Carnegie Mellon University, Australia: Difference between revisions

| name = Carnegie Mellon University in Australia

|image_name image = Torrens Building, Wakefield St, Adelaide.JPG

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| caption = The Heinz College campus, in the historic [[Torrens Building]] in [[Victoria Square, Adelaide]]

| motto = "{{nowrap|''My heart is in the work"''}}<br />([[Andrew Carnegie]])

| established = 2006

|type closed = [[Private school|Private]], Campus = 2022

| presidenttype = [[SubraPrivate Sureshschool|Private]]

| provostpresident = Mark[[Farnam KamletJahanian]]

|state city = [[South AustraliaAdelaide]]

|country state = [[South Australia]]

| coorcountry = Australia
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| colorswebsite = Cardinal, Gray, and Tartan Plaid<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Carnegie Mellon= colors{{URL|url=http://www.australia.cmu.edu/identity/id_colorplaid|www.australia.html|publisher=cmu.edu|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref> (closed)

'''Carnegie Mellon University in Australia''' iswas the Australian campus of [[Carnegie Mellon University]]'s [[Heinz College|H. John Heinz III College]] established infrom 2006 in the [[Adelaide city centre|city centre]] of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. In June 2022 the operation announced it would close down. Current students will graduate but no new students would be admitted. From 2006 to 2022, over 1200 students completed degrees there.<ref>See press release. "Changes at Carnegie Mellon University--Australia," (Pittsburgh, PA, June 29, 2022) [https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/about/cmu-a online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202182421/https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/about/cmu-a |date=2 February 2024 }}</ref>

The move by Heinz to establish a campus in Australia was announced in Pittsburgh in 2005 by [[Premier of South Australia|South Australian Premier]] [[Mike Rann]], following negotiations with Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon.<ref>News Release, Government of South Australia, 15 May 2005</ref>

The campus hashad students, faculty and staff from more than 29 countries throughout the [[Asia-Pacific]], [[United States of America]], [[Europe]], [[Latin America]], [[Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. The university offersoffered two masters degree programs: the [http://australia.cmu.edu/msppm Master of Science in Public Policy and Management],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australia.cmu.edu/study/public-policy-and-management-programs|title=Public Policy and Management Programs|publisheraccessdate=11 July 2019|accessdatearchive-date=1721 July 2015}}<|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721084834/ref> and the [http://australia.cmu.edu/msitstudy/public-policy-and-management-programs|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Master of Science in Information Technology and Management].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australia.cmu.edu/study/information-technology-programs|title=Information Technology Programs|publisheraccessdate=11 July 2019|accessdatearchive-date=1721 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721085102/http://australia.cmu.edu/study/information-technology-programs|url-status=live}}</ref> Both programs arewere available as a 12 -month or 21 -month program, depending on the student's work experience, and cancould be undertaken full-time or part-time. Carnegie Mellon University Australia also offersoffered students the opportunity to undertake Global Programs, whereby they undertake their studies at both the campus in [[Pittsburgh]] and [[Adelaide]].

In August 2011, the [[Software Engineering Institute]] (SEI) launched their Asia-Pacific operations at Carnegie Mellon University -– Australia's campus in Adelaide. Through this location, the SEI willwere to offer their advanced courses and certifications to the Australian market, and collaborate with local companies and organisations on software development and cyber securitycybersecurity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australia.cmu.edu/collaborate/software-engineering-institute|title=Software Engineering Institute|publisher=|accessdate=17 July 2015|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721092516/http://www.australia.cmu.edu/collaborate/software-engineering-institute|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Carnegie Mellon University]] iswas the first American university to open a campus in Australia, although the [[University of Notre Dame]] was involved in the establishment of the independent [[University of Notre Dame Australia]]. The university chose to open a campus in Adelaide as part of the [[South Australian Government]]'s vision to establish [[Australia]]'s first international university precinct around [[Victoria Square, Adelaide|Victoria Square]] in the [[Adelaide city centre]]. The university is guided by a Joint Advisory Board of influential leaders from around [[Australia]] and the [[Asia-Pacific]] region. The precinct is situated in the heart of the city; Carnegie Mellon University -– Australia iswas co-located with the [[University College London]]'s School of Energy and Resources (Australia), research and policy institutes including the [[Torrens Resilience Institute]] and [[The Australian Centre for Social Innovation]], and adjacent to the [[Flinders University]]'s city facilities.<ref>[http://www.flinders.edu.au/victoriasquare/victoriasquare_home.cfm Flinders in the City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511014319/http://www.flinders.edu.au/victoriasquare/victoriasquare_home.cfm |date=11 May 2012 }}, www.flinders.edu.au</ref>

==See Alsoalso==

[[Category:EducationalUniversities institutionsand colleges established in 2006]]