Leisure Management and Tourism Entertainment (future name: Tourism Entertainment and Event Management)

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Coordinator
Professor Tiago Arruda Lopes
 
 

The Bachelor's Degree in Leisure Management and Tourism Animation provides students with the skills and competencies required to plan, manage, and implement tourism animation projects and events, as well as to coordinate and manage leisure facilities and services in the fields of tourism, culture, recreation, and sports.

 

Employability rate

 

97.6% (source: http://infocursos.mec.pt/)

Vacancies - 96

 

 

Career opportunities - Management of events and tourism entertainment activities. Planning, management, and coordination in: tourism entertainment in tourist enterprises, small and medium-sized nature and adventure tourism companies, nautical tourism or cultural tourism, theme parks, cultural organisations, event agencies, and entertainment promoters.

Admission requirements - Admission to the Leisure Management and Tourism Entertainment course can be obtained through five different routes:

  1. Through the National Higher Education Access Competition, in which candidates who have completed the 12th year of schooling will be required to take entrance exams in one of the following subjects:

In 2026/2027

 

18 Portuguese or 09 Geography
or
One of the following combinations:

13 English
17 Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences

or

09 Geography
13 English

or

13 English
18 Portuguese

or

17 Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences
18 Portuguese

or

09 Geography
17 Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences

 

Calculation of the application grade: 50% secondary education average + 50% entrance exam grade

Minimum marks: application grade – 95 points | entrance exam grade – 95 points

 

Courses with preferential access for 2026/2027 (30% of vacancies)

 

Codes:

P01 - Sociocultural Animator
P69 - Event Organisation Technician
P91 - Tourism Technician
R77 - Tourism Information and Entertainment Technician
T02 - Sociocultural Animator
T40 - Event Entertainment Technician
R05 - Sports Management Support Technician
R15 - Sports Technician
R17 - Tourism Entertainment Technician
G01 - Socio-Sports Animation (VC) (Ordinance No. 260/2013)
G14 - Socio-Sports Animation (VT) (Ordinance No. 260/2013)
G29 - Sports Animation and Management
G43 - Sociocultural Animation (Ordinance No. 265/2013)
G54 - Cultural and Recreational Tourism (Ordinance No. 265/2013)
H14 - Socio-Sports Animation (VT)
H29 - Sports Animation and Management
H43 - Sociocultural Animation
H54 - Cultural and Recreational Tourism
A05 - Socio-Sports Animation (VC) (Ordinance No. 941/2009)
A06 - Socio-Sports Animation (VT) (Ordinance No. 941/2009)
A53 - Sports Animation and Management
573 - Sports Animation and Management
674 - Sociocultural Animation (Ordinance No. 817/2009)

  1. Through Special Regimes, which include candidates covered by Decree-Law No. 393-A/99 of 2 October, such as high-performance athletes, nationals of Portuguese-speaking African countries, and military personnel.

  2. Through Special Competitions, which cover candidates included under Decree-Law No. 393-B/99 of 2 October, holders of higher education degrees, and students from foreign higher education institutions.

  3. Through Higher Education Access for those over 23 years of age, under the conditions set out in Decree-Law No. 64/2006 of 21 March.

  4. Through the Special Higher Education Access Competition for Holders of Secondary-Level Dual Certification Courses and Specialised Artistic Courses.

 

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