Carnegie Institute of Technology
(Carnegie-Mellon University)

Carnegie-Mellon University

The Carnegie Technical School was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. The school was renamed the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and began issuing four-year degrees. In 1967, it merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which was founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon, to form Carnegie-Mellon, a private researching university in Pittsburgh. For over 100 years, the school has built a reputation as one of the premier technical universities in the world.

Andrew Carnegie    Andrew Mellon
Founders Andrew Carnegie (left) and Andrew Mellon.

The 140-acre Carnegie-Mellon main campus is located in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill sections of the City of Pittsburgh. The university is situated next to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the main branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, and the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Institute of Technology - Hamerschlag Hall
Hamerschlag Hall, home of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Carnegie Mellon now consists of seven individual colleges and independent schools: the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), College of Fine Arts, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mellon College of Science, Tepper School of Business, H. John Heinz III College and the School of Computer Science.

The CMU campus is loaded with historical turn-of-the century buildings, along with several newer architectural gems. One of the historical landmark structures is the Mellon Institute building, dedicated in 1937.

Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research building was dedicated in May 1937.

Designed by architect Benno Janssen, it is noted for its neo-classical architecture and elegant construction, with its signature monolithic limestone columns, which are the largest of their type in the world. Andrew Mellon desired a building with a monumental ionic colonnade similar to the Treasury Building in Washington, DC. The proportions of Mellon Institute's street facades are nearly as long as the lateral facade of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

Other Carnegie Mellon Campus Buildings

First floor hallway - College of Fine Arts building    College of Fine Arts building
The College of Fine Arts building is an architectural masterpiece in its own right.

Hamerschlag Hall    Hunt Library
Hamerschag Hall (left) and the Hunt Library

Gates-Hillman Center, home of the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.    Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, home of the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture
The Gates-Hillman Center (left) and Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Mellon University

For more information on Carnegie-Mellon University,
go to www.cmu.edu.

Vintage Postcard Images

The Carnegie Institute and Carnegie Technology School (CMU) with Schenley Park in the background

Carnegie School of Technology    Mellon Institute of Industrial Research

Carnegie School of Technology    Carnegie School of Technology

Carnegie School of Technology Men's Dormitory    Carnegie School of Technology

Carnegie School of Technology    Carnegie School of Technology

Carnegie School of Technology Women's Dormitory    Carnegie School of Technology

Carnegie School of Technology

Aerial Views Of Oakland Showing The Carnegie Institute

An aerial view of Carnegie Mellon University in 2012.

An aerial image of Carnegie Mellon University.

An 1990s aerial view of Oakland showing the University of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Institute and the city of Pittsburgh.
Oakland and the surrounding area in the mid-1990s.

An aerial view of Carnegie Mellon University in 2013.
Oakland and the surrounding area in 2013.

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