Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

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

The university began like the Carnegie Technical Schools founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the college became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged using the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. The university's 140-acre (0. 57 km2 ) main campus is 3 miles (4. 8 km ) from Downtown Pittsburgh and abuts the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the most branch from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, and also the campus from the University of Pittsburgh inside the city's Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods, partially extending into Shadyside. 

Carnegie Mellon has seven colleges and independent schools : the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering ), College of Fine Arts, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mellon College of Science, Tepper School of Business, H. John Heinz III College and also the School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon fields 17 varsity athletic teams as section of the University Athletic Association conference from the NCAA Division III. 

Internationally, the QS World University Rankings ranks CMU 57th among the highest universities inside the world inside the most current (2013–2014 ) world university rankings and 22nd inside the United States. 910 CMU placed 51st among the highest universities inside the world inside the current Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU ). Times Higher Education ranks CMU 22nd among the many premier universities worldwide. Nationally, the U. S. News & World Report ranks Carnegie Mellon 23rd among American research universities It was eventually named perhaps one of the  New Ivies  by Newsweek. Carnegie Mellon is ranked 1st for graduate studies in computer science, a position consistently held during the past except in 2009. Additionally it is 5th for graduate studies in engineering, 7th for graduate studies in fine arts, 7th for graduate studies in electrical engineering, 9th for graduate studies publicly affairs, 16th for graduate studies in business, 19th for graduate studies in economics, 9th for graduate studies in statistics, and 21st for graduate studies in psychology inside the 2014 rankings released by U. S. News & World Report. The undergraduate business program is likewise ranked 1st for management information systems, 2nd for production / operations and quantitative analysis, 7th for supply chain management as well as for finance, and 8th being an undergraduate business program overall from the 2014 U. S. News & World Report. The undergraduate engineering program at colleges that provide doctorates like the highest degree was ranked 7th overall, 2nd for computer engineering, 8th for electrical engineering, 10th for environmental engineering, and 8th for materials science engineering from the 2014 U. S. News & World Report rankings. 

In 2010, the Wall Street Journal ranked Carnegie Mellon 1st in computer science, 4th in finance, 7th in economics, 10th overall, and 21st in engineering consistent with job recruiters. The university is just one of 62 elected participants in the Association of American Universities. BusinessWeek's rankings of school return on investment placed Carnegie Mellon at 17th in the nation. Carnegie Mellon University ranks tenth among  Best Engineering Colleges By Salary Potential inside the United States. BusinessWeek's 2011 rankings of the very best undergraduate business schools have also placed the Tepper School of Business's undergraduate business program at 3rd for starting salaries and 4th for academic quality. In SmartMoney's rankings of the very most valuable colleges, Carnegie Mellon ranked 4th amongst private universities and 23rd amongst all universities nation-wide. Carnegie Mellon is likewise a member from the Global University Leaders Forum from the World Economic Forum, one among 26 institutions inside the world and one among only 12 inside the United States. 

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