EPI Hospitality & Tourism Unit, is a fully government-accredited institution of higher learning, granting an Associate of Science degree in Hospitality Management and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Culinary Arts to qualified students entering with an accredited High School diploma.

Those students who want to further pursue a Bachelor’s Degree, should have no trouble getting into U.S. schools, such as the Florida International University in Miami, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida Institute of Technology, Webber International University, New York Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of New Orleans, Northern Arizona University, Hotel Management School Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, or the University Of Aruba, and many others. In almost all cases, as many as 68 credits are accepted for transfer, placing the student in the junior year towards graduation with the Bachelor’s Degree. EPI Hospitality & Tourism has established a working relationship with several of the previously mentioned schools.

Formal matriculation agreements for transfer exists with: Florida International University in Miami, University of Northern Arizona, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, University of Central Florida in Orlando, Hotel Management School Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, and with the Universidad di Aruba.

EPI Hospitality & Tourism is not a vocational school, nor an upper level high school; it is a full fledged two to three year of college education comparable to the first two years of U.S. colleges with an accredited hospitality & tourism program. Established as Aruba’s Hotel School in 1982 with funding from the EEC, EPI Hospitality & Tourism enjoys much respect at home from both the public and private sectors, and has earned recognition from numerous international schools, organizations, and institutions.

Each year about 20% of the student body is comprised of students from numerous countries providing the school with a pleasant international flavor. International students come from among other countries like St. Maarten, Bonaire, Curacao, Grenada, the Philippines, the Netherlands, the U.S.A., Dominican Republic, Venezuela, South Africa, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Haiti, Ecuador, and Brazil. The EPI Hospitality & Tourism Unit is an active member of CHRIE (Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education), the Caribbean Council of Hotel Schools (CHOCHS), and the AHATA (Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association). The school is also a member of the World Congress on Hospitality Education and Training. All faculty members are university graduates with a Bachelors and/or Masters degree.