The José A. (Tony) Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts is dedicated to the development of the Hospitality and Culinary Arts industries and complying with its mission to “Provide highly qualified professionals for the global hospitality industry through excellence in education, training and research” offers Certificates, Associate, and Bachelor degrees in the related fields. With over 15 years of being established, the School based at the main UNE campus at Carolina is constantly improving its curriculum and delivery systems. That’s why we just opened two of our Associate degree programs in Culinary Arts and Hotel Operations at our Cabo Rojo campus.

The School counts with a modern building designed for the teaching of all its programs with four state-of-the-art Kitchen Laboratories, a Bartending Lab, a Demo Kitchen, a Teaching Restaurant, a Multipurpose Mini Ballroom, and 8 modern classrooms with wireless internet access. The $8MM facility clearly demonstrates the University’s long-term commitment with the vision of the José A. (Tony) Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts “To become the leading educational Institution for the hospitality industry in the Caribbean”. Our School at the Carolina UNE campus is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA); the Middles States Association; the American Culinary Federation (ACF), and licensed by the Puerto Rico Education Council.

Each year new and trained staff is needed to accommodate the demand of capable and well educated staff within the Hospitality and Culinary Arts industries. As a result of this exciting and sustainable growth in hospitality industry, graduates of higher education hospitality and culinary arts programs have excellent career opportunities when they combine practical work experience along with their formal education. Graduates are not only able to secure careers that assure quality life standards but have global mobility capable of finding employment opportunities in most countries. The José A. (Tony) Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts is committed to support students in obtaining both work experiences and internships that augment and complement their classroom learning.

We hope you take a few minutes to look through our web site to learn more about our School, its current and future academic offerings, our faculty and staff, and much more.

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