The School of Hospitality Business

We are the recognized leader in hospitality business education, research, and service.

Founded in 1927, we are the oldest and top-ranked hospitality business school in the world. The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University has launched the careers of thousands of leaders in hospitality and service professions and transformed the landscape of hospitality education. The School’s alumni are leaders in every segment of the hospitality industry, from hotels to restaurants, from private clubs to contract service companies, and from theme parks to management companies. Our graduates have excelled in various other industry as well as in graduate schools, as entrepreneurs, and as corporate executives. Our alumni make us proud!

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Lu Zhang
Interim Director
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Welcome!

One hundred years ago, Dr. Bernard “Bunny” Proulx, founding director of the School of Hospitality Business, said that hospitality education is about “offering courses in basic sciences and arts, with well-arranged courses in operation of a survey nature, which will enable those young people with capacity to rise to executive positions commensurate with their various abilities.” That vision has guided us for a century, and it’s why our School has become the flagship program in hospitality education, not just in Michigan, but nationally and internationally.

Here, you’ll learn from world-renowned faculty across the full spectrum of hospitality business, from front-desk operations to accounting to technology. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to every major segment of the industry, including hotels, restaurants, food and beverage, real estate, event management, and private clubs, while choosing minors and concentrations that let you build your own path forward. Over four years, you’ll combine research-based coursework, real-world field trips, and career-defining internships. Together, they do more than teach you the hospitality industry; they transform how you see it, and set you on the path to a successful, lifelong career. Our alumni are living proof, going on to build thriving careers across every corner of the industry.

A century of vision brought us here. Today, we invite you to join us in writing the next hundred years of hospitality business education at MSU!

INSPIRE continuous learning by empowering present and future managers to ACQUIRE knowledge, skills and global hospitality business leadership positions

CREATE knowledge by engaging in collaborative theoretical and applied research for the benefit of undergraduate and graduate students, hospitality businesses and the community of hospitality management scholars

ENGAGE our hospitality business partners through outreach and service, and to ENHANCE global hospitality business economic, community and academic development

CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE The School’s global leadership position in hospitality business operations, development, ownership and management.