Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi

What Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi does

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi (DEU Faculty of Tourism) is a public, state-funded higher education faculty within Dokuz Eylül University, operating under the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK) and located on the university's Central Campus in İzmir, Türkiye. The faculty delivers two undergraduate programs — Turizm İşletmeciliği (Tourism Management) and Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları (Gastronomy and Culinary Arts) — serving primarily domestic Turkish students admitted through the centralized YKS examination, with secondary intake via DGS vertical transfer, horizontal transfer, and Erasmus+ international exchange. Students access coursework through DEBIS (student information system), SAKAI (learning management system), and onlineDEU/DEUZEM (distance education platform), and obtain official documentation via the E-Devlet government portal.

The faculty's service offering extends beyond degree programs to include the Lider Öğrenci Koordinatörlüğü (Student Leadership Program), continuing-education cooking workshops, the Kariyer Planlama ve Mezunlarla İlişkiler Koordinatörlüğü (Career Planning and Alumni Relations Coordination), and structured internship pipelines through partnerships with Swissôtel Büyük Efes İzmir, HotelRunner, the Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Maritime, and the Girişim İzmir Consortium. Industry-recognized certifications including ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 food safety training are delivered to enrolled students. The faculty is pursuing TURAK and YÖKAK quality accreditation and demonstrates WCAG 2.2 Level AA web accessibility compliance.

As a public institution, the faculty does not generate commercial revenue; operating funding flows entirely through Dokuz Eylül University's state budget allocation, with tuition regulated by YÖK. Strategic activity in 2025 has centered on a physical relocation of administrative and academic offices to the Central Campus Foreign Languages building, an expanding partnership portfolio with hospitality and tourism-tech brands, and the buildout of the DEÜ Kariyer Zirvesi: Turizm'26 career summit to strengthen industry placement outcomes.

Name

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi

Legal name

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi

Website

https://turizm.deu.edu.tr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Public university faculty within Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, Türkiye, delivering undergraduate programs in Tourism Management and Gastronomy & Culinary Arts to domestic and Erasmus+ international students via SAKAI, DEBIS, and DEUZEM platforms, with industry partnerships including Swissôtel and HotelRunner.

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Product category

Higher Education (Tourism and Hospitality)

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Marketing, Sales & Brand Management Schools (EDAHAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faculty-Led Study Tours & Embedded Short Programs (Home Institution-Led) (EDAIAIAJ), Faculty-Led & Custom Group Study Abroad Programs (EDAIAAAA), Cooking Classes & Chef-Led Workshops (THAJAGAI)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Tourism management education
• Gastronomy culinary arts
• Erasmus student mobility
• Hospitality professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

İzmir

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The faculty delivers public undergraduate higher education in Tourism Management and Gastronomy & Culinary Arts, along with international student exchange (Erasmus+), a Student Leadership program, continuing-education cooking workshops, and career/alumni services. It is operated as a state faculty under Dokuz Eylül University and the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK), using the DEBIS student information system, SAKAI LMS, and DEUZEM distance-learning platform for academic delivery.

Product overview

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi (DEU Tourism Faculty) is a higher education institution offering two main undergraduate programs: Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları (Gastronomy and Culinary Arts) and Turizm İşletmeciliği (Tourism Management). The faculty operates as a platform delivering academic education, international mobility programs (Erasmus+), professional development initiatives through the Lider Öğrenci (Student Leadership) Program, continuing education workshops, and career services via the Kariyer Planlama Koordinatörlüğü. Students access courses through the university's LMS (SAKAI) and distance education platform (DEUZEM), while administrative services integrate with national systems like E-Devlet for official documentation.

