Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University Profile and History

A world-renowned research institution in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University is a top technical university with an equally strong arts program. Founded by Andrew Carnegie and dedicated to his principles of hard work, Carnegie Mellon is known for being at the forefront of technology. The university offers 80 majors and over 90 minors distributed among its six undergraduate schools, colleges and inter-college degree programs, among which the School of Computer Science is internationally recognized. More than one-third of students at CMU study engineering and computer science. More than three-quarters of students who apply for aid at Carnegie Mellon receive some form of financial assistance. The school also offers a selection of need and merit-based scholarships, including the Carnegie Scholarship, awarded to middle-class incoming students who are not receiving sufficient need-based aid but are identified as academically or artistically talented. Carnegie Mellon has over 300 student organizations and over 20 fraternities and sororities on campus. The university also features several annual events such as Spring Carnival and Homecoming. Collectively, Carnegie Mellon alumni and faculty have received 10 Academy Awards, 124 Emmy Awards, 50 Tony Awards and 20 Nobel Peace Prizes. The university was once home to many leaders in their fields, such as Andy Warhol, Java programming language founder James Gosling, billionaires Vinod Khosla and David Tepper, and actors Ethan Hawke and Ted Danson.