IPRED
Tourism and Hospitality Business Administration
ABOUT THE
Program
The Tourism and Hospitality Business Administration program at the Universidad Industrial de Santander, Socorro Campus, trains well-rounded professionals capable of leading, innovating, and transforming the tourism sector from a business-oriented, sustainable, and human-centered perspective. With a solid foundation in administration, economics, finance, marketing, and human talent management, integrated with core knowledge of tourism and hospitality, the program responds to current sector dynamics and to the needs of the territory and the country.
Its competency- and learning-outcomes-based curriculum integrates applied research, real-world projects, and close collaboration with the productive sector, strengthening employability and entrepreneurship. The program’s focus on sustainability, innovation, interculturality, and service quality prepares students to generate positive impact in communities, protect heritage, and manage competitive tourism organizations in local, national, and international contexts.
Socorro, Santander | Qualified Registration of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 024474 dated December 17, 2025, with a validity of 7 years.
DEGREE:
Tourism and Hospitality Business Administrator
DuraTIOn:
8 semesters
Modality:
In-person
CAMPUS:
Socorro (Santander)
APPLICANT’S
Profile
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Applicants to the Tourism and Hospitality Business Administration program at the Universidad Industrial de Santander are expected to demonstrate academic and personal skills in critical reading, writing, creativity, sensitivity toward nature and the environment, ease in human relations, leadership, entrepreneurship, and teamwork, as well as motivation to integrate knowledge for the development, strengthening, and improvement of the tourism sector and territories.
To demonstrate the training, skills, and abilities mentioned above, the Tourism and Hospitality Business Administration program adopts the admissions process established in Agreement No. 222 of 2014 of the University Academic Council. This Agreement sets forth the admission criteria for on-campus undergraduate academic programs and, specifically, Article 3 establishes that admission is based on academic merit, measured by the scores obtained by the applicant on the Saber 11° State Examination, in accordance with the selection and admission criteria outlined in Section 5.2.2 of this document. These criteria allow verification that the applicant possesses the following competencies:
Competencies to understand, interpret, and evaluate texts encountered in everyday life and in non-specialized academic contexts.
Competencies to address situations that can be solved through the use of basic mathematical tools.
Civic competencies to understand the social world from the perspective of the social sciences and to situate this understanding as a reference for the exercise of one’s role as a citizen.
Ability to analyze different events, arguments, positions, concepts, models, dimensions, and contexts, as well as the capacity to reflect and issue critical judgments.
OUR
Accreditations
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High-Quality Accreditation: Resolution MEN No. 024474 of December 17, 2025, valid for seven (7) years.
Program
Curriculum
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Credits: 4 – Mathematics
Credits: 3 – World Tourism History
Credits: 3 – Ecology
Credits: 2 – Global Tourism Overview
Credits: 3 – Language Workshop
Credits: 1 – Cátedra UIS
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Credits: 3 – Applied Computing
Credits: 2 – Customer Service Management
Credits: 2 – Tourism Geography
Credits: 4 – Ecotourism
Credits: 2 – Tourism Sociology
Credits: 2 – Foreign Language I: English
Credits: 1 – Physical Education and Sports
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Credits: 2 – Introduction to Economics
Credits: 3 – Accommodation and Lodging Services Management
Credits: 3 – Cultural Heritage
Credits: 3 – Sustainable Tourism
Credits: 2 – Foreign Language II: English
Credits: 3 – Integral Education Elective I
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Credits: 2 -Descriptive Statistics
Credits: 2 – Tourism Economics
Credits: 2 – Sociocultural Animation
Credits: 3 – Food and Beverage Services
Credits: 3 – Environmental Exploration
Credits: 2 – Foreign Language III: English
Credits: 2 – Integral Education Elective II
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Credits: 1 – Research Methodology
Credits: 2 – Financial Mathematics
Credits: 2 – Human Talent Management
Credits: 3 – Food and Beverage Services Management
Credits: 3 – Guiding Services
Credits: 3 – Nature Tourism
Credits: 2 – Foreign Language IV: English
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Credits: 2 – Tourism Marketing
Credits: 3 – Accounting Management
Credits: 3 – Business Management
Credits: 2 – Integrated Management Systems
Credits: 3 – Rural and Community Tourism
Credits: 3 – Transdisciplinary Elective I
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Credits: 2 – Market Research
Credits: 3 – Event and Convention Organization
Credits: 2 – Destination Planning and Management
Credits: 2 – Design of Tourism Experiences and Products
Credits: 4 – Integrative Project I: Tourism Entrepreneurship
Credits: 3 – Disciplinary Elective I
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Credits: 3 – Hotel Management
Credits: 3 – Travel Administration and Logistics
Credits: 3 – Tourism Project Management
Credits: 4 – Tourism Project Management
Credits: 3 – Disciplinary Elective II
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PROFESsORS
IPRED
Jorge Winston
BARBOSA CHACÓN
Master in Computer Science - Line: Development of Systems applied to Education
Ronald Alfonso
MONTAÑEZ VALENCIA
Master in Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Systems
Our
reach
Students
*Second semester
2023 data
Alumni
*Data taken until
september 2023
research groups and
Student Research Groups
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Contact us
Administración de Empresas Turísticas y Hoteleras
Telephone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extensions: 5100 – 5121 – 5109 – 5122
Email: admisocorro@uis.edu.co
UIS Convento Campus
Socorro, Santander
Calle 14 # 06 – 07
Office Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday
7:00 a.m. – noon.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.