Education programs:
7M11113 Restaurant business and hotel business (scientific and pedagogical direction),
7M11114 Restaurant business and hotel business (profile direction)
Academic degree: Master in Services
Form of study: full-time
Member of international and national associations:
International Association EURHODIP – The Leading Hotel School in Europe (Belgium)
KTA – Kazakhstan Tourism Association
KAGiR - Kazakhstan Association of Hotels and Restaurants
The uniqueness of the EP 7M11113 - “Restaurant and Hotel Business” (SPD) is the focus of the content of the educational program on the development of entrepreneurial, research and management competencies; individual and competency-based approach; multilingualism, interdisciplinary character of education.
The uniqueness of the EP 7M11114 - “Restaurant and Hotel Business” (PD) is the applied nature of the educational program, aimed at developing professional and managerial skills, and ensuring the training of leading specialists and managers for work in production.
Uniqueness of the educational programs: The program ensures a deep understanding of the role of the hospitality industry in a global context and also provides a robust toolkit for organizing, managing, planning and forecasting processes in the hospitality and catering industries. Our graduates are distinguished by their academic level of knowledge, mastery of all modern approaches and techniques necessary for successful management activity in the hospitality sector, and in-depth study of foreign languages.
The competitive advantages of the EP “Restaurant and Hospitality Business” are determined by: the quality of the educational program, its compliance with the requirements of business communities and employers; qualifications of teachers - 100% degree; using effective business education methods, such as conducting practical classes on the social partners’ platforms, the quality of educational materials developed together with leading professors from the universities Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and High school of tourism in Balearic Islands (Spain); public recognition; membership in the international associations supporting education and training in the field of hospitality and tourism such as EURHODIP, Kazakhstan Tourist Association (KTA) and Kazakhstan Association of Hotels and Restaurants (KAGIR).
You will learn:
- bring new companies and projects to the market, manage startups;
- find new ideas and resources for business development;
- develop business concepts and business models in the hospitality industry;
- develop and implement procedures for monitoring the implementation of decisions taken;
- use methods of strategic market analysis and effectively manage operational activities in the hospitality sector;
- manage your business in a changing environment;
- make effective decisions in non-standard situations.
The purpose of the educational program is to train highly qualified practice-oriented specialists with international standards in the field of the hospitality industry, capable of independent critical thinking and solving issues of improving science and developing new technologies in the field of the hospitality industry, analyze and professionally solve current problems of the tourism industry, having practical skills in the tourism sector, possessing multiculturalism, communication, and also having high social and civic responsibility, what is one of the points of implementation of the strategic direction of socio-economic development of Kazakhstan.
The preparation of masters is carried out in the following areas:
- Methodology of planning and forecasting the development of the cluster model of tourism and hotel business
- Modern approaches to research problems of organization and management of sustainable development of the tourism and hospitality industry
- Analysis of trends in the development of the restaurant and hotel business
- Technologies for the formation and promotion strategies of restaurant and hotel products
A distinctive feature that characterizes the content of training is the connection between theoretical training, socio-practical knowledge and skills of expert-analytical, project and consulting work.
Undergraduates are engaged in research work, take part in scientific conferences of various levels, undergo scientific training and research practice in leading universities, research institutes and research and innovation laboratories of Ablaikhan University.
The education is conducted in Kazakh, Russian, and English.
Job opportunities:
- public administration bodies related to the organization of tourism, hotel and restaurant business;
- private companies doing business in the hospitality industry;
- hotel and restaurant consulting companies;
- marketing services of food and hospitality industry enterprises;
- educational institutions that train specialists in the restaurant and hotel business;
- research organizations engaged in the study of the problems of the development of the restaurant business and the hotel business.
Upon completion of the educational program, a degree is awarded
- scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Science in the educational program "7M11113 - Restaurant business and hotel business";
- profile direction - Master's degree in the field of services under the educational program "7M11114 - Restaurant business and hotel business ".
Within the framework of these educational programs, the study of majors (additional profiles) is offered:
- «Organizational design»
- «Business Environmental Analysis and Strategies»
Main partners of the master's degree program "Restaurant and Hotel Business":
- ALE « Kazakhstan Tourism Association»
- ALE «Kazakhstan Association of Hotels and Restaurants»
- LLP «KZ BOOKING» Astra hotel
- LLP « Medical and wellness complex Alatau»
- LLP «Salem Hotel Management»
- LLP «Alshaya Kazakhstan»
- LLP «Crown Star»
- LLP «Viar» company «Shera Inn» Hotel
- LLP «Zharat», «Royal Tulip» Hotel
- LLP «Solis Ltd», «Rixos Almaty» Hotel
- LLP «Ресторан KZ» «Tubeteika»
- LLP «SANDYK WORLD», Restaurant Sandyk
- LLP «Central City Properties», Rahat Palace Hotel