Prospective Students
Explore information about our academic programs in Computer Science. We offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree studies.
Carnegie Mellon University admits undergraduate students into the School of Computer Science, not directly into the Computer Science Department. The admissions application for the bachelor's program is handled by the Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Admissions Office.
Master's and doctoral programs in the Computer Science Department handle admissions within the department. The School of Computer Science manages the graduate application for both the master's and doctoral degree levels.
Please refer to "How to Apply" under the appropriate degree level below.
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Chen Receives NSF CAREER Award for Research in Machine Learning Systems
Adam Kohlhaasby Adam Kohlhaas | Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Tianqi Chen, an assistant professor in the Machine Learning Department and Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read More
Frank Pfenning Receives Herbrand Award
Adam Kohlhaasby Adam Kohlhaas | Friday, May 29, 2026
Frank Pfenning, a professor in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, has been selected to receive the 2026 Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Reasoning. Pfenning studies programming languages, logic and type theory, logical frameworks, automated deduction, and computer security. The Herbrand Award honors his "contributions to the foundations of type theory and logical frameworks, and the development of theory, automated tools, and applications for classical and non-classical logics." Read More