Tourism Department holds accreditation from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO TedQual)
Since its establishment in 2000, the Tourism Department at the College of Arts and Social Sciences has been striving to found a firm reputation for excellence in tourism education and to determinately fulfill the department vision, to be one of the leading and reputable tourism programs in the Gulf region by the year 2015. In May 2013, a significant step was made on the Department's long trajectory of educational excellence and leadership. This step was the Department's reception of the UNWTO TedQual certification for its undergraduate program as the first Tourism Department in the Middle East to receive this recognition.
The UNWTO TedQual is a well-recognized tourism education accreditation system which contributes to the quality and efficiency of tourism education, training and research. It proposes a methodology and a set of voluntary standards with a universal scope aiming mainly to establish a standard of quality for tourism education as well as to smooth the way towards greater pedagogic productivity in tourism. Receiving the TedQual certification allows the Department several privileges including but not limited to:
Inclusion of the Dept. in the TedQual exchange programmes for students and professors’ internship, scholarship opportunities, joint research projects, and scientific publication.
International promotion of the department and its programmes through the UNWTO’s various communication tools and mechanisms.
Membership of the TedQual Network – a platform where Institutions share knowledge, good practices and technical support.
Use of the TedQual logo on official stationery and promotional materials.
Participation in the TedQual worldwide annual event.
Reception of support for organizing and hosting scientific events such as conferences and workshops.
Finally, this accomplishment could not have been achieved without the sincere unified efforts of all those who have been involved. To all of them, we wish to extend our sincere appreciation and gratefulness.
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