Master MTS
UNIVERSITY SPEAKERS
- Sylvain Ferez, MCF-HDR, University of Montpellier
- Nathalie Le Roux, MCF, University of Montpellier
- Robin Recours, MCF, University of Montpellier
- Olivier Thomas, MCF, University of Montpellier
- Rémi Richard, MCF, University of Montpellier
- Jean Michel Haddad, PRAG (chartered accountant), University of Montpellier
ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONALS
- Olivier Obin, PAST, Montpellier
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS
- BARREDA F., DREETS Occitanie
- CALVET J., Communications consultant
- CANELA R., TO Germany
- CASAS F., Lawyer
- CHATARD S., Pays Viganais Community of Communes
- COSTE D., Tourism Consultant
- MAES A., Digital communications consultant
- PICHARD D., Professional Coach
- POUGET J-F., Hérault tourisme
- SALEY T., Chartered accountant
- SCHMID P., Hérault tourisme
- TAMAGNE F., Professional Coach
- ZAMUNER F., Millau Tourist Office
sports tourism professionals...
Pedagogical objectives
The courses have 3 objectives, developed through 5 cross-disciplinary skill areas:
Objective 1: Consolidate management fundamentals
Objective 2: Understand and understand sports tourism: players, issues and strategies
Objective 3: Enhance communication, marketing and management skills.
- Skill area 1: Managing the activities of sports tourism businesses ;
- Skill area 2: Managing people and resources. Adaptation and cross-functionality ;
- Competence area 3: Ensure the quality of sports tourism services, both internally and for customers;
- Skill area 4: Market sports tourism products and services in line with changes in society;
- Competency area 5: Communicate and market efficiently.2 internships help you put what you've learned into practice and build a professional network:Master 1: 280-hour internshipMaster 2: 700-hour internship
Targeted career opportunities and profiles:
The latest professional integration survey, carried out in 2016 among 103 graduates between 2009 and 2015, shows that 93% of students have a job after completing the Master 2 program. In addition, there are 6 entrepreneurs. The speed of professional integration is one of the strengths of the Master MTS.
Over 60% of former students say they are satisfied or very satisfied with their professional situation.
Future managers will exercise strategic and operational responsibilities in tourism and sports organizations in the private and public sectors:
- Project manager or development manager in the "sending" or "receiving" sectors: tour operators, leisure resorts, vacation villages, open-air hotels, CDTs, host countries, communities of communes, regional nature parks, etc. ... ;
- Business creator in the field of sports tourism;
- Manager or department head in tourism and sports leisure service companies.
science at the service of sports tourism...
The Sports Tourism Services Management career path is supported by a number of teams working and researching in the fields of economics and management sciences.
The research work associated with this specialization is aimed at :
- the evolution and adaptation of organizations to change,
- the economic processes involved in building the sports tourism sector,
- the study of the sports services consumer.
master 1 mts
master 2 mts
The Master 2 MTS is the final year of your training. You'll be preparing to enter the world of work, in close contact with professionals. An active, innovative teaching approach geared towards professionalization:
- Over 50% of teaching hours are given by professionals working in the sector
- Adapted teaching methods: case studies, group work, situational presentations
- Field studies carried out as part of the training program (audit, feasibility study, etc.).
admission master 1
The M.T.S. Master's degree is aimed at students with a variety of backgrounds (M.S. staps degree, professional degree in tourism, info/com degree or languages and civilizations, depending on applications and projects).
Each year, one continuing education student is admitted on the basis of a specific project (professional retraining and business creation in the tourism and sports sector, for example).
We are also keen to welcome foreign students to enrich our training (between 2 and 3 in Master 1 over the last three years - Morocco, Vietnam, Peru, Mali...). These students generally go on to study for a 2nd year Master's degree.
Access to the M.T.S. Master's program is subject to examination of an application file, the evaluation of which focuses on the level of results obtained in the Bachelor's program, the wealth and diversity of experience in the field of sports services and tourism, mastery of communication tools (languages, IT) and, above all, the inclusion of a resolutely assertive professional project in the field of sports tourism.
- number of Master 1 places: 25
- number of Master 2 places: 20
Information: staps-admission@umontpellier.fr
alternatives and further study
To consolidate your project and enhance your language skills, you can take part in a year of international or professional mobility thanks to the 2 University Diplomas (D.U.) piloted by the MS department: The D.U. Mobility +Professionalization and the D.U. Territorial Sports Management and Marketing.
recruit a trainee
Are you a company or organization involved in sports tourism?
Send us your internship offers using the following template:
Students in the Master's program in Sports Tourism Management follow a university course in which we call on the services of professionals.
Students complete their MTS training with an internship, lasting 280 hours in Master 1 and 4 to 6 months in Master 2 (beginning in March), and carry out an analysis that the host company or organization can benefit from.
Each internship is the subject of an agreement and rigorous monitoring.
You can also register your ad on the University of Montpellier's professional network, Res'UM.
recruit a graduate
Are you looking for a graduate in sports tourism engineering?
Send us your job offers using the following template: Sample job form
You can also register your ad on the University of Montpellier's professional network, Res'UM.