About

Campus

CCMS is located near Finneytown in Cincinnati, Ohio at 645 W. North Bend Rd., with easy access to I-275 and I-75. (Click here for maps/directions).

Resting on sixteen acres of privately owned land, the CCMS campus was specifically designed to meet the needs of our students. Constructed in 1995, our modern and comfortable learning environment offers its own clinical laboratory facilities, spacious classrooms, specialized learning environments, student lounge, and theater-style lecture auditorium.

A Transformational Facility

Educational Cremation Center – The educational cremation center is a state-of-the-art facility that is used in practical and hands-on training for students to learn how to give meaningful memorialization to the art of cremation as well all while learning the art and science of cremation and alkaline hydrolysis.

The ECC serves to educate students, licensed practitioners, and crematory operators through observation and participation in actual cremation and alkaline hydrolysis operations. The ECC delivers hands-on instruction while reinforcing dignity and respect for the deceased.

This facility features:

· Witness Room and Slumber Bed – This room is utilized to help give students a firm understanding of the importance of spending time with a loved one who has passed away as well as best practices when families request to spend time with their loved one, prior to the cremation process taking place. This space also allows students the opportunity to gain knowledge surrounding the facilitation of witnessing the beginning of the cremation process.

· Facultative Technologies III Cremator – The FTIII cremator is a state-of-the-art cremator that allows for the practical training of students in the process of cremation while maintaining a safe environment for students to learn.

· Facultative Technologies Cremulator – The FT Cremulator is a modern machine used to demonstrate the practice of processing cremated remains using one of the safest methods of processing cremated remains.

· Bioresponse PET-400 – The PET 400 is a new machine manufactured by Bioresponse. This machine is used in teaching students the science of alkaline hydrolysis, a newer and greener from of disposition, to prepare them for their future careers in funeral service. This machine can also be utilized in the instruction of the Pet Loss course.

The ECC is a transformational facility that is not offered at any other death care educational institution. It includes the world's most advanced cremator, auto-loader, and dustless processing station.

Classrooms

CCMS has a variety of learning environments designed for optimal learning. Our campus classrooms are spacious and bright, our theater style auditorium classroom is grand, yet intimate, and our applications classrooms are specifically equipped with practical learning aids and supplies by leading casket and funeral suppliers.

The campus learning environment is as diverse as our student body, and that’s a great thing! Diversity in a student’s learning environment has proven successful in yielding the best opportunities in hands-on learning of all funeral service aspects, from the variance in clinical products to the vast array of casketing and disposition products found in our specially designed merchandising classroom.

As a result of access to real world funeral service equipment and products available on campus, students graduate with the ability to apply their knowledge. Every student will experience the opportunity to orchestrate a mock funeral service from first call through final disposition. This allows students to apply what they have learned within a controlled environment prior to entering the workforce.

Lab Facilities

The Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science lab facilities are one-of-a-kind, having been designed and constructed exclusively for our student body. The campus boasts four independent labs organized specifically to provide unparalleled student practical experience in embalming, dissection, restorative art and cremation. Our facilities include two fully equipped clinical labs for embalming operations and anatomical dissection, a third lab specific to restorative arts curriculum application and our Educational Cremation Center.

CCMS is privileged to partner with area funeral homes, as well as with Cincinnati’s largest anatomical donation program. To facilitate efficient management of the clinical lab’s high case volume, the college employs students from each class to serve as clinical lab assistants and intake assistants.

CCMS students have the advantage over their competition as a result of their extensive practical learning. For information on hands-on clinical experience for distance education students, please click on each Lab below for more detailed information.

Learn more about our labs here!

Library

Students spend lots of time in the library studying, collaborating on projects, and socializing. The library offers many services to students and alumni, including computers, printers, and a collection of books, journals, and educational videos focused on mortuary science. Students love the fact that they can check out their course textbooks at the library! The library is also an outstanding resource for students in preparation for comprehensive exams and the National Board Examination. Our CCMS librarian is available to assist students with reference, research, and technology.

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