Setting the gold standard for hospitality education. Setting you up for success.
The hospitality and real estate industries are constantly evolving. Keep your skills sharp, stay current with best practices, and broaden your professional network with a graduate degree from the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration.
United by a passion for service and hospitality, the Nolan School community makes a difference around the world. It all starts here, at Cornell, with rigorous academics, immersive learning experiences, and groundbreaking research.
Since 1922, we’ve been pioneers in hospitality education. That innovation continues with expanded programs in real estate, entrepreneurship, services marketing, and food and beverage management.
Home to the Statler Hotel, the Center for Hospitality Research, the Center for Real Estate and Finance, and other research hubs, the Nolan School is bursting with practical experiences. Internships and conferences add to the immersive learning.
With long-standing partnerships with international hospitality brands and a highly engaged global alumni network, you’ll have unmatched access to potential career mentors, internship sites, and employers.
Wherever you are in your career, an Ivy League hospitality graduate degree can give you an edge in today’s competitive job market. The Nolan School offers a variety of flexible programs, all built upon our spirit of innovation and pursuit of industry excellence.
Practical industry experience is a hallmark of this flexible graduate program. Beyond the core curriculum and specialized electives, you’ll complete an internship, participate in consulting projects, and attend lectures and conferences.
Master of Management in Hospitality
Ithaca, NY
Full-time residential
Fall start; three semesters with a summer internship
Hone your leadership skills and expand your industry knowledge in a convenient, flexible hospitality master’s program designed for working professionals. Deepen your expertise by choosing a specialization area and demonstrate what you’ve learned through a strategy capstone.
Executive Master of Management in Hospitality
Online with one residency week
Part-time while you work
16 online EMMH courses
The most comprehensive, versatile graduate program of its kind, the MPS in Real Estate combines real-world learning, international experiences, and a robust curriculum to prepare you for a multitude of career opportunities.
Master of Professional Studies in Real Estate
Ithaca, NY
Full-time residential
Two years
Offered in partnership with the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University (PKU) in Shanghai, this bilingual dual-degree program prepares the next generation of hospitality leaders in China. During the US residential component, students learn at Cornell campuses in Ithaca, NY, and New York City.
Ithaca, NY, and Shanghai
Part-time international program with weekend classes & residential sessions
Two years
The Nolan School’s research-focused hospitality graduate programs include an MS and a PhD. Whether you’re looking to teach at the university level or perform groundbreaking research—or both—these highly individualized degrees will prepare you to succeed in academia.
Available to graduate students across Cornell University, the real estate minor may be especially appealing to those pursuing law, finance, hospitality, regional planning, and business-related degrees.
As a graduate student at the Nolan School, you’ll benefit from the deep industry expertise and wide-ranging professional experience of our faculty. Not only are they dedicated teachers, but they also shape the industry through research and insights.
Our faculty members are proud Hotelies, too. The innovative programs are among the reasons they love teaching and researching here.
“Few top-tier schools offer real estate as a degree option, and even fewer offer hospitality. Uniqueness is [our] defining factor.” —Crocker H. Liu, Robert A. Beck Professor of Hospitality Financial Management
Interested in learning more about the Nolan School’s hospitality and real estate graduate programs? Our admissions team is here to answer questions and support you during the application process. Request more information today.
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