Food is Your Adventure

Are You Interested In Global Cuisine?

If you’re enrolled in a CIA bachelor’s degree program you have the ability to customize your education to fit your specific interests and career goals.

With CIA’s unrivaled network of global connections, you’ll have access to experiences that other colleges simply can’t offer. Take a deep dive into a specific topic or region that interests you, and get ready to expand your culinary universe!

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Bachelor’s Degree Concentrations and Study-Abroad Travel Experiences

The food world is vast, but you’re in control of your future and education at CIA. What are your specific food interests? Which cultures are you drawn to? Is your goal to become an expert in a certain type of cuisine?

Farmer with 3 CIA students studying abroad, holding up slices of cassava root crops on a farm.

Food is Your Launch Pad

Bachelor’s Degree Concentrations

With our exciting international and domestic educational opportunities, you can customize your degree to fit your specific interests and career goals. These semester-long concentrations, which are only available to bachelor’s degree students, allow you to study a particular area or specialty so that you can become an expert in your desired field.

International

Immerse yourself in another culture and learn from the experts while enhancing your Asian, Japanese, or Mediterranean cuisine palate.

Domestic

Explore advanced baking and pastry concepts, farm-to-table sustainability, or the world of wine at our California campus. Or learn about intrapreneurship, beverage production, African cuisine, and more right here at our New York campus.

Food is Your Passport

Study-Abroad Travel Experiences

If you’re a bachelor’s degree student, you have the opportunity to immerse yourself in global cuisine with a CIA-hosted, 10-day travel excursion. Destinations are always changing, but recent trips have included Costa Rica, France, Greece, Italy, and Peru.

Led by CIA faculty, these one-of-a-kind study abroad experiences allow you to visit local industry businesses and meet global food experts while broadening your world and food views.

Large group of CIA students wearing conical hats on a tea plantation during their China trip.
Two CIA students in chef uniforms leaving the CIA San Antonio campus building.

admissions

Explore all the educational customization that CIA has to offer.

Whether you’re looking to visit our New York campus or would prefer the convenience of a virtual event, there’s no better way to learn more about CIA’s programs, concentrations, and travel abroad opportunities than with one of our admissions events.

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