Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912 it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees, and in 1967 it became Carnegie Mellon University through its merger with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon and Richard B. Mellon and formerly a part of the University of Pittsburgh. The university consists of seven colleges, including the College of Engineering, the Griffin School of Computer Science, the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Tepper School of Business, and its main campus is located five miles from downtown Pittsburgh.