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Products and services

• Turizm İşletmeciliği (Tourism Management) Undergraduate Program Four-year undergraduate degree covering tourism management, hotel management, tourism marketing, destination management, cost accounting, tourism law, and tourism innovation; for Turkish high-school graduates entering via ÖSYM/YKS, and for transfer students via DGS/horizontal transfer.
• Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları (Gastronomy and Culinary Arts) Undergraduate Program Four-year undergraduate program focusing on culinary arts, food production, menu management, nutrition principles, hygiene and sanitation, food and beverage automation systems, and international cuisines; preparing students for careers in gastronomy and culinary arts.
• Erasmus+ Mobility Programs International student exchange and internship mobility including study-abroad semesters and internship placements under the Erasmus+ KA131 project (2026-2027), with the Girişim İzmir Consortium enabling entrepreneurship- and sustainability-themed placements for DEU Tourism Faculty students.
• Lider Öğrenci Koordinatörlüğü (Student Leadership Program) Student leadership coordination program organizing training activities including Swissôtel Global Trends in Hotel Management training, sustainability education, ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 food-safety trainings; targeted at volunteer students of the Faculty of Tourism.
• Temel Mutfak Eğitimi ve Yemek Atölyeleri (Basic Kitchen Training and Cooking Workshops) Non-degree continuing-education cooking workshops covering meat, fish, hamburger, and chocolate themes; offered to external participants by the DEU Faculty of Tourism.
• Kariyer Planlama ve Mezunlarla İlişkiler Koordinatörlüğü (Career Planning and Alumni Relations Coordination) Career-services and alumni office offering career summits, job-shadowing opportunities, internship placement support, and employer-networking events such as DEÜ Kariyer Zirvesi: Turizm'26; targeted at current students and alumni of the Faculty of Tourism.
• Uzaktan Eğitim Hizmetleri (Distance Education Services via DEUZEM) Hybrid and distance learning options delivered through the DEUZEM/onlineDEU platform, including make-up classes and supplementary online instruction for DEU Faculty of Tourism students.
• Staj ve İş Başvurusu Desteği (Internship and Job Application Support) Structured internship and job-application support for Faculty of Tourism students, drawing on the National Internship Program (İŞKUR), Swissôtel Büyük Efes İzmir partnerships, and international internship programs; includes job-application guidance and ÖSYM score information.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Swissôtel Büyük Efes İzmircoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership between the Faculty of Tourism and Swissôtel Büyük Efes İzmir for Global Trends in Hotel Management training program. The collaboration provides students with professional training and certification opportunities in hospitality management, with the hotel providing education and distributing certificates to participating students.
• HotelRunnerminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025HotelRunner, a hotel management software company, partners with the faculty to provide hotel automation training programs. Training sessions are conducted through the SAKAI platform for participating students.
• Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of MaritimeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint collaboration between Faculty of Tourism and Faculty of Maritime for Basic Boat Use, Maritime Tourism and Sustainability Training program, offered free to Tourism Faculty students.
• İzmir Bakırçay Üniversitesi (Girişim İzmir Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development Partnerİzmir Bakırçay University serves as the coordinating university for the Girişim İzmir Consortium's Erasmus+ internship mobility program themed around Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. The consortium enables Tourism Faculty students to participate in international internships with grant support.
• Dokuz Eylül University Career Planning and Alumni Relations CoordinationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal university partnership for organizing career summits and connecting students with potential employers in the tourism industry, including the DEÜ Kariyer Zirvesi: Turizm'26 event.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• École hôtelière de Lausanne: Global leader in hospitality management education; sets the international benchmark for tourism/hospitality curriculum and is the aspirational reference for Erasmus+ partner selection and program design.
• Glion Institute of Higher Education: Swiss-based hospitality and event management school; provides a comparable higher-education model in tourism/hospitality and is often a destination for Erasmus+ outgoing mobility.
• Kadir Has University School of Applied Sciences: Private İstanbul-based university with hospitality and tourism programs; offers an English-medium, tuition-funded alternative that competes for the same students with greater financial flexibility.
• Les Roches International School of Hotel Management: Swiss-based global hospitality school; comparable through its hotel management and culinary curriculum focus and serves as a benchmark for international tourism education quality.

Direct peers

• Selçuk University Faculty of Tourism: Public Turkish university with a tourism faculty offering management and culinary programs; directly comparable structure as a YÖK-governed public provider competing for the same YKS applicants.
• Anadolu University Faculty of Tourism: Major public Turkish university tourism faculty; one of the largest and oldest tourism education programs in Türkiye, with parallel Tourism Management and Gastronomy offerings and Erasmus+ activity.
• Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Tourism: Public Turkish university tourism faculty located in a leading coastal tourism region; offers similar Tourism Management and Culinary Arts programs targeting the same domestic student market.
• Akdeniz University Faculty of Tourism: Public Turkish university tourism faculty in Antalya, Türkiye's largest tourism region; offers comparable Tourism Management and Gastronomy programs and competes for the same YKS applicant pool.
• İstanbul University Faculty of Tourism: Prestigious public Turkish university tourism faculty in İstanbul; one of the founding tourism education institutions in the country with comparable program structure and scale.

Regional players

• Bilgi University Vocational School of Tourism and Hotel Management: İstanbul-based private Turkish higher education institution offering tourism and hotel management programs; competes for the same Turkish applicant pool as a private-sector alternative to public tourism faculties.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/deuturizmfakultesi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dokuz-eyl%C3%BCl-%C3%BCniversitesi-turizm-fak%C3%BCltesi

Compliance3 records

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Profiles3 records

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