The Faculty of Tourism was established
with the Presidential decree dated 09 January 2019, numbered 576, and published
in the Official Gazette. Eğirdir School of Tourism and Hotel Management laid
the foundations of the Faculty of Tourism. Eğirdir School of Tourism and Hotel
Management was established within Süleyman Demirel University with the decision
of the Council of Ministers numbered 2011/2276 published in the Official
Gazette dated 24 October 2011 and numbered 28094. It was structured as three
departments: Accommodation Management, Travel Management, and Food and Beverage
Management, and the Department of Accommodation Management, the Department of
Travel Management and the Department of Food and Beverage Management under
these departments.
Isparta University of Applied Sciences
was established as the second university of Isparta with the "Law No. 7141
on the Amendment of Higher Education Law and Some Laws and Decree Laws",
which entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 18
May 2018 and numbered 30425. 4 faculties, 2 colleges, and 17 vocational schools
within the body of Süleyman Demirel University, which was established in 1992,
were separated from Süleyman Demirel University and affiliated with the newly
established Isparta University of Applied Sciences. Eğirdir Tourism and Hotel
Management School was also separated from Süleyman Demirel University and
affiliated with Isparta University of Applied Sciences.
With the Presidential decree dated 09
January 2019 and numbered 576, Eğirdir Tourism and Hotel Management School was
closed, and the Faculty of Tourism was established instead. Thus, it became one
of the six faculties of Isparta University of Applied Sciences. With the
establishment of the Faculty of Tourism, changes were made in the institutional
structures of the departments. With the establishment of the Faculty of
Tourism, changes were made in the institutional structures of the departments.
Faculty of Tourism;
1. Tourism Management
2. Tourism Guidance
3. Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
4. Recreation Management
is structured with 4 departments.