Advance YOUR career in hospitality with a Master of Science in Hospitality Management

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Program Description

• Known as the MBA for the hospitality industry, students will gain specific managerial mastery to prepare them to work on the business side of a multibillion-dollar international industry.
• With a wide range of careers, the hospitality industry is one of the largest sectors in the service industry and provides a vast number of opportunities for those with an MS in Hospitality Management.
• Gain specific managerial mastery to prepare you to work on the business side of the multi-billion dollar international hospitality industry
• Perfect for students who want to advance in their careers or want to pivot to a hospitality career
• No industry experience or previous hospitality education required for admission
• Graduate students interested in conducting research in hospitality and tourism management research during graduate and post-graduate studies can choose the thesis track of the Master of Science in Hospitality Management. This 33-credit program includes a three-credit thesis course and a three-credit elective.
  
  • Thesis required
  • Opportunity to collaborate with faculty on research

Why choose hospitality?

Hospitality is the world's largest industry and getting a degree in hospitality and tourism management offers many opportunities in exciting and high-paying careers in all sectors of society, including: careers in hotel management, restaurant operations, beverage management, real estate management, event and entertainment management and tourism.

Students can work and run cruise lines, airlines, resorts, hotels, restaurants, entertainment and sports venues, night clubs and all kinds of businesses with a hospitality bachelor's or master's degree.

While studying at FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, students can get a head start on their careers through a number of one-of-a-kind opportunities, such as helping to run the largest gourmet gathering in the world, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival®.

Why choose The Chaplin School?

The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU) is ranked a Top 10 program among U.S. public universities and 35th in the world best school for tourism and hospitality.

Our students are the only ones in the country to help run the world’s premier wine and food festival, The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) and have access to major global corporations, such as:

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
• Bacardi USA
• Carnival Cruise Lines
• Marriott International
• Burger King

Our beautiful Biscayne Bay campus is located right on the water. Students who choose FIU hospitality have access to expert faculty, a rich curriculum, and fast-track career opportunities - resulting in more than 80% of our students employed upon graduation.

The Marriott Tianjin China Program is FIU’s largest international program.

Program at a Glance

• 33 credits
• Fully online option available
• Career Services Department dedicated solely to Hospitality Students
• Tuition:
  • $455 per credit for Florida Residents
  • $1001 per credit for Non-Florida Residents
  • $750 per credit for the online program
• International students can take advantage of off-campus employment at the start of their Master's program under Curricular Practical Training
  • Additional 1-year of OPT upon graduation

Core requirements – 33 credits

• Accounting & Financial Management: 3
• Global Issues in Hospitality & Tourism: 3
• Research and Statistical Methods: 3
• Hospitality and Tourism Industry Research Analysis: 3
• Marketing & Sales in Hospitality & Tourism: 3
• Hospitality Law Seminar: 3
• Revenue Management OR Feasibility Studies OR Restaurant Development: 3
• Organizational Behavior in the Hospitality Industry: 3
• Hospitality Elective: 3
• Thesis I: 3
• Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism: 3

Off Campus Work Experience

• International students can take advantage of off-campus employment at the start of their Master's program under Curricular Practical Training.
• Additional 1-year of OPT upon graduation

Hiring partners

Hiring partners have made an annual commitment to hiring students as interns or as full-time employees.

• Bacardi
• Carnival
• Royal Caribbean International
• Marriott
• Marriott Vacations Worldwide
• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
• Groot Hospitality
• The Walt Disney Company
• Hilton
• SOBEWFF®
• Loews Hotel
• Hyatt
• Compass Group
• Walmart
• Mandarin Oriental (The Hotel Group)
• Baptist Health South Florida
• Accor Hotels
• Four Seasons
• FontaineBleau Miami Beach
• Enterprise Holdings
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Pristine events
• Levy
• Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
• SBE