The post-secondary specialisation programme in Catering and Restaurant Services aims at providing students with specialised professional qualifications which will prepare them to plan, manage and coordinate all the service and production operations entailed by catering and restaurant services. They will also be able to organise, manage and supervise work teams, carry out and monitor the offer in the F&B department, carry out technical tasks in the kitchen and restaurant, as well as to establish sales relations with customers and other parties..
| 1º Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Curricular unit | Period | ECTS |
| Introduction to Tourism, Hospitality and Catering | 1st Semester | 3.0 |
| Business Etiquette | 1st Semester | 3.0 |
| Spanish for Foodservice | 2st Semester | 4.0 |
| Catering Event Organisation | 2st Semester | 5.0 |
| Information Technologies Applied to Catering and Restaurant Services | 2st Semester | 4.0 |
| Cost Control for the F&B Department | Annual | 7.0 |
| F&B Management | Annual | 7.0 |
| Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Safety | Annual | 6.0 |
| English for Foodservice | Annual | 7.0 |
| Quantitative Methods | Annual | 4.0 |
| Restaurant and Kitchen Operations | Annual | 10.0 |
| 2º Year | ||
| Curricular unit | Period | ECTS |
| Applied Accounting | 1st Semester | 5.0 |
| Entrepreneurship | 1st Semester | 4.0 |
| Human Resources Management | 1st Semester | 4.0 |
| Hospitality Law | 1st Semester | 3.0 |
| French for Foodservice | 1st Semester | 5.0 |
| Hospitality Equipment Maintenance | 1st Semester | 4.0 |
| Marketing and Sales for Restaurants | 1st Semester | 5.0 |
| Work placement | 2st Semester | 30.0 |
- F & B Manager
- Restaurant Manager
- Head waiter/waitress
- Waiter/ waitress
- Bartender
- Room Service Waiter
- Storekeeper
Who may apply to the Post-secondary Specialisation Programmes: Those who successfully concluded secondary education or its academic equivalent; Those who passed the mature students? exams, established specifically for the programme, according to the Decree-law nr. 64/2006, of 21st March; Students who passed all subjects that are part of the 10th and 11th year curricula in secondary education, or its academic equivalents, but did not complete secondary education and were considered ready for post-secondary programmes through an exam done at the higher education institution; Those with a certificate in a technological specialisation course, in a post-secondary specialisation programme or with a higher education degree who wish to enroll in professional retraining.
