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Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley

Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley
Front entrance of Building 23
Other name
CMU West, CMUSV
Motto"My heart is in the work" (Andrew Carnegie)
TypePrivate, Branch Campus
Established2002
ProvostFarnam Jahanian[1]
Location, ,
U.S.

37°24′37″N 122°03′35″W / 37.4104°N 122.0597°W / 37.4104; -122.0597
ColorsCardinal, gray, and Tartan plaid[2]
MascotScotty the Scottie Dog[3]
Websitesv.cmu.edu

Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley is a degree-granting branch campus of Carnegie Mellon University located in the heart of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, California. It was established in 2002 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field.[4]

The campus offers full-time and part-time professional Masters programs in Electrical And Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Software Management,[5] various bi-coastal (split-time between Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley) Masters programs in Information Technology, and a bi-coastal Ph.D. program in Electrical, and Computer Engineering. One key differentiator between programs in the traditional Pittsburgh campus and the new Silicon Valley campus is a new focus on a project-centered learning-by-doing approach to education.[6]

  1. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "The Provost - Leadership - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Official Carnegie Mellon colors". cmu.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  3. ^ "Carnegie Mellon's Mascot".
  4. ^ "University to Offer Master's Degree Program at West Coast Campus This Fall". 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  5. ^ "Part-time Programs". Retrieved 2008-07-28.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Unique Program Features". Retrieved 2008-07-28.[dead link]