Welcome to the Information Systems Program

The Information Systems Program at Carnegie Mellon University is an internationally recognized undergraduate major for students who want to design and implement effective solutions to meet organizational and management needs for information and decision support. Graduates of the Information Systems program are ideally situated to take a leading role in shaping our information-based future.

Information Systems (IS) is a unique and innovative interdisciplinary program in Carnegie Mellon's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Drawing on a wide range of exciting college and university strengths, IS majors study the organizational, technological, economic and societal aspects of information systems. Students completing the program will be well grounded in the fundamentals of organization theory, decision making, teamwork and leadership, and research methods as well as current and emerging information systems technologies.

Graduates of the program are recruited by a wide range of employers in global consulting, manufacturing, consumer products, finance, software firms such as Accenture, Boeing, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Procter and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft and Google.

The Information Systems Program appeals to outstanding students with a wide range of backgrounds and interests. The flexible nature of the program encourages students to explore their own interests in a contemporary content area, such as professional communications, organizations, business and economics, and global systems.  A wide variety of elective courses, complementary second majors and minors, and accelerated masters degree programs allow Information Systems students to take advantage of the many unique educational opportunities
available at Carnegie Mellon University.

Given the expanding global opportunities in software systems and services, we encourage students to consider a study abroad experience.

Read a welcome message from Professor Randy Weinberg, Program Director