
Restaurant and Catering Management
Restaurant and Catering Management
Programme Introduction
In the undergratuate in Restaurant and Catering Management is used a method of teaching and learning based on the development of skills crucial to prepare professionals who are able to adapt to the continuous changes observed in the restaurant industry.Training managers for the restaurant and catering industry which prepares professionals who are perceptive and proficient both in scientific/technical terms to address a number of significant changes in the sector evolution of the profile and motivations of demand technological developments sector organisation and evolution of the labour market.Identifying and understanding the dynamics of restaurant industry development in its historical sociological economic environmental contexts as well as its essential bibliographic support.Understanding the importance of restaurant industry in contemporary societies and its contribution to tourism.Analysing the major theories of management and applying them according to their suitability to specific situations in the field of restaurant industry.
Certified by UNWTO TedQual da Organização Mundial do Turismo
Programme Coordinator
Carla Isabel Santos de Sousa Bento
carla.s.bento@ipleiria.pt
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Vacancies
General contingent 25
International student contingent 4
DGES certification

Objectives
- Provide knowledge and essential skills, with the intention of organizing and strategically structure the sector for future challenges in the restaurant industry;
- Qualify professionals able to dominate the management, organization of technical and direction of restaurants, catering enterprises, hotels and food production enterprises;
- Promote the development and mastery of technical and scientific skills in food control areas, the level of its confection, plating and service;
- Promoting a culture of rigor and motivation contributing to the differentiation of the food and beverage manager through the acquisition of specific skills and techniques for the implementation of a quality service;
- Increase notoriety of companies in the sector with the collaboration of graduates in Restaurant and Catering Management with the implementation of knowledge and skills acquired throughout their education in the degree.

