Faculty of Sport and Tourism

Faculty of Sport and Tourism - TIMS
Факултет за спорт и туризам - ТИМС / Fakultet za sport i turizam - TIMS
Motto Tvoj Izbor Menja Sve
Motto in English Your choice changes everything
Established 2004 (2004)
Type Private
Dean Zlatko Ahmetović
Academic staff 59
Students 500
Location Novi Sad, Serbia
Affiliations Metropolitan University
Website www.tims.edu.rs

The Faculty of Sport and Tourism (Serbian: Факултет за Спорт и Туризам, Fakultet za sport i turizam, TIMS) is a state-accredited private institution of high education located in Novi Sad, Serbia. The Faculty was founded in 2004 and consists of two departments - Sport and Tourism. [1] [2]

Since its founding, the Faculty has educated 209 bachelors, 36 magisters and masters, as well as 10 doctors.[3]

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History

TIMS started off as an independent College for Sport Trainers and Managers (Serbian: Виша школа за тренере и менаџере у спорту / Viša škola za trenere i menadžere u sportu) in 2001, to grow into the Faculty of Sport and Tourism - TIMS, as it is known today, in 2004. That year also saw the addition of another department - Tourism, rendering TIMS the only faculty dedicated to sport and tourism in Serbia and the countries of former Yugoslavia.[4] [5] [6]

Organisation and profile

The Faculty consists of two departments: the Department of Sport, and the Department of Tourism. Basic studies on both departments last 3 years, master's studies taking 2 years and doctoral studies 3 years.

According to the nomenclature of occupations, the students acquire the following professional titles upon graduation:

from the study programme of Physical education and sport:

from the study programme of Management and business in tourism:

Partnerships

TIMS is a member of the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS).[7]

The Faculty cooperates with many other institutions of higher education across Europe, but also with some of the most significant associations, clubs and organisations in the field of sport and tourism in Serbia and the region.[8] [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. ^ http://prijemni.infostud.com/fakultet/Fakultet_za_sport_i_turizam-TIMS/189 TIMS article on Serbia's largest students' portal (in Serbian), retrieved on 11.5.2011
  2. ^ http://www.mpn.gov.rs/ustanove/visoke.php#spisak Registry of institutions of higher education by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Private Institutions/Univerziteti/Univerzitet Metropolitan) retrieved on 11.5.2011
  3. ^ http://tims.edu.rs/en/timsworld/faculty
  4. ^ http://www.mingl.org/karijera/obrazovanje/privatni_fakulteti.php Index of private faculties in Serbia on a high-school students' portal retrieved 11.5.2011
  5. ^ http://www.mingl.org/karijera/obrazovanje/drzavni_fakulteti.php Index of state faculties in Serbia on a high-school students' portal retrieved 11.5.2011
  6. ^ http://www.yumreza.info/yumreza-2003/Obrazovanje....htm#Fakulteti_i_vise_skole,_univerziteti Directory of websites from the countries of former Yugoslavia, retrieved on 11.5.2011
  7. ^ http://www.atlas-euro.org/ATLASOrganisationProfile/tabid/106/UserID/679/From/58/language/en-US/Default.aspx TIMS profile on the ATLAS portal, retrieved on 11.5.2011.
  8. ^ http://www.nationalgeographic-srbija.com/tims. TIMS featured column on the National Geographic - Serbia website
  9. ^ http://www.mtv.rs/koncerti/najave/pogledaj-me MTV Serbia report on a youth film festival organised by TIMS (in Serbian), retrieved on 11.5.2011
  10. ^ http://www.oks.org.rs/olimpijski-komitet-srbije/projekti/karijera-posle-sport/program-karijera-posle-sporta-na-seminaru-kajakaskog-saveza-srbije/ Article on event organised by TIMS in cooperation with the Olympic committee of Serbia (in Serbian), retrieved
  11. ^ http://okvojvodina.org/klub/najnovije/obrazovanje-i-sport-ruku-pod-ruku.html Article on the establishment of cooperation between the Volleyball club of vojvodina and TIMS (in Serbian), retrieved on 11.5.2011

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