The Art Institute of Jacksonville was a for-profit institution of higher education in Jacksonville, Florida, and one of The Art Institutes, a corporate system of over 40 educational institutions throughout North America, providing education in design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts. The school opened in 2007 as a branch of the Miami International University of Art & Design. The Art Institute of Jacksonville is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school started offering culinary programs in July 2007. The Art Institutes system is a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation a for-profit college organization. Beginning in August 2011, Education Management Corporation was one of several for-profit college companies to be investigated and sued by federal and state agencies for illegal recruitment practices and fraudulent receipt of federal financial aid money. In 2015, the Art Institute of Jacksonville announced it would close along with 14 other Art Institutes branches in the aftermath of the federal investigations. The school ceased admitting new students and closed when its enrolled students had graduated. References External links The Art Institute of Jacksonville official website Jacksonville Educational institutions established in 2007 Private universities and colleges in Florida Cooking schools in the United States Universities and colleges in Jacksonville, Florida 2007 establishments in Florida Universities and colleges in the Jacksonville metropolitan area Educational institutions disestablished in 2015