Habilidades interculturales | Intercultural skills

Graduation as a Hotel and Tourism Management Assistant plus university of applied sciences entrance qualification certified by the Government in 3 years

University of applied sciences entrance qualification
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For more than twenty years the State Vocational School Kronach in Upper Franconia has been successfully qualifying junior employees for gastronomy, nutrition and supply.
A new branch of education qualifying for a profession has been offered since September 2014 including

  • Graduation as a Hotel and Tourism Management Assistant plus university of applied sciences entrance qualification certified by the Government.

What makes it very special is the combination of school teaching (3 years) and accompanying internship (overall 20 weeks) in cooperative companies or companies of your choice. This apprenticeship allows you to start into working life immediately, you gain the necessary skills to lead a family business or to proceed into higher studies to further expand you knowledge further.

Apply now: As training vacancy is limited – applying on time is obligatory!

We train managers and entrepreneurs

Managers and entrepreneurs apprenticeship
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If you are interested in the professional field of tourism and gastronomy, you are team- and service-oriented, like to work with people and you appreciate good manners, the Tourismusschule Franken (Franconian Tourism School).

  • provides you with a varied and practical apprenticeship at school which includes training in a training kitchen, a bar, a restaurant and the newest version of back office oftware for travel agencies
  • enables you to gain the university of applied sciences entrance qualification
  • provides you with a solid general education, different language courses in English, Spanish as well as basics in Mandarin, special knowledge in hotel and tourism management, IT knowledge and guest-oriented performance
  • provides you with the imparting of social and intercultural skills and good manners
  • you can experience a variety of leisure activities (golfing, skiing, mountain biking) in the vacation area Frankenwald - partly for reduced costs
  • In addition the Tourismusschule Franken supports you to find a room or a flat in Kronach


It’s your choice: A local, national or international job or study.
After the three years of apprenticeship you have a lot of possibilities. The vocational world is open for you as an:

  • Executive assistant in a travel agency, a travel organization, a hotel, or a spa and wellness location
  • Customer consultant in a tourism agency
  • Employee in public service, division of tourism
  • Independent businessman
    (a start-up or you have the necessary skills to lead a family business)
  • Alternatively you can choose a business course with major tourism, hotel, sport or event management

No school fees and National Education Aid Scheme Law (BAföG) possible

National Education Aid Scheme Law (BAföG) possible
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  • No school fees
  • National Education Aid Scheme Law (BAföG) possible

The Tourismusschule Franken can support you to find a room or a flat in Kronach.

Schedule Tourismusschule Franken

Subjects 1. SY 2. SY 3. SY
Weeks of school/ year 34 33 33
Compulsory subjects      
General education subjects      
German 3 3 3
English 2 3 3
Mathematics 3 3 3
Scientific basics 2 - -
Social studies 2 1 1
Spanish 3 3 2
Vocational subjects 15 13 12
Fachlicher Unterricht      
Economics 2 - -
Management processes 2 3 3
Purchasing and storage 3 2 1
Bookkeeping 4 4 3
Law 2 2 2
Tourism marketing 3 4 3
Tourism processes - 2 2
Vocational practice in hotel business and gastronomy 4 4 4
Event management - 2 1
Subtotal 20 23 19
Optional subjects
Sports management 2    
Health management   1  
Cultural- and event management     1
Voluntary subjects      
Destination expertise      
Spanish conversation  1    
French      
Chinese (intercultural skills)  1    
Total 39 37 32
Internship (national and international in weeks per year) 6 7 7

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