Carnegie Mellon University
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 Carnegie Mellon University facts

• Founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools, the university became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 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 143-acre (58 ha) main campus is 3 miles (4
• 8 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh
• 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, Tepper School of Business, H
• John Heinz III College and the School of Computer Science
• The university also has campuses in Qatar and Silicon Valley, with degree-granting programs in six continents
• Carnegie Mellon consistently ranks in the top 25 in the national U
• S
• News & World Report rankings