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Tartan Preview & Turn Tartan Open Houses

Students walking outdoors on CMU campus with the Walking to the Sky public sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky in the background

Get to know our community of dreamers, doers, ponderers and performers by attending one of our open houses!

About Tartan Preview & Turn Tartan

The Tartan Preview and Turn Tartan open houses are designed to immerse you in all things Carnegie Mellon. You'll have the opportunity to hear from faculty, talk to current students, and ask any questions you may have about the life of a Tartan. Review session offerings below and be on the lookout for upcoming registration! 

Tartan Preview is for prospective students and families interested in exploring all that CMU has to offer. Turn Tartan is for newly admitted students and families who are ready to start their CMU journey.

Schedule and Important Information

Our open houses help prospective and newly admitted students get to know our campus, learn about academic and artistic opportunities, meet faculty and hear from current students about their Carnegie Mellon experience. Detailed schedules for sessions are listed when registration opens.


 

Sessions and Offerings

You'll pick and choose which sessions to attend. When you register, you will select the information session and campus tour times that you want. When you arrive, you may be able to add or remove sessions to create your personal schedule, depending on availability. Past sessions have included:

Academic Sessions

Hear from faculty about Carnegie Mellon's seven academic colleges and programs:

  • College of Engineering
  • College of Fine Arts
  • Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Mellon College of Science
  • School of Computer Science
  • Tepper School of Business
  • Information Systems

Additionally, you can learn more about two of our most popular interdisciplinary options: BXA Intercollege Degree programs and the Integrative Design, Arts and Technology (IDeATe) program.

Campus Experience Sessions

Learn more about getting involved and getting the support you need with sessions from campus partners including:

  • Student Academic Success Center
  • Career and Professional Development Center
  • Undergraduate Research Office
  • Study Abroad
  • Campus Health and Wellness

Celebration of Belonging

Learn more about Carnegie Mellon's resources supporting underrepresented, first-generation and LGBTQ+ students on campus through the following sessions:

  • Post Graduate Outcomes Panel
  • Academic and Social Integration Panel
  • Finding Community Through Affinity Spaces at a Selective University
  • The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion

Information Session & Campus Tour

We encourage you to invite your parents or guardians to join you for an in-depth review of Programs, Admission and Financial Aid at our specialized Information Session.

Visitors will be offered the opportunity to attend an in-person Campus Tour with one of our Tartan Ambassadors who will share their perspective while showing you classrooms, laboratories, traditions, and unique architecture around campus.