Carnegie Mellon University

Our Undergraduates

The Department of English is home to over 150 undergraduate student majors and minors. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of CMU, students have the opportunity to explore a variety of academic interests, pairing unique major and minor programs together. A substantial number of English students have combination majors such as Creative Writing and Computer Science, Technical Writing & Communication and Biomedical Engineering, and Film & Visual Media and Architecture.

Learn more about all our English undergraduate programs.

12:1

Student-Teacher Ratio

3000+

Alumni

89

Members of Phi Beta Kappa

Student Spotlights

 Rui Wang

Rui Wang
Senior
Graduation Date: December 2023

Primary Major: Film & Visual Media
Additional Major: Statistics
Hometown: Suzhou, China

Learn more about Rui.

See Past Student Spotlights in Our Archive!

 Kailani Small

Kailani Small
Junior
Class of 2024

Primary Major: Film & Visual Media
Hometown: The Bronx, NY

Learn more about Kailani.