Application for Admission

    Thank you for your interest in Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. Please read this page carefully to learn if you may still apply to your program of interest starting in 2024. 
    • Full-time Master's Programs starting in 2024: The ability to submit a very late application for one of our full-time, campus-based Master's programs starting in August 2024 is now restricted as follows: 
      • US Citizens and US Permanent Residents: Contact the admissions office by email (hnzadmit@andrew.cmu.edu) to request permission to apply very late to one of our full-time Master's programs starting in August 2024. Please attach your updated resume to that email and state your program of interest. While you may start an application, you will not be able to submit an application unless you obtain our permission to apply very late.
      • International Applicants: It is now too late to apply for admission to any program at CMU's Heinz College starting in August 2024. Due to visa processing timelines, we cannot grant international applicants permission to apply late for the August 2024 intake.  Our application for the August 2025 intake will open in September 2024. All of our full-time Master's programs at Heinz College start in August each year. 
    • PhD Programs starting in 2024: The deadline to apply to our PhD programs has passed. Late applications are not considered by our PhD admissions committee. Our application for the August 2025 intake will open in September 2024.


    From this page:
    • First-time users can create your account and start an application.
    • Returning users can login to continue work on an application or to check the status page for a submitted application.
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    NOTE: This online application works best on a laptop or desktop computer using an updated version of Chrome, Firefox or Safari. It is not designed to work on a mobile phone.

     

    Returning users:

    Log in to continue an application.

    First-time users:

    Create an account to start a new application.


     
    Do you want to submit a second application?

    Stop! Contact the Office of Admissions before starting a second application for CMU's Heinz College in the same year. Our admissions process tends to favor students who have clear goals for their graduate study. Submitting more than one application in the same year may serve to reduce the strength of both applications.

    If you are interested in more than one program of study at CMU's Heinz College, we encourage you to apply to your first choice program (or pathway). In your application, you may mention alternate programs/pathways that interest you in an optional essay. Note: if an applicant is not admitted to the program/pathway to which they applied, they may automatically be considered for alternate programs/pathways that are a better fit at CMU's Heinz College - even if the applicant did not mention alternate interests in the optional essay.

    This application may be used only to apply to programs of study offered by Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College.