School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
At NAU’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM), turn your passion for hospitality into a career with one of the nation’s top ranked, experience-driven programs.
#1 hospitality program in Arizona
NAU is ranked #7 in the nation for Hospitality Management
Where hospitality meets opportunity
If you’re passionate about bringing people together and creating memorable experiences, NAU’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management is the place for you. Here, you’ll learn to lead with care, creativity, and confidence in an industry where connection makes all the difference. Whether you dream of managing hotels, planning events, leading culinary teams, or building your own business, HRM connects your passion with purpose.
Why study hospitality at NAU
For more than 35 years, NAU’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management has been helping students turn their passion for hospitality into thriving careers. Here, learning goes beyond the classroom. You’ll participate in hands-on experiences, connect with industry leaders and build skills in an environment rooted in care and support.
Ready to lead, create, and inspire
Every course, internship, and opportunity is thoughtfully designed to prepare you for the fast-paced, people-centered world of hospitality and culinary leadership.
Along the way, you’ll discover how hospitality connects with fields like nutrition, brewing science, Indigenous studies, and sustainable communities, empowering you to make an impact across industries. You’ll graduate ready to lead with confidence, standing out as a resilient, forward-thinking professional, and pursue a meaningful career that can grow into a six-figure opportunity within just a few years of graduation.
What to expect
Gain real-world experience through:
- a $2 million teaching kitchen
- student-run cafe
- immersive labs
Learning outcomes
At the School of HRM you will:
- demonstrate the ability to integrate the concepts of hospitality management, operations, leadership and ethics, human resources, marketing, finance, and accounting to analyze interdisciplinary cases and simulated management situations.
- identify customer service and guest relations standards and policies that must be in place for the successful operation of a hotel and restaurant.
- analyze and interpret a balance sheet and income and cash flow statements to evaluate financial performance and support operational and strategic decision making.
- discuss facility sustainability principles that address environmentally preferable products, water and energy conservation, indoor environmental quality, operational and maintenance practices, and building and equipment design.
- understand common hotel and restaurant management terms, procedures, policies, processes, standards, business practices, and performance calculations and formulas.
Dedicated support
Learn from industry experts professionals
HRM professors are more than instructors, they’re experience creators. From winery tours to pop-up restaurants and hands-on garden projects, HRM faculty bring learning to life in unforgettable ways. Meet the experts behind the experiences.
Establish a network that will shape your career for life
Personalized career coaching, internships, and connections with a network of peers, alumni, and industry partners provide you with the experience and confidence to succeed at every stage of your career.
Student organizations and connections
The connections and experience you gain at NAU’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management can take you anywhere. Expand your experience by getting involved in a HRM student club and organization.
Student organizations
Club Managers Association
CMAA is designed for students with an interest in the club industry. Members get involved in fund-raising activities, attend the national conference and senior chapter meetings, host club manager speakers, volunteer at a major PGA golf tournament as well as go on tours of clubs.
Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)
Hospitality Luxury Club
HLC aims to connect and mentor HRM students who demonstrate strong desire and skills aimed at working with the luxury segment of hospitality.
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International
HSMAI is designed for HRM students focused upon a hospitality career to either market or to service the group and meetings industry.
First Generation Club
FGC welcomes and supports first-generation HRM students to help them make the best of the HRM experience.
Gastronomy Club
GC aims to provide culinary and beverage training and experiences to enhance and connect HRM students who express strong interest in the world of gastronomy.
Roasters United in Coffee
The Roasters United in Coffee strives to educate members and the community in the process of the coffee industry through hands-on experience and collaborative discussion.
National Association for Catering and Events
The NAU Chapter of NACE serves its members by enhancing their knowledge of the catering and events industry and providing access to hands-on educational programming.
National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
NSMH addresses diversity, multiculturalism, and career development for its student members.
NAU Brew Club
Craft your future in brewing.
HRM Leadership and Mentor Club
LMC collaborates with industry and campus leaders to mentor the next generation of top leadership performers in the hospitality industry.
Take the next step
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management degrees
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management undergraduate degrees
"As an event programmer, I’ve been the planning force behind some of our biggest concerts, important speakers, and fun events for students. Here, I’ve had to push myself by learning to make hard decisions, direct a group of people, and think creatively. I feel like I’ve accomplished exactly what I wanted to do—create memorable experiences for others. Along the way, I also reshaped myself into a more confident person."
Ready to apply?
Your future comes first at HRM. Whether you aspire to be a general manager, event planner, restaurant owner or executive, Arizona’s top-ranked hospitality program will give you the skills, knowledge, and experience to stand out in a competitive industry and shape the future of hospitality.
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