We are one of Moscow oldest tourism Institutes and leading academic centres, and a self-governed community of scholars. MSIIT comprises 4 faculties and over 20 departments.
The Moscow State Institute for the Industry of Tourism is located in the North of Moscow, 10 miles north-west of the Kremlin. It is well served by road and the metro links, and is within easy (about 5 miles) distance of the major Moscow airport of Sheremetyevo.
Moscow State Institute for the Industry of Tourism roots in 1966 when the Higher Courses for Foreign Tourism of the Department for Foreign Tourism under the Council of Ministers of the USSR were established, and in 1975 transformed into the Institute of Advanced Training for high-level personnel and specialists of the Chief Directorate of Foreign Tourism under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. In 2000 by a resolution of the Moscow Government, the Institute was reformed into Moscow Academy of Tourism and Hotel & Restaurant Businesses, and in 2004 – into Moscow Academy of Tourism and Hotel & Restaurant Businesses (Institute) under the Government of Moscow.
In 2009, our tertiary school received a new name – the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education of the city of Moscow “Moscow State Institute for the Industry of Tourism.” In July 2010 by an order of Moscow Government, the Institute was named after the famous Russian researcher Yuri A. Senkevich, so today the Institute is called the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education of the city of Moscow “Moscow State Institute for the Industry of Tourism n.a. Yu.A. Senkevich. The Institute has a branch in the town of Kislovodsk.
At present the Institute is a diversified educational institution providing –
• Higher professional education for bachelors and specialists in the sphere of tourism, economics and management of hotel industry enterprises;
• Vocational training for specialists in the sphere of tourism, hotel and restaurant businesses (advanced level);
• Re-training and advanced training for specialists in the sphere of tourism, hotel & restaurant businesses;
• Post-graduate courses;
• Training in foreign languages;
• Organisation and holding of business-seminars on new technologies in hotel servicing; international tourism, urgent problems of financial activities of hotels and travel agencies, legal maintenance for tourist business, etc in Moscow and Russian regions;
• Preliminary training for entering the Institute;
• Advanced training for teachers of specialized (branch) educational institutions;
• Holding 1 or 2 joint week seminars abroad together with foreign specialized educational institutions;
• Preparation and publishing of textbooks, study guides and tutorials;
• Consulting, researching in territorial development of tourism, hotel building, diagnosing enterprises practicing in the sphere of tourism, etc.
The Institute’s curricula are intended for training and re-training of specialists from travel agencies, hotels and restaurants. The students gain practical knowledge in organizing successfully functioning enterprises in the market economy, and specificity of receiving and servicing customers at hotels and enterprises of public catering. The success is facilitated with students’ in-depth training at the most prestigious foreign schools allowing students to get acquainted with activities of hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and establish business contacts.
The Institute comprises five faculties, 12 departments, a post-graduate school, a preliminary training department, and training structures.
The list of faculties includes –
The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, uniting 5 departments;
The Faculty of Economics and Management, uniting 6 departments;
The Faculty of Extramural Education;
The Faculty of Tourist Services including the Department of the English Language and the Subject-Cycle Board;
The Faculty of Supplementary Education.
MSIIT offers the following forms of studying – full-time, part-time and extramural. Taking into account the latest tendencies and training requirements for tourism industry, the Institute constantly adopts and introduces innovative methods on the basis of the practice-oriented approach to educational process. The Institute’s transfer to the 3-cycle educational system is under way. New educational programmes have been developed and licensed recently including those for Bachelor in Tourism, Bachelor in Management, and Bachelor in Economics. Also, new programmes for supplementary education have been developed and licensed including programmes for –
- Manager in Resort and Hotel Businesses and Tourism;
- Foreign Language in the Sphere of Tourism;
- Translator in the Field of Professional Communication;
- Higher School Teacher.
In collaboration with the Institute of Tourism and Market Development under the State University of Management, MSIIT provides MBA training (professional re-training programme, supplementary for higher education) in hotel and tourism businesses certifying the graduates as Masters of Business Administration.
MSIIT provides consulting and conducts researches in –
• Feasibility analysis of tourism development in Russian regions;
• Establishing travel agencies, hotels, and restaurants and organizing their successful activities;
• Computerization of enterprises of tourism industry.
In 2008 MSIIT opened a post-graduate school, where 20 post-grads study at present. The post-graduate school publishes the professional journal “MSIIT Scientific Bulletin.” 26 monographs of the Institute’s professors have been published recently.
Together with the Committee for Tourism and Hotel Sector of the City of Moscow, MSIIT organizes and holds international research conferences within the annual International Tourist Fair MITF, organizes and holds annual students’ conferences and publishes their Proceedings.
In order to provide willing students with an opportunity to study a term or two abroad, foreign tertiary schools for tourism industry make their presentations for the students of the Institute. All students undergo educational, practical and pre-diploma training at various enterprises specializing in tourism, hotel and restaurant businesses. Part of the students undergoes practical training abroad.
The Institutes’ alumni are in demand within tourism industry; a majority part gets employed according to their certificate specialisations and makes successful careers.
The Institute has been numerously awarded with high-level awards for its activity in the sphere of training for the hotel and tourist aggregate of Moscow.
Today MSIIT is an Institute that by right can be called a tuned producer of well-trained and motivated personnel for the tourist industry of Moscow.
