APPENDIX       C

Facility Management Education Programs

Many organizations provide facility management (FM) education. Here we emphasize programs that provide in-depth education for facility managers. Many of these programs are degree granting.

In 1980, there was one educational program in the United States in FM—the B.S. and M.S. program at Cornell University. Professor Bill Sims, Ph.D., CFM, IFMA Fellow, deserves special recognition not only for helping found this program but for nurturing it for over thirty years. Many programs have come (and some have gone) since that time, but Cornell has continued to produce graduates who are highly sought within the profession.

Now colleges around the world are offering a variety of educational programs—so ...

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