The Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management (CNI) is a partnership between Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, Ithaca NY, USA, and Nanyang Technological University's Nanyang Business School, Singapore. One of the eight Ivy-League universities, the Cornell School of Hotel Administration (SHA) is the world's premier business school for hospitality and service industries. Nanyang Technological University has been ranked Asia's top ten universities and also second amongst the world's young universities below 50 years old by Quacquarelli Symonds. Nanyang Business School's flagship Nanyang MBA has also been placed 32nd in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings and fourth in Asia by The Economist.

Together with CNI, SHA's commitment to develop future leaders is delivered through its AACSB-accredited Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH) degree. CNI aims to develop leaders, managers and entrepreneurs for the hospitality and tourism industry in Asia by creating, translating and disseminating knowledge, research and expertise.