The Program

The Graduate Program in Tourism and Hospitality - PPGTURH - was implemented at Universidade de Caxias do Sul in 2001 and invests in the production of qualified knowledge, in the scientific, technical-professional and didactic-pedagogical training of researchers, professors and professionals linked to these areas. Since 2014, the Program has been enabling its students at Masters and PhD levels.

Goals

As a reflection of the conception of the Program, PPGTURH aims to provide qualified academic production in research and teaching, helping the students to

  • Develop skills and abilities for the production of knowledge in Tourism and Hospitality, considering the epistemological, theoretical, methodological and technical dimensions;
  • Develop theoretical-practical reflection on tourism, hospitality and its interfaces, bearing in mind the new logic of flows or new nomadisms;
  • Analyze these phenomena in their human-social, cultural and economic-administrative repercussions;
  • Deepen knowledge in Tourism and Hospitality through holistic and sectorized visions, in order to allow the achievement of higher standards of scientific, technical-professional and didactic-pedagogical competence;
  • Identify sectors of participation in the integrated and sustainable development of tourism and analyze management and public administration methods and procedures, comparing their efficiency and researching new forms of shared management;
  • Understand their role as Tourism and Hospitality teacher for the qualification of teaching in such areas, in close relation with the attitude and the investigative processes;
  • Develop new methodological approaches, as well as the application of new technologies in research, teaching and other forms of professional activity.

Target Audience

For the Master: holders of a Higher Education Diploma
For the Doctoral Degree: holders of a Master's degree

Lengh

Master's - 24 months
Doctorate - 24 months (minimum) - 48 months (maximum)

Admission

Masters - 20 vacancies in an annual selection
Doctorate - 5 vacancies in an annual selection

Coordinator

Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista

Post graduation Program in Tourism and Hospitality

Administrative Secretary: ppgturh@ucs.br - Telephone: (54) 3218-2621
University Campus of Caxias do Sul - Block F - room 301