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Hospitality basics | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Hospitality product technology | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Information technologies in the hospitality industry | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Managerial Accounting (in tourism and hospitality) | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective courses | |||
| German in Tourism 3 (second foreign language) | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Italian language in tourism 3 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
6 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Elective course 1 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective course 2 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective course 3 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective course 4 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective course 5 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective course 6 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| Elective courses | |||
| Event and manifestation management | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Hotel management | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Hotel marketing | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Management of small and medium-sized accommodation facilities | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Marketing events | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Marketing of small and medium accommodation facilities | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Restaurant and bar management | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Restaurant and bar marketing | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Travel agency management | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Travel agency marketing | 15 | 15 | 5 |
4th year
7 . semester
| Course name | L | E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required courses | |||
| Bachelor's thesis | 6 | ||
| Professional practice | 60 | 24 |
Academic calendar
Final thesis defenses
Final thesis defense dates (academic year 2025/2026) [PDF]
Workshop for finishing works
Workshop dates for final works
Careers
Enrollments
Enroll via “Become a student”
- By placing VERN in first place via the Postani-student.hr portal
- By logging into the VERN'a IT system
- It is recommended to take the entrance exam to reduce tuition fees*
Compulsory subjects and levels: CRO, MAT B, STR. JEZ. B
*The amount of tuition depends on the points achieved on the state graduation exam and the payment model.
Through the Admissions Process
Points are awarded for:
- average of the first three grades of high school
- motivational talk and
- general abilities test:
points are awarded for an academic scholarship
points are entered in "become a student" (up to 350 points)
*The amount of tuition depends on the points achieved in the admission process and the payment model.
Enrollment of transfer students from other higher education institutions
Applications are currently being accepted for undergraduate studies starting in March 2026 and October 2026.
Candidates who have studied or are currently studying at another higher education institution and wish to continue their studies at VERN can enroll as follows:
Open House – Meet Vern' University
- Find out all about studies
- Saznaj kako se upisati i ostvariti akademsku stipendiju
- Walk around the campus and get to know the space (canteen, library, film studio, etc.)
- Find out everything about life on VERN (sports, gaming, traveling, going out...)
The following Open Hours are:
- subota, 25. travnja u 11 sati
- subota, 9. svibnja u 11 sati
Studenti, profesori i ekipa s VERN’a te čekaju. Prijavi se za Otvoreni sat 🙂
Tuition
Modeli i razredi školarina
za upis prijediplomskog studija u akademskoj godini 2026./2027.
The amount of one-year tuition fees depends on:
> Choose a tuition model: one-time, semester or monthly
> Success achieved within the admission procedure or
> Scores obtained on the mandatory state matriculation exams (without the Admissions procedure)
Iznosi se odnose na školarine za upise u akademskoj godini 2026./276.
|
The option more favorable to the candidate is applied.
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition group | One-time | Twice | 12 months of installments | Points Admission process | State Baccalaureate scores (hr, str jez, mat) |
| Group A | 3.500 | 3.700 | 3.900 | 300 – 350 | 225 – 300 |
| Group B | 4.100 | 4.300 | 4.500 | 224 – 299 | 150 – 224,99 |
| Group C | 4.600 | 4.900 | 5.100 | 200 – 223 | 112 – 149,99 |
| Group D | 5.100 | 5.400 | 5.600 | 145 – 199 | 0 – 111,99 |
Points (Better option)
Admission procedure 300 – 350
Državna matura (hr, str jez, mat) 225 – 300
Points (Better option)
Admissions process 224 – 299
Državna matura (hr, str jez, mat) 150 – 224,99
Points (Better option)
Admissions process 200 – 223
Državna matura (hr, str jez, mat) 112 – 149,99
Points (Better option)
Admissions process 145 – 199
Državna matura (hr, str jez, mat) 0 – 111,99
Details about the admission process
Tuition includes
- Administering enrollment and studying at VERN
- Teaching according to the curriculum
- Group and/or individual mentoring
- Two exams for each course
- Administration and support during the organization and execution of professional practice
- Use of teaching and presentation equipment – computers, videos, projectors, etc.
- Use of the library and the faculty multi-media center for study purposes
- Using the VERN'a information system for study purposes
- Teaching materials produced by VERN: written summaries and notes from lectures and workshops, scripts, etc.
- Organized use of certain sports facilities in rented times, visits to theater performances and concerts according to the CARPE DIEM program
- Defense of the Final/Diploma Thesis
- Graduation ceremony – making the diploma, using it, commemorative caps, etc.
