Carnegie Mellon University has been a birthplace of innovation since its founding in 1900. Today, CMU is a global leader bringing groundbreaking ideas to market and creating successful startup “ My Heart is in the Work.” businesses. Our award-winning faculty are renowned for working closely with students to solve major scientific, Andrew Carnegie, Founder technological and societal challenges. We put a strong November 15, 1900 emphasis on creating things — from art to robots. We have become a model for economic development in forming partnerships with companies such as Uber, Google and Disney. Our students are recruited by some of the world’s most innovative companies.

41% U.S. 59% International Graduate 14,189 GLOBAL COMMUNITY STUDENTS 79% U.S. 21% International Undergraduate

Students representing 118 countries 1,472 86% U.S. 14% International FACULTY Faculty representing 59 countries

121,861+ 92% U.S. 8% International Alumni representing ALUMNI (LIVING) 146 countries

# SCHOOL OF # TIME-BASED/ # MANAGEMENT 1 COMPUTER 1 NEW MEDIA 1 INFORMATION SCIENCE U.S. News & World Report, 2019 SYSTEMS U.S. News & World Report, 2021 U.S. News & World Report, 2021

# ARTIFICIAL # COLLEGE OF # 1 INTELLIGENCE 6 ENGINEERING 1 ENGINEERING U.S. News & World Report, 2021 U.S. News & World Report, 2021 U.S. News & World Report, 2021

# AMONG U.S. # UNIVERSITY % OF COMPUTER 18 UNIVERSITIES 28 IN THE WORLD 49.8 SCIENCE’S FIRST- Times Higher Education Times Higher Education YEAR STUDENTS World University World University WERE WOMEN Ranking, 2021 Ranking, 2021 IN 2019 Nearly triple the national average 65 20 6 50 MEMBERS MEMBERS MEMBERS TONY OF NAE2 OF NAS3 OF NAM4 AWARDS

11 138 13 20 ACADEMY EMMY TURING NOBEL AWARDS AWARDS AWARDS LAUREATES

Won by alumni and current/former faculty 2 National Academy of Engineering 3 National Academy of Sciences 4 National Academy of Medicine

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1,000+ companies greenlighted The first smile in an email, created The leading university center across the U.S. and internationally :-) in 1982 by Scott Fahlman for cybersecurity, providing support to more than 110 Cognitive tutors, which improve Kevlar Fiber, invented by alumna centers around the world the math skills of 500,000+ Stephanie Kwolek (MM 1946) students each year The world’s first university The Last Lecture, written robotics department, The first U.S. school to award by alumni Randy Pausch (CS 1988) founded in 1979 a degree in drama in 1914 and Jeffrey Zaslow (DC 1980) Alumnus Andy Warhol James Gosling (CS 1983) In 1919, CMU’s first Ph.D. was (A 1949), pop artist pioneer invented the Java computer awarded to Mao Yisheng, father and cultural icon . of Chinese bridge construction. One of only 25 universities The firstexclusive higher Duolingo, invented by professor invited to be a member of the education partner of the Tony Luis von Ahn (CS 2003, 2005), had World Economic Forum’s Awards®, co-creating the first, 10 million downloads in 12 months Global University national recognition program and was named Apple’s 2013 app Leaders Forum honoring K-12 theatre educators of the year.

ECONOMIC IMPACT SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES LEADERSHIP • Attracting major companies — College of Engineering Farnam Jahanian including Google, Intel, Uber and GE — President College of Fine Arts to locate operations and create new David Coulter jobs in Pittsburgh Dietrich College of Humanities Chair, Board of Trustees and Social Sciences • Fostering an innovation ecosystem that James H. Garrett Jr. created 36 spinoff companies in 2014 Heinz College of Information Systems Provost and Public Policy • Contributing to the cultural and civic life of the city with performances, exhibitions Mellon College of Science and research collaborations School of Tepper School of Business CMU.EDU

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