Undergraduate programs

Engineers are ultimately problem-solvers. They’re people who are able to identify a need and investigate its causes to develop a solution. These solutions manifest in society as new products, like an artificial heart, biometrics software, or a car that drives itself.

Then there are new policies that improve standards and methods or shape industry and government. There are engineers who build better cities, promote green power, create stronger bridges, build hurricane-safe buildings, and even design the next wild roller coasters.

It’s up to you and other students like you to decide where the world will go next. Engineering at Carnegie Mellon enables you to be a productive and fulfilled professional throughout your career, wherever it takes you.

The student perspective

Full List of Areas of Study

Our departments

Biomedical Engineering

Collaborate across engineering disciplines and with cutting-edge medical facilities in Pittsburgh for a strong foundation in both biomedicine and traditional engineering.
Chemical Engineering

Explore chemical and process systems engineering research and computing in one of the oldest chemical engineering programs in the country.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Gain hands-on experience, explore personal passions, and devise imaginative solutions to global challenges of climate change, energy efficiency, and more in environments both natural and constructed.
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Study electrical and computer sciences with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, maker culture, and a practical, conscientious application of knowledge.
Engineering & Public Policy

Prepare yourself for a career in any engineering discipline, fortified with the robust understanding of the economical, social, historical, and political factors that affect it.
Materials Science & Engineering

Discover the unique behaviors, properties, and development of new materials, and learn how to use this knowledge to solve real-world technical challenges.
Mechanical Engineering

Tackle complex and innovative problem-solving while studying robots, materials, molecules, and machines, from design to manufacturing to everyday use.

Interested in what you could be doing?

See what our students are doing

Oct 3

Energy & Environment

CMU team wins Best Presentation Award at NASA competition

A group of Engineering and Public Policy graduate students took home the award for Best Presentation on behalf of the NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies: Clean Aviation Energy Competition.

Sep 12

News & Events

Mindfulness may help engineering students’ experiences with stress

Chris McComb and collaborators at Penn State, found that mindfulness based interventions (MBI) had an impact on students in an introductory engineering design course.

Zeynep Ozkaya’s work in Jana Kainerstorfer’s biophotonicslab has helped her to better understand the signal processing principles she is learning in her electrical engineering courses.

Relationships are key to the research and the researchers

Aug 16

Health & Biomedicine

So tricky, a robot can do it

Carnegie Mellon Researchers have taken inspiration from geckos to create a material that adheres to wet and dry surfaces, even on an incline.