Florida International University Tianjin Center

School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Tianjin Center
TypePublic
Active2003–2024
DeanMichael Cheng
Students1,000
Location
Tianjin
,
PRC

39°10′41″N 117°06′42″E / 39.178194°N 117.111694°E / 39.178194; 117.111694
Websitehospitality.fiu.edu

The Florida International University Tianjin Center, located in Tianjin, China, was a joint campus of Miami, Florida-based Florida International University (FIU), and the Tianjin University of Commerce ("TUC"), from which a branch of the FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management operates. The center was constructed as a cooperative venture between FIU, TUC, and the local municipal government.[1] The venture was entered into in 2003,[2][3][4] and the institution was opened in the Summer of 2006. It was closed in 2024, pursuant to a Florida state law restricting institutions from having relationships with certain "countries of concern", including China.[5]

  1. ^ Jigang Bao, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Hospitality and Tourism Education in China: Development, Issues, and Challenges (Routledge, 2021), p. 191, ISBN 0367435705.
  2. ^ Robert L. Steinbeck, "FIU will teach hotel management in China", Miami Herald (November 29, 2003), p. 7B.
  3. ^ Doreen Hemlock, "FIU Hospitality School to Open a Center in China", South Florida Sun Sentinel (November 10, 2003), "Your Business", p. 10.
  4. ^ FIU Hospitality Review, Vol. 22 (2004), p. ii.
  5. ^ Knox, Liam. "Another Chinese Partnership Bites the Dust". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2024-04-06.