Why study tourism at USI?

• Our classes are small and intercultural, and are taught by leading international tourism researchers, providing an interactive and personalized learning experience.
• We emphasize not only hard skills but also crucial soft skills like critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, time management, and leadership.
• Our dynamic study environment, featuring applied group projects with industry stakeholders and diverse learning styles, strengthens your intercultural teamwork and presentation skills.
• You will learn to design innovative solutions for global and local tourism challenges.
• We offer experiential learning: team building activities, external classes, collaboration with tourism stakeholders, and study tour
• We focus on current trends in the industry such as digitalisation, smart tourism, sustainability and resilience in tourism
• We collaborate with USI’s UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites and the Tourism Observatory (O-Tur)
• USI offers free language courses so you can work on your foreign language skills.
• We offer support through our network of academic and professional experts (made also of our alumni/ae) who can support you in approaching the tourism industry while writing your thesis and looking for an internship and/or a job. USI also offers support to our students through a dedicated Career Service.
• Studying tourism in Switzerland means world-class industry, multicultural environment, focus on sustainable practices, strategic European location, and high quality of life.

Join us and be the difference in international tourism!