Mieczysław Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation (CTR)
ul. Marymoncka 34, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland
Telefax +48 22 8345714, Tel. +48 22 3531005
e-mail: wstir@wstir.edu.pl
http://www.wstir.edu.pl
University of Physical Education campus
I.2 College AuthoritiesPursuant to its Statutes, the College is governed by the Faculty Council, consisting of 23 researchers/lecturers, the College Chancellor, and two student representatives.
A one-man body of the College is the Rector, who is appointed and dismissed by the Founder: Centrum Edukacji Turystycznej Sp. z o.o.
How the College operates is laid down in its Statutes, approved by the Minister of National Education in decision DNS-1-0145-108/AM/Rej.56/98 dated 11 August 1998 and re-submitted in the new wording to the Ministry of National Education on 30 March 2006 as required under the revised Higher Education Act.
Professor Aleksander Ronikier PhD DSc – Rector
Zbigniew Glapa MA – Chancellor
Andrzej Łuczak MA - Dean
The Mieczysław Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation was founded in 1995, and registered with the Ministry of National Education as Non-Public Institution No. 56, which provides courses in Tourism and Recreation with three majors:
- Tourism Organisation and Handling
- Hospitality and Catering
- Sports and Recreation Management
The courses are offered on either an intramural or extramural basis. Plans are being made to launch postgraduate courses in areas associated with tourism, recreation and sports, as well as courses for recreational instructors. In terms of teaching and curriculum, the College collaborates with other institutions and universities, such as the Institute of Tourism, the Warsaw University, the School of Economics and Computer Science, and the University of Physical Education in Warsaw. The College of Tourism and Recreation is a non-academic institution.
The College was founded by Centrum Edukacji Turystycznej Sp. z o.o., whose shareholders are, among others, the Polish Tourist Organisation and the Institute of Tourism. These institutions look after the College’s affairs, providing it with their curriculum-related and substantive support.
Currently, the College serves 849 students of these three majors, who choose predominantly the Tourism Organisation and Handling course (50% of all the students).
The M. Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation has a staff of 12 full-time employees, of which 4 employees are Professors, 1 employee is a Doctor of Science, and 6 employees are Doctors of Philosophy. The College also has 53 lecturers who work on a part-time or assignment basis. All these lecturers are named in the curricula and syllabuses. They include 2 Professors, 3 Doctors of Science, 7 Doctors in various specialities, and 14 instructors of 4 main languages (English, German, Russian and French).
The College’s courses are taught in the premises owned by the University of Physical Education and the School of Economics and Computer Science, whereas vocational training is arranged through various institutions and travel agencies all across Warsaw.
As part of their vocational training, every academic year the students take international internships in Hospitality and Sports Management in Greece, France and other European countries.
The College has incurred significant capital expenditure to upgrade its teaching facilities, open two modern computer laboratories, and furnish the lecture halls with multimedia projectors and other technical teaching aids.
The curriculum and syllabus have been developed so that graduates could acquire sufficient business background to start working in tourism, and to become efficient managers of tourist, leisure and sports companies in the future.
The College of Tourism and Recreation is the first school in the tourist industry to be honoured by the Polish Chamber of Tourism with the Globus ‘98 Award for its achievements in teaching tourist staffs in Poland. At the inauguration of the Academic Year 2005/2006, the College was conferred the Medal of Merit in Tourism, and an award from the Polish Chamber of Tourism for cooperation in and contribution to the development of the Polish tourism. The M. Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation has also received acknowledgments from the Polish Tourist Organisation for its teaching achievements and significant contribution to the development of tourism. The College of Tourism and Recreation ranked first in the Where to Study Tourism survey by the Wprost weekly in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
The College operates on a semester-to-semester basis (winter semester from 1 October this year to 30 January next year; end-of-term examinations in February; summer semester from 1 March this year to 30 June this year).
The teaching is offered in the form of:
- an intramural course – 15 weeks per semester, from Monday to Friday
- an extramural course – 15 Saturday meetings per semester, and on Sundays in the third, fourth and fifth semesters.
The students can take bachelor’s examinations by the 15th of July in a given academic year or during the autumn session by the 20th of September in a given year.
Course: Tourism and Recreation
Majors: Tourism Organisation and Handling
Hospitality and Catering
Sports and Recreation Management
I.6 Recruitment/Enrolment RulesRecruitment at the College of Tourism and Recreation starts in early June and continues until all vacancies are filled, but not later than by mid-September in a given academic year.
The candidate is obliged to:
I. Recruitment for candidates who have taken a ‘new’ secondary school leaving examination in the following subjects:
- for intramural studies - English
- for extramural studies – one of four foreign languages (English, German, Russian or French)
takes place with no entrance examinations, on a first-come, first-served basis;
II. Recruitment for candidates who have taken an ‘old’ secondary school leaving examination or do not meet the above criteria takes place upon successful completion of a written qualifying test in a foreign language *, respectively:
- for intramural studies - English
- for extramural studies – one of four foreign languages, as selected by the candidate (to choose from English, German, Russian and French)
*if the examination is failed, the initial recruitment fee is not returnable;
and
Submit a complete set of documents:
- Secondary school leaving certificate
- Application form (College form)
- 4 photographs (ID card format), including full name on the reverse
- Photocopy of the identity card (with the original available for inspection)
- Medical certificate stating that no contraindications exist to starting college studies
- Males: service papers
- Receipt of payment of the recruitment fee to the bank account:
Mieczysław Orłowicz College of Tourism
and Recreation in Warsaw
ul. Marymoncka 34, 01-813 Warsaw
Bank Zachodni WBK S.A.
Fourteenth Branch in Warsaw
Bank account: 18 10901014 0000 0001 0105 1784
And take a test in order to qualify for an appropriate language group.
A study agreement will be signed with the candidate who meets these criteria to specify clearly and precisely mutual rights and obligations between the College and the student.
RECRUITMENT SIZE IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007
From recruitment in the academic year 2005/2006 on, we have decided to increase the number of intramural vacancies to meet the demand of those willing to embark on such studies. All in all, 429 candidates have made their applications for both types of studies, of which 367 candidates in total have been recruited successfully.
The size of recruitment in the academic year 2005/2006 is shown in the table below:
|
CANDIDATES |
STUDENTS |
|
| INTRAMURAL |
226 |
179 |
| EXTRAMURAL |
253 |
188 |
| TOTAL |
429 |
367 |
| INTRAMURAL | EXTRAMURAL | |
| Tourism Organisation and Handling |
90 |
120 |
|
Hospitality and Catering |
45 |
30 |
| Sports and Recreation Management |
45 |
30 |
| TOTAL |
180 |
180 |
I.7 Major Regulations Governing the College
The College operates in accordance with its Statutes and the Study Regulations. Both these documents have been approved by the Ministry of Education and Science.
The Study Regulations and the Recruitment Regulations are available from the College’s website.
I.8 College ECTS Coordinator
Andrzej Łuczak MA – Dean of the Tourism and Recreation Faculty
Mieczysław Orłowicz College of Tourism and Recreation
ul. Marymoncka 34, 01-813 Warsaw, PO Box 21, Poland
Tel/fax +48 22 8345714, e-mail: aluczak@wstir.edu.pl