| Screen last updated on: December 2016 |
| Semester/term begin dates: |
in late August. |
| Calendar system: |
semester system (two terms comprise academic year) |
| Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: |
Orientation for new students held in August. |
| Number and length of summer sessions: |
Two summer sessions of six weeks each. |
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| Majors with the highest enrollment: |
computer science, electrical/computer engineering, mechanical engineering |
| Average freshman GPA: |
3.3 on a 4.0 scale |
| Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: |
98% |
| Student:Faculty ratio: |
13:1 |
| Total faculty: |
738 men, 275 women |
| Full-time faculty: |
721 men, 265 women |
| Part-time faculty: |
17 men, 10 women |
| Graduation rate: |
88% within six years |
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| General education/core curriculum is required: |
no |
| Minor requirements: |
not required for graduation |
| Physical education is required: |
no |
| There are religious requirements for graduation: |
no |
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| Special programs offered: |
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student-designed majors, double majors, dual degrees, independent study, accelerated program, Phi Beta Kappa, pass/fail grading option, internships, distance learning |
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| Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered: |
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Many minors offered. |
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| Education certifications are offered: |
no |
| Cooperative programs are offered: |
yes |
| Cooperative education programs: |
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computer science, engineering |
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| Combined 3-2 programs available: |
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3-2 programs in business administration, computer science, information security policy/management, information systems management, information systems management/business intelligence and data analytics, public policy/management, arts management, health care policy/management, and biotechnology/management. |
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| Graduate schools/programs are offered: |
yes |
| Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: |
yes |
| Domestic off-campus semester-away programs: |
Washington Semester (American University), UN Semester |
| Study abroad opportunities: |
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Study abroad in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. |
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| Army ROTC: |
offered off-campus at U of Pittsburgh. |
| Navy ROTC: |
offered on-campus |
| Air Force ROTC: |
offered off-campus at U of Pittsburgh. |
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Bachelor's Degrees
- Architecture
- Art
- Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences/Neuroscience
- Biological Sciences/Psychology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Business Administration
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- Chemistry
- Chinese
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- Design
- Drama
- Economics
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- Engineering/Public Policy
- English
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- German
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- History
- Humanities/Arts
- Information Systems
- Japanese
- Linguistics
- Logic/Computation
- Materials Science/Engineering
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Music Composition
- Music Performance
- Music/Technology
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Policy/Management
- Professional Writing
- Psychology
- Psychology/Biological Sciences
- Russian Studies
- Science/Arts
- Statistics
- Technical Writing/Communications
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Doctorates
- Accounting
- Advanced Infrastructure Systems/Computer Science/Engineering
- Algorithms/Combinatorics/Optimization
- Applied Physics
- Architecture
- Architecture/Engineering Construction Management
- Behavioral Decision Research
- Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Engineering
- Building Performance/Diagnostics
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
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- Civil/Environmental Engineering
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- Computational Biology
- Computational Design
- Computational Mechanics
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- Mechanical Engineering
- Neural Cognition/Statistics
- Neural Computation
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- Operations Research
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- Philosophy
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- Psychology/Behavioral Decision Research
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- Pure/Applied Logic
- Rhetoric
- Robotics
- Second Language Acquisition
- Social/Decision Sciences
- Software Engineering
- Statistics
- Statistics/Engineering/Public Policy
- Statistics/Machine Learning
- Statistics/Public Policy
- Strategy/Entrepreneurship/Technological Change
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| Credit placement options: |
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- credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 4 or higher)
- placement for school's own challenge exams
- credit and/or placement for international baccalaureate
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| Restrictions on CEEB Advanced Placement options: |
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acceptable scores vary by test and college. |
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| Other credit/placement programs: |
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Credit and/or placement may be granted for college work completed while in secondary school. |
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