Carnegie Mellon University: Combining Arts and Technology to Create Innovation with Impact

The lifeblood of Carnegie Mellon University is the talented faculty and staff who bring their expertise and dedication to the university. Our collaborative, problem-solving culture fosters the personal and professional development of all of our faculty and staff. We value and encourage an environment that respects the unique perspectives and contributions that diversity brings. We provide many opportunities for growth and development, allowing all employees to reach their full potential.

Employee Benefits

Our competitive compensation and benefits package gives employees the resources to ensure their success and well being in both their personal and professional lives. We provide health, prescription, dental and vision coverage; retirement contributions; life insurance; a world-class child care facility; generous tuition benefits; health and dependent care reimbursement accounts; and a generous paid time off policy. Our benefits are also extended to dependent children, spouses and same- or opposite-sex domestic partners.

A Distinctive Mix of World-Class Programs

The only top 25 university founded in the 20th century, Carnegie Mellon has rapidly evolved into an internationally recognized institution with a distinctive mix of world-class educational and research programs. Carnegie Mellon's collaborative, interdisciplinary culture has become the foundation for an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing innovative solutions to solve real problems.

The university consists of seven colleges and schools:

Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering),
College of Fine Arts,
College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Mellon College of Science,
David A. Tepper School of Business,
School of Computer Science, and
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management.

Carnegie Mellon also has campuses in California and the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar, and is expanding its international presence in Europe and Asia with master's programs and other educational partnerships. Many of our research institutes, such as the Software Engineering Institute and Robotics Institute, are world-leaders in their fields.

Ranked Among the Best

Carnegie Mellon's programs are consistently ranked among the best in the country by national publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Business Week and The Wall Street Journal. Carnegie Mellon's unique mix of strengths in technology, business, public policy and the arts is distinctive among national research universities.

Carnegie Mellon is one of the most technologically sophisticated campuses in the world. When it introduced its "Andrew" computing network in the mid-1980s, it pioneered educational applications of technology. Today, the university employs a university-wide wireless computing network that lead to its designation as the nation's "most wired" university by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.

The Campus

Between a quiet, residential neighborhood and Pittsburgh's Schenley Park, the Carnegie Mellon campus spans about 109 acres and includes 74 buildings. Over the last two decades the university has enjoyed much growth with the addition of state-of-the-art academic, research, fine arts and recreational facilities, including the University Center and the Purnell Center for the Performing Arts.

The University Center, a gathering-place for the university community, offers recreational and fitness facilities, a food court, ballroom and many meeting rooms. The Purnell Center, home to Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama, features two theaters, a costume studio and scene shop and modern classrooms.

Our Founder

On November 15, 1900, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Technical Schools for the sons and daughters of Pittsburgh blue-collar workers, saying "My heart is in the work." The institution became the degree-granting Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and in 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with Mellon Institute of Research to become Carnegie Mellon University.

The core values that Carnegie instilled in the Carnegie Technical Schools more than 100 years ago -- problem solving, collaboration and innovation -- continue to drive the university today and will play a key role in setting its agenda for the next several decades.

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