Former names | School of Urban and Public Affairs (1968-1992) H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management (1992-2008) |
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Type | Private graduate college |
Established | 1968 |
Parent institution | Carnegie Mellon University |
Dean | Ramayya Krishnan |
Academic staff | 74[1] |
Postgraduates | 1,518[2] |
48[1] | |
Location | , Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Campus | National Historic Landmark, Urban |
Website | heinz.cmu.edu |
The Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, also known as Heinz College, is the public policy and information college of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It consists of the School of Information Systems and Management and the School of Public Policy and Management.[3] The college is named after CMU's former instructor and the later U.S. Senator John Heinz from Pennsylvania.[4]
The Heinz College educational process integrates policy analysis, management, and information technology. Coursework emphasizes the applied and interdisciplinary fields of empirical methods and statistics, economics, information systems and technology, operations research, and organizational behavior. In addition to full-time, on campus programs in Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and Adelaide, the Heinz College offers graduate-level programs to non-traditional students through part-time on-campus and distance programs, customized programs, and executive education programs for senior managers.