Beverage studies programs go beyond teaching students how to make a good drink. They include lessons on preparation, food safety, and presentation, as well as management, ownership, and much more. Graduates often go on to work in hotels, restaurants, and bars around the world.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.