Undergraduate Programs

Major: Tourism and Travel Service Management, program code TLA406

• Introduction: The program trains bachelors in tourism operation and management; designing and organizing tour programs; and managing travel, hotel, event and customer service activities in the tourism industry.
• Highlights: The program is closely linked to practice. In addition to the internship components built into individual courses, students undertake internships at major tourism corporations/enterprises (Sun Group, Capella Ha Long, Novotel Hanoi Thai Ha, Flamingo, and others). The program’s student team, SAMURAI, has also taken part in and won prizes at a number of professional competitions, notably the Third Prize at the national “Colors of Vietnam – Japan” competition in 2026.
• Credits: 130 credits
• Duration: 4 years (under the University’s common training framework)
• Objective: The program trains bachelors with a solid foundation in tourism and business administration, along with communication skills, event organization, travel management and customer service, meeting the needs of the domestic and international labor markets.
• Career Prospects: Over 90% of students find suitable employment within about 1 year of graduation. Career paths include: tour guide, tour operator, hotel/resort/restaurant manager, tourism marketing and communications specialist, official at state tourism management agencies (National Tourism Administration, provincial Tourism Departments, etc.), NGOs, teaching and research.
• Faculty Members: The teaching staff of the Department of Tourism Management, including Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh (Head of Department) and Dr. Le Manh Hung (Deputy Head of Department), together with other lecturers.

 

Syllabus Table

SYLLABUS

Tourism and Travel Service Management Program

Faculty of Economics and Management — Thuyloi University | Applicable from cohort K67 | Total 130 credits, 8 semesters (4 years)

Semester 1 (16 credits)	General Law (2 credits)	Marxist-Leninist Philosophy (3 credits)	Mathematics for Economists (3 credits)	Digital Skills and AI Utilization (3 credits)	Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)	Management (2 credits)
Semester 2 (18 credits)	Marxist-Leninist Political Economy (2 credits)	Introduction to Probability and Statistics (2 credits)	Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)	Geography for Tourism (3 credits)	Human Civilization and the Development of Tourism (3 credits)	Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Business (3 credits)	Tourism Professional Development (2 credits)
Semester 3 (19 credits)	Scientific Socialism (2 credits)	English 1 (3 credits)	Money and Finance (2 credits)	Accounting Principles (3 credits)	Foundations of Vietnamese Culture (3 credits)	Psychology of Tourism (3 credits)	Tour Guiding (3 credits)
Semester 4 (20 credits)	History of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2 credits)	Soft Skills and Entrepreneurship (3 credits)	English 2 (3 credits)	Tourism Economics (3 credits)	Tourism Human Resource Management (3 credits)	Service Techniques in Accommodation (2 credits)
Electives (4 credits)	Students choose 4 credits from the following courses: Agricultural tourism (2 credits); Research methods in tourism (2 credits); Event Management (2 credits); Tourism Routes and Destinations (2 credits); Cultural tourism (2 credits)
Semester 5 (16 credits)	Ho Chi Minh Thought (2 credits)	Econometrics (2 credits)	English for Tourism and Travel 1 (3 credits)	Service Techniques in Restaurant (2 credits)	Tour designing and operating (2 credits)
Electives (5 credits)	Students choose 5 credits from the following courses: Office Administration and Document Drafting (2 credits); Medical tourism (2 credits); Chinese 1 (3 credits); Destination Management (2 credits); Tourism Development Based on Water Resources (2 credits)
Semester 6 (15 credits)	Accommodation Management (3 credits)	Travel Agency Internship (2 credits)	Tourism and Hospitality Internship (3 credits)	English for Tourism and Travel 2 (3 credits)
Electives (4 credits)	Students choose 4 credits from the following courses: Strategic management for Tourism (2 credits); Medical tourism (2 credits); Agricultural tourism (2 credits); Event Management (2 credits); Destination Management (2 credits)
Semester 7 (16 credits)	Tourism Law (2 credits)	Travel and Tourism Business Management (3 credits)	Tourism Corporate Culture (2 credits)	Marketing in Tourism (3 credits)
Electives (6 credits)	Students choose 6 credits from the following courses: Tourism Policy and Planning (2 credits); Strategic management for Tourism (2 credits); E-Tourism (2 credits); Risk management in tourism (2 credits); Community tourism (2 credits); Tourism Digital Marketing (2 credits); Ecotourism (2 credits); Sustainable tourism development (2 credits)
Semester 8 (10 credits)	Graduation Internship (3 credits)	Graduation thesis (7 credits)

Notes:

• In addition to the 130 credits above, the program also includes National Defense Education (165 periods, semester 1) and Physical Education (3 courses, semesters 1–3), which are assessed and certified separately and are not counted toward the total graduation credits.
• For semesters with elective courses (Semesters 4–7), students must register for the required number of credits from the accompanying list of elective courses.
• Data source: Undergraduate curriculum framework for the Tourism and Travel Service Management program (applicable from cohort K67), issued under the decision of the Rector of Thuyloi University, 2025.

 

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• Website: tlu.edu.vn
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• Tourism and Travel Service Management Fanpage: com/quantridulichtlu
• Address: Room 206–207, Building A5, Thuyloi University, 175 Tay Son, Kim Lien Ward, Hanoi
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