Event Management Education in Finland

Abstract

As event management emerges to become a key sector of the tourism and leisure industries worldwide there is increasing need for tertiary educated event managers, and for evaluations of event management curriculum. By using in-depth interviews as the method of inquiry, this paper reports the results from an analysis of event management curriculum in Finnish higher education. The paper provides a context for event management education in Finland by presenting brief backgrounds on the educational system, differences between universities and polytechnics, and current tourism and leisure programs which incorporate event management. It then provides a summary of key findings specifically relating to education in event management and suggests a series of preliminary conclusions. This study establishes a platform from which to develop an investigative framework which can be used in comparative studies of event management curricula worldwide. Apart from curriculum evaluation however, it can also be used as the basis for training needs analyses and creates a better understanding and compatibility between event management education and industry practice.

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