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Carnegie Mellon University

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School Information

Country
United States
Address
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
Website
www.cmu.edu
Switchboard
+1 412 268 2000
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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 in computer science, robotics, engineering, the sciences, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities.

More than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students at Carnegie Mellon receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions to solve real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors.

The university consists of seven colleges and schools: The Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), the College of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, the David A. Tepper School of Business, the School of Computer Science and the 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.

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 allows faculty, staff and students to log on to the Internet and communicate via email from anywhere at any time. Carnegie Mellon was ranked as the nation's "most wired" university by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.
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Faculty
Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 1,182
Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lectures and tutors. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, and exchange scholars or visiting professors who are members of another university. *FAQ: How is research assistant defined?
Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 192
Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term ‘international’ is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff.
Undergraduate Information
Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 5,878 FTE: 5,359
Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas (< 2 years) and associate’s degrees (2 years).
Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 831
Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term ‘international’ is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. Please exclude all exchange students.
Graduate / Postgraduate Information
Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 4,519 FTE: 3,535
Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate Students Headcount: 1,786
Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term ‘international’ is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China.
Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ USD 28,200
Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?
Students
Total Students Headcount: 10,397 FTE: 8,894
Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 2,617
Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term ‘international’ is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China.
Average Domestic Student Fees $ USD 30,650
Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?
Graduate Output
Number of PhDs Awarded 207
Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months
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ARCS Scholarships. 1 available @ USD 5,000

$5000 of support per year for three years or until the completion of his or her doctoral degree, whichever is sooner. These funds are in addition to any existing stipend and tuition support. ARCS funds are intended to facilitate a student’s completion of graduate study and are, therefore, totally discretionary and may be used by the student for any purpose.

To be eligible to be nominated for and continue to receive an ARCS Scholarship, a student must:

* Be an applicant to a PhD program within an eligible department. (In some cases, an award may be given to a student currently in a PhD program.)
* Be a U.S. Citizen
* Have, at the time of nomination, and maintain throughout the 3 year period, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
* Be performing high quality research in an engineering or scienti.c area
* Commit to participate in at least one meeting of the membership and/or the board of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the ARCS Foundation per year and make a presentation on her or his research, if requested
* Acknowledge the ARCS Foundation in any publication related to his/her research
* Maintain contact with the foundation beyond the scholarship years.
* Continuation of support over the three year period is dependent on the student’s maintaining the academic standards listed above and satisfying the other commitments as specified. If an ARCS Scholar does not finish the school year or fails to satisfy the eligibility criteria, the remaining funds will be returned to the ARCS Foundation – Pittsburgh.

Specialisation
Science

Application Process
Candidates are nominated by their academic departments. Nominations reviewed by selection committee.

Deadline
4th February 2007

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Area Rank
Overall 20
Arts & Humanities 98
Technology 7
Life Sciences & Biomedicine 99
Natural Sciences 50
Social Sciences 28
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