Sciences, Economics - Management, Engineering

Management of Sports Tourism (MTS)

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    STAPS Faculty

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Master M.T.S. provides knowledge, know-how and skills in the interconnected fields of management, tourism and sports leisure. Since 1992, the UFR STAPS of Montpellier has offered a Master's degree in sports tourism management within the sports management program. The Master of Sports Tourism Management (M.T.S.) has trained more than 800 professionals in the sector. Today, it relies on a team of 10 professionals recognized in their sectors (tourism marketing, communication, equipment management, TO, nature sport consultants...) and 11 university lecturers (research teachers, PRAG and ATER). In Master 2, 70% of the teaching is provided by professionals: tour operators, ski resorts, tourist offices, receptive leisure centers...

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Objectives

The teaching aims at 3 objectives, developed through 5 axes of transversal skills:

Objective 1: Consolidate management fundamentals;

Objective 2: Understand and know sport tourism: actors, issues and strategies;

Objective 3: To deepen one's skills in communication, marketing and management.
- Competence axis 1: To manage the activities of sport tourism companies;
- Competence axis 2: To manage resources and people. Adaptation and transversality;
- Competence axis 3: Ensure the quality of sport tourism services, internally and for clients
- Competence axis 4: Market sport tourism products and services in phase with the evolution of society;
- Competence axis 5: Communicate and market with efficiency

2 internships contribute to the practical application of lessons and the creation of a professional network.

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Organization

Open in alternation

This course is open on a sandwich basis.

Admission

Conditions of access

Bachelor's degree or equivalent levels

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Target audience

The Master M.T.S. is aimed at students in initial training with various profiles (M.S. staps license, professional license in the field of tourism, info/com license or languages and civilizations according to the files and projects). Continuing education students are admitted on the basis of a specific project. We are careful to welcome foreign students in order to enrich the training. Access to the M.T.S. Master's degree is subject to the examination of a file whose evaluation focuses on the level of results obtained in the Bachelor's degree, the richness and diversity of experience in the field of sports services and tourism, the mastery of communication tools and, above all, the registration of a professional project resolutely oriented towards the field of sports tourism.

  • Number of Master 1 places: 25
  • Number of Master 2 places: 20 
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