Northwood University is a private institution founded in the year 1959. The University has residential campuses in Midland, Michigan, Cedar Hill, Texas, and West Palm Beach, Florida and a joint program with Hotel Institute Montreux in Montreux, Switzerland . The University offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in several areas including advertising and marketing management, accounting, economics, management (with specialization in several fields), entertainment, sports and the like. In addition to these, the University also offers evening, after-market MBA and dealership executive MBA programs for working executives.