Carnegie Mellon University was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its 2024 annual report describes it as a private, global research university. The university lists campuses in Pittsburgh, Miami, Silicon Valley, Qatar and Africa; CMU Miami is planned for the Wynwood neighbourhood, subject to regulatory approvals. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is in Doha’s Education City and offers undergraduate programmes, and the Africa campus in Kigali, Rwanda, offers graduate programmes.
Teaching is organised in seven colleges and schools: the College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Mellon College of Science, School of Computer Science and Tepper School of Business. Its September 2026 fact sheet reports 16,582 students, 7,620 undergraduate and 8,962 graduate, and 1,615 faculty. Farnam Jahanian is president.