Faculty of Sport and Tourism
| Факултет за спорт и туризам - ТИМС / Fakultet za sport i turizam - TIMS | |
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| Motto | Tvoj Izbor Menja Sve |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Your choice changes everything |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2004 |
| Dean | Zlatko Ahmetović |
Academic staff | 59 |
| Students | 500 |
| Location | Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Affiliations | University of EDUCONS |
| Website |
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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]
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:
- on the level of Bachelor's degree - Teacher of sport and physical education;
- on the level of Master's degree - Professor of physical education and sport - master;
- on the level of Doctoral degree - Doctor of physical education, sport and kinesiology;
from the study programme of Management and business in tourism:
- on the level of Bachelor's degree - The professional title of manager;
- on the level of Master's degree – Graduate manager – master.
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://tims.edu.rs/en/timsworld/faculty
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.nationalgeographic-srbija.com/tims. TIMS featured column on the National Geographic - Serbia website
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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