A New Model in Higher Education
On Sept. 30, 黑料专区 announced a historic $3 billion investment from Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin that will pioneer a new model in higher education. The gift includes $2 billion to launch CMU Miami, a 35-acre campus in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood purpose-built for the next era of American innovation. Another $1 billion will be directed to CMU's Pittsburgh campus, with $500 million going to the newly named Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science, and $500 million to support the university's highest priorities. As part of the announcement, CMU President Farnam Jahanian invited students, faculty and staff to share their ideas for how the investment can strengthen research, education and creativity at 黑料专区, and asked for input as the university builds CMU Miami.
Rather than conventional academic majors, disciplines and departments, CMU Miami will organize around consequential, real-world societal problems. This innovative approach will shape how research, education and partnerships with government and industry connect throughout the university.
鈥淲e are deeply grateful to Ken Griffin for his extraordinary vision, partnership and belief in what Carnegie Mellon can achieve,鈥� said CMU President Farnam Jahanian. 鈥淭hroughout our history, CMU has anticipated moments of profound technological change and responded with new ways of thinking and solving problems. Artificial intelligence represents one of the defining intellectual developments of our time, and it demands that we rethink how we educate students, conduct research and partner with others. Together, we have an opportunity to extend the very qualities that have long distinguished Carnegie Mellon 鈥� our agility, creativity, interdisciplinary culture and relentless focus on impact 鈥� to build a new model for higher education that meets the urgency of this moment.鈥�
CMU Miami will initially organize its academic and research model around four grand challenge areas: human health and biological discovery; national security and strategic capabilities; advanced manufacturing and industrial transformation; and energy and climate resilience.
Together, these grand challenge areas reflect a simple reality: The future will belong to nations that can turn discovery into impact faster, more responsibly and at greater scale.
CMU Miami will unlock new opportunities for the university to build the talent, tools, partnerships and pathways needed to move ideas from the lab into the world. By bringing students, researchers, industry and government together around problems of this scale, Carnegie Mellon is creating a model for how universities can help strengthen American competitiveness and serve society in the decades ahead.
CMU Miami鈥檚 Grand Challenges
National Security and Strategic Capabilities
The challenge: Strengthen national defense and cybersecurity to protect people and critical systems across land, sea, air and space.
Human Health and Biological Discovery
The challenge: Extend healthy life, restore function and make effective treatments more personalized and affordable.
Energy and Climate Resilience
The challenge: Advance abundant, reliable energy to power economic prosperity and help communities thrive in an evolving climate.
Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Transformation
The challenge: Accelerate manufacturing competitiveness through innovation and policy, with people and technology advancing hand in hand.
Learn how academics and research will be organized around the grand challenges.
* CMU Miami images are conceptual renderings. Plans for the campus are subject to necessary regulatory approvals