TRAINING OF FUTURE TOURISM PROFESSIONALS IN THE UNIVERSITITES OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF FUNCTIONING OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

DOI 10.31652/2415-7872-2022-70-58-67

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of the training of future specialists in the field of tourism in the higher education institutions of Ukraine in the context of the functioning of the higher education system was conducted. According to the results of a study of the peculiarities of the training of future specialists in the field of tourism in higher education institutions of Ukraine in the context of the functioning of the higher education system, in particular with regard to the quantitative dimension, the following was determined: there are 242 universities and 338 colleges in Ukraine, but according to the data of the National Institute of Education and Research for 2022 – 652 higher education institutions in total, with among them, 185 are registered in the UniRank system, and the specialty «Tourism» is in 118 universities and 42 colleges. It was found that the main counter-arguments regarding the excessive number of higher education institutions in Ukraine are the lack of purposefulness of the budget, increasing the demand for studying tourism by reducing the number of universities with this specialty, increasing the quality characteristics of the scientific and pedagogical staff, etc. It has been established that the training of tourism specialists began in independent Ukraine at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where the first department was created that began to train specialists in the tourism industry, which became the starting point for the spread of the «Tourism» specialty in other higher education institutions of Ukraine. It has been proven that as of 2021, only six higher education institutions are included in the world general university rankings with the specialty «Tourism»: Kharkiv National University of Karazin, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Odesa National University of Mechnikov and Chernivtsi National University of Yury Fedkovich, of which only the first three occupy the highest positions. It was determined that the peculiarities of the training of the students of the ECL bachelor and junior professional bachelor are fairly identical competencies that form multi-disciplinary knowledge from a significant range of disciplines