Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon or ˈkɑːrnᵻɡi mɛlən or  kɑːr ˈmɛlən is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four year degrees.

 In 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. The university's 140 acre 57 ha main campus is 3 miles 4.8 km from Downtown Pittsburgh and abuts the Carnegie 

Museums of Pittsburgh, the main branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Music Hall, Park, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the Pittsburgh Golf Club, and the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the city's Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods, partially extending into .

Carnegie Mellon has seven colleges and independent schools: the College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mellon College of Science,  School of Business, H. John Heinz III College and the School of Computer Science.

Carnegie Mellon fields 17 varsity athletic teams, most of which compete in the University Athletic Association conference of the NCAA Division III.

Carnegie Mellon's 140 acre 57 ha main campus is three miles 4.8 km from downtown Pittsburgh, between Park and the Squirrel Hill, , and Oakland neighborhoods. Carnegie Mellon is bordered to the west by the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Mellon owns 81 buildings in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods of Pittsburgh.

For decades the center of student life on campus was Hall, the University's student union. Built in the 1950s, Hall's design was typical of Mid Century Modern architecture, but was poorly equipped to deal with advances in computer and internet connectivity. 

The original was razed in the summer of 1994 and replaced by a new student union that is fully enabled. Known as University Center, the building was dedicated in 1996. In 2014, Carnegie Mellon re-dedicated the University Center as the  University Center in recognition of the eighth president of the university, Jared .

A large grassy area known as the Cut forms the backbone of the campus, with a separate grassy area known as the Mall running perpendicular.

 The Cut was formed by filling in a ravine hence the name with soil from a nearby hill that was leveled to build the College of Fine Arts building.

The northwestern part of the campus home to Hamburg Hall, Simon Hall, Smith Hall, and Gates Complex was acquired from the United States Bureau of Mines in the 1980s.

In 2006, Carnegie Mellon Trustee Jill donated the 80 foot 24 m tall sculpture Walking to the Sky, which was placed the lawn facing Forbes Ave between the University Center and Warner Hall. The sculpture was controversial for its placement, the general lack of input that the campus community had, and its aesthetic appeal.

In April 2015, Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with Jones Lang , announced the planning of a second office space structure, alongside the Robert Collaborative Innovation Center, an upscale and hotel, and retail and dining development along Forbes Avenue.


In 2015, the most selective undergraduate college was the School of Computer Science, which admitted only 5% of total applicants. The largest college, in terms of enrollment, is the College of Engineering with 400 students in the class of 2017, followed by the Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences with 265, and the College of Fine Arts with 260.

 The smallest college in terms of total undergraduate enrollment is the School of Business, with 80. Carnegie Mellon enrolls students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and 15.6% of the students are citizens of countries other than the United States, representing more than 40 countries.

 About 96.3% of first year students enrolled in 2009 returned for their second year, and 72.7% of students in the class of 2010 graduated within four years. Undergraduate tuition is $49,610 and room and board is $12,830 plus additional costs. Carnegie Mellon graduates 62% of its undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, the 13th highest percentage in the United States national research universities 

 
This complex will connect to the  Quadrangle, the Heinz College, the Consultancy Services Building, and the  Center to create an innovation corridor on the university campus.

 The effort is intended to continue to attract major corporate partnerships to create opportunities in research, teaching, and employment with students and faculty 

For the class of 2019, 24% of the 20,547 applicants were admitted. For the incoming class of 2013 2014, the Pittsburgh campus received a record 33,008 unique applicants and admitted 5,864   18%. 1,415 students enrolled in the class of 2017  24%.