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Twelve Reasons to Choose The International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at FDU

1.  The New York metropolitan area's oldest hospitality program and one of the oldest in the United States, founded in 1942.

2.  The Program was rated by the Princeton Review’s Gourman Report as one of the top fifteen 4-year hospitality management programs, out of over 200, in the United States.

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3.  New Jersey's premier bachelor's and master's degree program in hotel, restaurant, culinary arts, and tourism management. 

 4.  Three convenient locations in northern New Jersey at Teaneck, Madison and Jersey City, as well as our Atlantic City, Ocean County and Mercer County sites, and an opportunity to study overseas including FDU's campuses in Wroxton, England and specific educational programs in the Carribean, Europe, South America , Asia and Vancouver, BC.

5.   Easy access to both New York City and Atlantic City -- the center of the world's largest hospitality market.

6.   Unique opportunities for hands-on training provided by affiliated hotel/restaurant/conference center properties, such as the prestigious Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center, adjacent to the College at Florham, as well as, numerous clubs, restaurants and hotels in the New York City and Atlantic City areas.

7.   An outstanding faculty of industry professionals who have spent years "doing what they teach".

8.  First-hand opportunities to study the international hospitality industry through a senior-year seminar in Switzerland or Italy.

9.   More than 2,000 internship and career track positions annually available through the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

10.  A network of  over 3,000 alumni in  hospitality and tourism leadership positions worldwide.

11. Joint course offerings in FDU's Rothman Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies -- rated by Success magazine as one of the top entrepreneurial schools in the United States -- for students interested in one day opening their own business.

12. The world's oldest and most prestigious culinary/hospitality arts society, "The Confrérie de la Chaîne des  Rôtisseurs", honored the School by choosing to relocate their national headquarters to FDU's Madison campus where they offered the School significant space, in their new building, to house its offices and classrooms. In addition, the Chaine supplies the School's students  with jobs, scholarships and privileged access to their culinary/wine and hospitality arts library.