The Midwest Culinary Institute (MCI) at Cincinnati State is a nationally-recognized center of educational excellence in culinary and pastry arts, brewing, dietetics, hospitality, and food science.
Cincinnati State also offers a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Culinary and Food Science.
Associate’s degrees and certificates lead to entry-level work opportunities and support continued education for the baccalaureate degree.
The MCI's state-of-the-art facilities, located in the Advanced Technology & Learning Center on Cincinnati State's Clifton Campus, feature eight distinctive kitchens, a decorating lab, butcher shop and fish shop, demonstration studio, restaurant, and restaurant kitchen. The instructional kitchens include individual work stations for each student. An advanced multimedia system is built into the facility and supports the integration of computer technology into the curriculum.
Associate's degree programs offered by MCI are:
- Brewing Science
- Culinary Arts
- Dietetic Technology
- Hospitality Management
- Pastry Arts
- Pre-Nutrition Science
These programs include cooperative education work experience or other forms of experiential education or service learning.
MCI also offers eleven certificates:
- Brewing Sales and Marketing
- Brewing and Beverage Laboratory
- Brewing Production
- Culinary Arts
- Culinary Medical Nutrition
- Dietary Management (3 certificates)
- Event Planning
- Food Service Management
- Pastry Arts
Most of the certificate programs include professional management courses certified by the National Restaurant Association.
For more information, please contact the Business Technologies Division at (513) 569-1620.