Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Motto:
"My heart is in the work."
Andrew Carnegie
Established:
1900 by Andrew Carnegie
Type:
Private university
Endowment:
US $1.068 billion (June 30,
2008)[1]
President:
Jared Cohon
Faculty:
1,012
Undergraduates: 5,892
Postgraduates:
5,066
Location:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.
Campus:
Urban, 144 acres (58 ha)
Colors:
Cardinal, Gray, and Tartan
Plaid[2]
Nickname:
Tartans
Mascot:
Scotty the Scottie Dog[3]
Athletics:
NCAA Division III UAA
17 varsity teams[4]
Website:
www.cmu.edu
Coordinates:
40°26′36″N
79°56′37″W
/
40.443322°N 79.943583°W / 40.443322;
-79.943583 Carnegie Mellon University
(also known as CMU or simply Carnegie
Mellon) is a private research university in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since its inception,
Carnegie Mellon has grown into a world-
renowned
institution,
with
numerous
programs that are frequently ranked among
the best in the world. In the most recent re-
lease of the Top 200 World Universities by
Times Higher Education, Carnegie Mellon
was ranked 21st overall and 6th in techno-
logy.[5] In the 2009 edition, U.S. News &
World Report ranked Carnegie Mellon’s un-
dergraduate program 22nd in the nation
amongst national research universities, and
in the 2010 edition its graduate programs in
Computer Science 4th, Engineering 6th,
Business 15th, Public Affairs 10th, Fine Arts
7th, and Psychology 17th.
The university attracts students from all
50 U.S. states and 93 countries and was
named one of the "New Ivies" by Newsweek
in 2006. Peer institutions of Carnegie Mellon
include Caltech, Case Western, Cornell,
Duke, Emory, Georgia Tech, MIT, Northwest-
ern, Princeton, Rice, RPI, and Washington
University.[6] Carnegie Mellon is affiliated
with at least 15 Nobel laureates.
The university began as the Carnegie
Technical Schools,
founded by Andrew
Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school be-
came Carnegie Institute of Technology and
began granting four-year degrees. In 1967,
the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged
with the Mellon Institute of Indust