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    Application for Admission

    Thank you for your interest in Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.

    All application deadlines for 2025 have now passed. Please review the information below to learn what is possible at this time for your unique situation.

    If you you already submitted your application (includes applicants waiting for a decision and admitted/enrolling students): 
    You may visit your application status page by logging in below (under "Returning Users").

    If you wish to apply for any program starting in 2026: 
    Do not start your application at this time. The 2026 application will open in September 2025. Join our email list to learn when the 2026 application is available. 

    If you wish to learn if it is possible to apply very late for 2025: You must contact our office by email (hnzadmit@andrew.cmu.edu) to request permission in writing. In your email, please clearly state your full name, citizenship status, and program of interest. We may ask you for additional information before replying to your request. You should not attempt to apply late for 2025 unless we have replied to your email request. In most cases, it is probably too late for any international student to apply to any program where a student visa would be required. 

    If you aren't ready to apply, but want more information: Join our email list.

    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.