Carnegie Mellon University

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Carnegie Mellon University
founding 1900
place Pittsburgh , USA
Students 12,500
Employee 1,440
University sports University Athletic Association
Networks Association of American Universities
Website www.cmu.edu
Hammer blow hall
Wean Hall
University Center

The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, United States.

It was created in 1967 by the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie ) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded in 1913 by brothers Andrew William and Richard Beatty Mellon ). It has around 12,500 students and 1,440 employees.

The CMU is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900. Carnegie Mellon University was named one of the 25 "New Ivies " by Newsweek .

The university is divided into seven independent universities, of which in particular the School of Computer Science , the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the College of Fine Arts have established themselves internationally as top universities . According to Forbes , Carnegie Mellon University graduates are among the highest paid in the United States.

The campus is five miles from downtown Pittsburgh in the Oakland neighborhood .

history

The capital with which the Carnegie Technical Schools were founded in Pittsburgh in 1900 came from the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie wanted to open a trade school for the sons and daughters of the Pittsburgh workers. In 1912 the name was changed to Carnegie Institute of Technology . In 1967 it merged with the Mellon Institute and became Carnegie Mellon University .

organization

Today the university consists of the following branch institutes:

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

The university has three branches in Silicon Valley , Qatar and Adelaide .

The university is home to research centers such as the Software Engineering Institute .

The School of Computer Science contains a Machine Learning Department (formerly known as the Center for Automated Learning and Discovery ).

180 ° panorama of the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Pittsburgh with a view of the Cathedral of Learning

research

The AFS (Andrew Filesystem, named after the founder of the university) cluster file system was created at the Information Technology Center . The Tartan Team of the Robotics Institute won the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 .

Students and teachers

The university has 5,200 undergraduate students, 3,200 graduate students, 1,048 faculty employees and 206 part-time employees. The student body consists of students from all over the United States and 93 other countries. Tuition fees for the 2012/2013 academic year were over $ 46,000. According to a study by the College Board Examination Commission , the CMU was ranked 11th among the most expensive universities in the United States in 2008, even higher than any of the Ivy League universities .

Sports

The sports teams are the tartans . The college is a member of the University Athletic Association .

Personalities

The university has more than 86,500 alumni worldwide . These include Charles Erwin Wilson , former CEO of General Motors and US Secretary of Defense , hedge fund manager David Tepper and the forefather of the Java programming language , James Gosling .

Among the graduates are 18 Nobel Prize winners , 12 Turing Award winners, eight Oscar winners , 97 Emmy award winners , and 30 Tony Award winners.

Professors

students

See also

Web links

Commons : Carnegie Mellon University  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. National Historic Chemical Landmarks ( English ) Retrieved on December 17, 2014.
  2. Fast Facts - Carnegie Mellon University ( English ). Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  3. America's 25 New Elite Ivies . newsweek.com. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  4. Rankings - Computer Science - Graduate Schools - Education - US News ( English ) US News. 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  5. Rankings - Engineering - Undergraduate - Education - US News ( English ) US News. 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  6. The Top 25 Drama Schools ( English ) Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  7. 25 College Diplomas With the Highest Pay ( English ) Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  8. ^ Division of Enrollment Services ( English ) CMU. 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  9. The Tartan Online: Tuition 11th highest ( English ) The Tartan. 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2008.

Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′ 35 "  N , 79 ° 56 ′ 36"  W.