Study Plan
- 1st Year
- 2nd Year
- 3rd Year
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Quantitative Methods | 1st Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. Elementary mathematics applied to restaurant and catering | ||||
Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism | 1st Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. Tourism: conceptual aspects | ||||
Management Funamentals | 1st Semester | 6 | 49 h | |
1. Fundamentals of Management | ||||
English for the Restaurant Industry I | 1st Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1. Introduction to the concepts of Restaurant Industry and Catering | ||||
Nutrition and Dietetics | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
1. Food and food choice | ||||
Elective I | 1st Semester | 3 | 34 h | |
Students must choose one of the following curricular units::
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Introduction to Catering and the Restaurant Industry | 2nd Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1.Restauant and catering Establishments | ||||
IT Applied to the Restaurant Industry | 2nd Semester | 6 | 49 h | |
1. Spreadsheet | ||||
Elective II | 2nd Semester | 3 | 34 h | |
Students must choose one of the following curricular units::
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English for thee Restaurant Industry II | 2nd Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1. Restaurant services | ||||
Food Science | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
1. Characteristics of food components. | ||||
Accounting and Financial Analysis | 2nd Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. The accounting |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Accounting Management | 1st Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. Background of management accounting | ||||
Kitchen Practice I | 1st Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1. Prepare MiseenPlace | ||||
Bar Practice | 1st Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. Know and identify the the drink selling facilities | ||||
Food Hygiene | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
1. Introduction to food hygiene | ||||
English for the Restaurant Industry III | 1st Semester | 3 | 34 h | |
1. Financial issues | ||||
Marketing for the Restaurant Industry | 1st Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. introduction | ||||
Kitchen Practice II | 2nd Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1.Preparation and confection of Fish and Seafood | ||||
Restaurant Practice | 2nd Semester | 5 | 64 h | |
1. Restaurant brigade. | ||||
Food and Beverage Management I | 2nd Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1.The organization and management of the food and beverage department | ||||
Budget Management for the Restaurant Industry | 2nd Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. Budgeting and the management cycle | ||||
Enology | 2nd Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. The viticulture in the world and in Portugal. | ||||
English for the Restaurant Industry IV | 2nd Semester | 3 | 34 h | |
1. Kitchen safety and sanitation |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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International Gastronomy | 1st Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1. Internacional gastronomy and tourism | ||||
Catering and Banqueting | 1st Semester | 6 | 64 h | |
1. Catering and Banqueting Service | ||||
Labour Law | 1st Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
1. Brief fundamental Law Notions | ||||
Food and Beverage Management II | 1st Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1. Purchase management for F & B department; | ||||
Gastronomy and Wine | 1st Semester | 6 | 49 h | |
1. The evolution of food and food sources. | ||||
Event Planning and Organization | 1st Semester | 5 | 64 h | |
1. Introduction to the study of the events planning | ||||
Menu Engineering | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
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Food Safety and Quality Management | 1st Semester | 4 | 34 h | |
1 Food safety management systems | ||||
Design Applied to the Restaurant Industry | 2nd Semester | 5 | 49 h | |
1. Place of design Acting areas; Culturem creativity and mechanisms in project designs for the restaurant industry. | ||||
Human Resource Management | 2nd Semester | 4 | 49 h | |
1. Interaction between People and Organizations | ||||
Project / Intership | 2nd Semester | 12 | 317 h | |
Students must choose one of the following curricular units::
1st part: 1. Review of all concepts and methods needed for research. 2nd part: 6. Concept of entrepreneurship
According to the specific company, the duties and tasks will have in mind the following aspects:
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Entry Requirements
Provas de Ingresso
Uma das seguintes provas:
(04) Economia
(17) Matemática Aplicada às Ciências Sociais
(18) Português
Consulte a Deliberação, fixada para cada ano letivo, que estabelece a correspondência entre os exames nacionais do ensino secundário e as provas de ingresso no Portal da Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior.
Preferência regional
Área de influência: Coimbra, Leiria, Lisboa e Santarém
Vagas: 40%
Outros acessos preferenciais
Cursos com acesso preferencial: 716, 727, 733, G31, G37, G56, P51, P91, P96, S54, S55, S56, S57, S58, S59, S67, S78, T40
Vagas: 20%
Classificações mínimas
Nota de candidatura: 100 pontos
Provas de ingresso: 95 pontos
Fórmula de cálculo
Média do secundário: 65%
Provas de ingresso: 35%
Estudante internacional
Todas as informações relacionadas com a candidatura do Estudante Internacional ao IPLeiria devem ser consultadas na página de Candidaturas de Estudantes Internacionais
Provas de Ingresso
Uma das seguintes provas:
(04) Economia
(17) Matemática Aplicada às Ciências Sociais
(18) Português
Consulte a Deliberação, fixada para cada ano letivo, que estabelece a correspondência entre os exames nacionais do ensino secundário e as provas de ingresso no Portal da Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior.
Preferência regional
Área de influência: Coimbra, Leiria, Lisboa e Santarém
Vagas: 40%
Outros acessos preferenciais
Cursos com acesso preferencial: 716, 727, 733, G31, G37, G56, P51, P91, P96, S54, S55, S56, S57, S58, S59, S67, S78, T40
Vagas: 20%
Classificações mínimas
Nota de candidatura: 100 pontos
Provas de ingresso: 95 pontos
Fórmula de cálculo
Média do secundário: 65%
Provas de ingresso: 35%
Estudante internacional
Todas as informações relacionadas com a candidatura do Estudante Internacional ao IPLeiria devem ser consultadas na página de Candidaturas de Estudantes Internacionais
Accreditation
State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 1
Publication date: 16/12/2024
State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 1
Publication date: 16/12/2024
More Information
Contacts
E-mail: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt
Contacts
E-mail: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt

Application Fee
60€
60€
Enrolment Fee
General contingent 30 €
International student contingent 100 €
General contingent 30 €
International student contingent 100 €
Tuition Fee
General contingent 697 €
International student contingent 3000 €
General contingent 697 €
International student contingent 3000 €