Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School Australia

In May 2006, Australia’s first foreign University, Carnegie Mellon University, opened its doors in Adelaide. Carnegie Mellon is a private, co-educational university granting about 2,800 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees each year.

Carnegie Mellon is a top ranking US university. It has been officially named one of the “New Ivies” defined by exceptional academic programs and stature matching the Ivy League and traditional US academic powerhouses.

Study at the Heinz School in Adelaide gives students the unique opportunity to achieve a globally recognized US master’s degree. Overseas students are able to gain highly sought after American degrees here in Australia.

Rankings

Carnegie Mellon University boasts 15 alumnus or faculty members to win a Nobel Prize. The university is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world by US News & World Report, Shanghai Jiaotong University Global Rating, the London Times, and others. It is the only top 25 university founded in the last century.

The Heinz School is consistently ranked among the top ten public policy programs in the US and is ranked first in information technology.

CARNEGIE MELLON RANKINGS

US News and World Report Graduate Specialty Rankings 2005:

Information and Technology Management #1
Public Policy Analysis #4
Public Affairs #8

Wall Street Journal - Top School 2005:

Information Technology #2

Master of Science in Information Technology

The Heinz School’s Master of Science in Information Technology is a unique graduate degree program offering a mix of technology, management and strategy to provide students with an understanding of information technology from both operational and strategic perspectives.

Advances in information technology are bringing changes to the business landscape. In this rapidly changing environment, technology is no longer solely the responsibility of specialists. All managers need knowledge of the core principles of information technology, an understanding of industry trends, and skills to leverage technology.
The Heinz School’s MSIT program is uniquely designed to provide you with this solid foundation and help create your competitive advantage in today's digital world.
Coursework - It offers a distinctive mix of cutting edge technology, management and strategy coursework.
Curriculum - Curriculum provides an understanding of information technology from both operational and strategic perspectives.
Skills - MSIT is a good investment for information technologists who want to deepen technical knowledge and develop management skills.

Master of Science in Public Policy and Management

The Master of Science in Public Policy and Management prepares students to advance the public interest by developing exceptional analytic, quantitative and technical skills. It has an intense focus on real world problem solving and provides market-oriented training that is applicable to business, community organizations or the public sector.
Several features of the Heinz School's Master of Science in Public Policy and Management program set us apart from other professional master’s programs.

Curriculum - We have a skills-based curriculum. We recognize that, in today's job market, multiple job changes - and even career changes - are inevitable. We want you to graduate from our program with a set of skills that will allow you to shape a flexible career now and twenty years from now.

Technology - We believe that the future of any organization - private, public or non-profit - will be affected by technology. Our graduates have an understanding of current trends in information technology that can help their organizations run more efficiently and strengthen their future success.
Project - A final distinctive aspect of our program is our systems synthesis project. In lieu of a master's thesis, our students participate in a semester-long group project. The groups start with an unstructured problem, refine the scope, analyze, develop and often implement a solution.

Excellence

The Heinz School’s programs provide value to the students who enroll and to the organisations who subsequently employ them. The School’s focus on developing skills in problem solving, technology, management and policy differentiate us from other schools of policy and management. Students graduate with an ability to work in teams, tackle unstructured problems, work with ambiguity and produce results under tight deadlines—the same requirements that organizations will place on them during their careers.
As a result, our graduates are highly sought by organizations in all sectors. Some of the many who have employed our graduates include

• Federal and state-level governments world-wide,

• Large NGO’s such as the World Bank, the United Nations, and the IMF.

• Small local non-profits that fit with a graduate’s specific area of interest.

• Private sector firms including financial services, information technology and other services.

• Consulting firms including Deloitte, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, McKinsey, Booz Allen, and many more.

Contact Details

Please Contact: Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School Australia Torrens Building, 220 Victoria Square, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia CRICOS Provider Code: 02696B

Telephone: +61 8 8110 9906 Facsimile: +61 8 8211 9444 Web:www.heinz.cmu.edu/australia