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Why Carnegie Mellon?

Attend One of the World's Top-Ranked Universities

Carnegie Mellon University enjoys a prestigious and worldwide reputation. Highly competitive and dedicated to preparing you for a changing world, we grant degrees that are prized for the advanced level of academic excellence they represent.

Carnegie Mellon is the only top-ranked American university to be founded in the 20th century—proof of our commitment to consistently delivering innovations that few other universities can match.

Just a small sampling of Carnegie Mellon’s worldwide rankings are included here.

U.S. News & World Report Magazine (United States)
  • Best National University (2010): 22
  • Undergraduate Business (2010): 9
  • Mgmt Information Systems: 2
  • Quantitative Analysis: 2
  • Production/Operations: 2
  • Supply Chain Mgmt: 4
  • Finance: 7
  • Management: 19
  • Entrepreneurship: 18
  • Undergraduate Engineering (2010): 7
  • Computer: 4
Business Week Magazine (United States)
  • Best Undergraduate Business Schools (2009): 19
Times Higher Education Supplement (U.K.)
  • Ranking in the United States: 12
  • Ranking in the World: 20
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's World’s Top 100 Universities  (China)
  • Engineering/Technology & Computer Sciences: 7

Plan a Personal Visit

All prospective students are encouraged to schedule a visit to Carnegie Mellon in Education City and meet with a member of the admission staff.

Make an Informed Decision

Deciding to attend Carnegie Mellon in Qatar is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. Carnegie Mellon is home to 16 Nobel Prize laureates and ten Turing Award winners.