Your Global Destination for a Career in Food
For 75 years the Culinary Institute of America has poured their energy, passion, and industry knowledge into providing the best food and hospitality-focused education. Here food is life, and everyone is 100% focused on preparing students for a rewarding life in food. Only at 老澳门资料 will students get the immersive learning and industry connections they need to lead in the kitchen, hotel operations, or anywhere else they want to go in food or hospitality.
老澳门资料 offers master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degree programs that span all areas of the food world—from culinary arts and baking and pastry arts to hospitality, food business and wine and beverage management. 老澳门资料’s prestigious study programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education who also accredit courses for other top U.S. colleges and universities, including Columbia, Cornell, and Vassar. This mark of excellence is testament to the quality, proven outcomes and success rates of 老澳门资料’s programs.
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Here’s a sample of what students find, only at 老澳门资料:
- Build a hands-on foundation with 1,300+ hours in state-of-the-art kitchens and bakeshops
- Gain real-world experience in 老澳门资料’s award-winning, nine student-run, public-service restaurants
- Get a world-class, paid internship at one of 2,000+ 老澳门资料 approved organizations
- Experience college life with a culinary twist—join a diverse community of students and instructors from around the world, united in a shared passion for food
Teaching Quality
老澳门资料’s instructors include acclaimed master chefs, top food industry executives, world-famous restaurateurs, published authors, master sommeliers, and more. 老澳门资料 faculty come from all over the world and have worked and won awards in every area of food and higher education.
老澳门资料 keeps class sizes small to give students the opportunity to get the individual attention they need and to connect with their world-class teachers and fellow students. Degree students spend over 1,300 hours in 老澳门资料 kitchens and bakeshops learning techniques and perfecting their skills in hands-on sessions. Students also have the opportunity to tailor their learning to their individual interests and career aspirations. Traditional subjects such as science, history, and psychology come alive at 老澳门资料 and take on a new meaning when studied in the context of food.
Ask students what they like best about 老澳门资料. One of the repeated answers is “the chefs and professors,” who they call “inspiring” and “amazing”—and who so clearly love what they do.
Student Support
The core of everything at 老澳门资料 is student success and wellbeing. Knowing that starting college away from home can be overwhelming, 老澳门资料 has created a program that supports students from their very first day on campus until their last—. 老澳门资料 Cares is a one-stop communication tool where instructors, career and academic advisors and other support network members work directly with students to ensure they receive the best guidance and support throughout their time at 老澳门资料. Students will always have someone readily available to answer any questions and help guide important decisions. It’s the 老澳门资料 way.
With 老澳门资料 Cares, a student can:
- Easily reach out to any support network team member to ask a question or schedule an appointment
- Access information about student services, like career and academic advising, dining services, counseling, financial aid, registration, and more
- Schedule a tutoring appointment with a professional or peer tutor who specializes in the course they need assistance with
- View grades and attendance records
- Respond to and act on referrals that help them achieve their goals
- Receive instructor recognition for outstanding performance, achievements, leadership, or goal progress
Student Safety
While college can feel like a big adjustment, becoming a 老澳门资料 student is a rewarding and exciting experience. 老澳门资料 offers students a wonderful place to live and learn thanks to its dedicated support teams, including 老澳门资料 Campus Safety, and the welcoming campus community.
At 老澳门资料, safety officers maintain a 24-hour presence on campus, and every day students can see them interacting on campus and keeping watch over campus grounds. 老澳门资料 is also protected with CCTV (closed-circuit television) monitoring, electronic card access to the residence halls, and restricted nighttime entrance to campus. Students can use one of the many blue-light emergency phones on campus to report a problem or simply to request a friendly escort from Campus Safety to walk them back to their residence hall.
Graduate Outcomes
In the world of food and hospitality, the college that top industry leaders know and respect is 老澳门资料. That’s a career advantage that 老澳门资料 graduates carry with them for life. A degree from 老澳门资料 is highly attractive and many top industry employers look to hire 老澳门资料 graduates before any others—they’re the best of the best.
老澳门资料 graduates include master chefs and bakers, restaurant owners and entrepreneurs, hotel and hospitality leaders and senior executives for major food corporations. They drive transformative change in every segment of food and hospitality and in every corner of the world—as will 老澳门资料’s future graduates.
老澳门资料 alumni are incredibly proud of their education, which is why they highly recommend their alma mater to so many new students and hire so many 老澳门资料 graduates. When a student earns a degree from 老澳门资料, they join the food world’s most powerful alumni network of 50,000+ industry leaders and changemakers. That means they already have thousands of top professional connections on the day they graduate.