Cultivate management expertise and the culinary depth to thrive in any food related career.

Understand the industry from every angle, bringing knowledge and innovation to your passion for food.

The SHA/CIA Alliance brings together two premier institutions, The Culinary Institute of America and Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration, enabling students to attain an Associate of Occupation Studies in Culinary or Baking & Pastry Arts from The Culinary Institute of America and a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from the Nolan School of Hotel Administration. Consider understanding business, from design and development, financing, and management, to entrepreneurship and the intersection with operations, from technical skills, to menu development, flavor profiling, and food production at scale. Your food career is only as limited as your imagination with this intense foundation.