Department of Food and Beverage Management

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Because of its unique geographic and historical background, Taiwan has various types of cuisine, which is the most attractive item for tourists. To strengthen the tourism industry in Taiwan, the Ministry of Education encourages colleges and universities to develop adequate professionals for management of the food and beverage industry. Far East University collaborated with this policy and established the Department of Food and Beverage Management (FBM) in 1998. The preparation center for the FBM was established in 1998 and began to operate in 1999, when sixty students enrolled in the program of the two-year junior college. In 2000, fifty students enrolled in the five-year vocational program, which was designed for middle school students. Programs for the two and four-year colleges were initiated in 2003 and 2005, respectively. Currently, the Department of Food and Beverage Management has three programs: the five-year vocational school, the two-year college, and the four-year college of technology.
The five-year vocational school s trains students in the basic skills for restaurant service, operation, and management. Students graduating from this program are able to meet the current and future demands for basic level management for the food and beverage industry. Students in this program will complete a series of diversified curricula including dining and hotel room service, basic skills in oriental and western cuisine, familiarity with foreign languages including English and Japanese, cost control, purchasing and marketing skills, computer programs, and related studies.
Curricula of the 4-year college program include not only the basic skills for management of food and beverage, but also advanced courses such as business administration, accounting, financial affairs, marketing, human resources, and business analysis. These systematic courses are designed to cultivate middle level managers for current and future demands in restaurant industry. In this program, proficiency of professional English and Japanese is emphasized and an overseas training program is offered. This overseas program provides students with a practical usage of foreign languages and personal encounters with an international environment.
Our department is fully equipped with practical training facilities such as oriental and western-style kitchens, a tasting panel room, a beverage preparation room, and a banquet room with a fully functional bar. In addition, a coffee shop and a group- dining room provide practical training on campus. For lecturing, our department has our own building, where all profession-related courses are held. Furthermore, a conference room capacity of 100 people is designed for special speeches and seminars.
Currently, our department has 27 faculty members with academic and professional background. Fourteen of them are full-time members with highly qualified academic backgrounds and thirteen are part-time members, who presently are highly professional managers in hotels, restaurants, and the wine industries. Regularly, scientists and professionals in relative fields are invited to share the most current research or in-sights into business trends.

Websitehttp://www.feu.edu.tw/edu/fbm/big5/index.asp