Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism

Guajara Campus

Infrastructure and services

Business and Tourism Section

Guajara Campus

The School of Business and Tourism currently has 14 teaching classrooms and three computer rooms with the following capacities:

Types of Teaching Classrooms and Computer Labs
Number of teaching classrooms Classroom capacity
2 183
2 96
2 40
2 25
Number of computer labs Number of seats and computers
2 20 places each

All classrooms are equipped with audiovisual equipment to support teaching activities: a video projector with PC connection, an Internet connection point, and video and audio connections for DVD playback.

The Center also has other facilities for holding talks, conferences, research seminars, and workshops, as it is equipped with projection and recording equipment and booths for interpreters and translators: the Graduation Hall with a capacity of 79 people, the Main Auditorium with a capacity of 288 people, and the Boardroom for 168 people. It also has an office for student representatives.

South Campus

Since the 2012-13 academic year, there has been a teaching unit in the town of Adeje. This unit provides in-person instruction for the theoretical and practical courses of the Tourism Degree program.

The available infrastructure is:

  • Three classrooms with videoconferencing service.
  • A computer lab with 25 workstations.
  • A room for group work.
  • Preferred study area in the municipal library.
  • An office for secretarial services.
  • A teachers' lounge.

Library

The Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism building houses a library with essential bibliographic resources and facilities designed to support all users. Click here for more information. here

Computer resources

The School of Business and Tourism has three computer labs, staffed by computer science interns whose main responsibility is equipment maintenance and assisting users (students and faculty). The labs are equipped with laser printers and rear-projection devices.

Each classroom has 18 computers, dedicated in a coordinated manner to teaching activities and free access for users; the configuration of the computers is designed for their proper academic use; in addition to the Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org office suites, the computers have statistical programs and other applications with a clear orientation towards economics and business management, commonly used in the subjects taught.

The classrooms are configured on a local network and have two Windows XP servers, which provide security, backup, storage, and joint printer management services, and a Linux server, dedicated to storing and managing user accounts, tasks that are carried out in collaboration with the Free Software Office. The classrooms are connected to the university network, providing direct internet access. Entry is free for students of the Center from October to July, during the hours when scholarship recipients are present.

Likewise, there is a WiFi classroom set up so that students can work with their own laptops.