Academic Information – New Student Information – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

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When it comes to welcoming you to the Tartan family, we’re here to help get you acclimated and set on the right path. From academic support and health services to campus safety, Carnegie Mellon has resources to help you succeed both academically and personally.

Academics

Student Life

First-Year Academic Information:

Students in each major are assigned a faculty member who will be their “Advisor.” Your advisor will be in contact with you over the summer to help with your transition into your academic program and will be your main point of contact for questions regarding your program.

Advisors for First-year students:

Biological Sciences:

Mohamed Bouaouina: mohameb@andrew.cmu.edu

Business Administration:

Varun Sharma: varuns2@andrew.cmu.edu

Computer Science:

Ryan Riley: rdriley@andrew.cmu.edu

Information Systems:

Manoranjan Mohanty: mmohanty@andrew.cmu.edu

First-year students enrollment in classes:

First-year students are typically enrolled in English, math, and computer programming courses during their first semester as well as courses relevant to their particular major. Which math and computer programming courses you take will depend on your major and whether you have any advanced placement credit. We need information as soon as possible about any courses and exams you have already taken that may qualify you for advanced placement in an area and/or course credit. When an exam is taken, be sure to request that the results are sent to Carnegie Mellon. If you did not request for the scores to be sent directly, you can provide an official score report to the admissions office and it will be reviewed.

CMU’s full policies regarding the granting of course credit can be found here. Here’s the brief version though:

Advanced Placement (AP): you may receive advanced placement and credit for scores of four and five on exams taken in the CEEB Advanced Placement program.

International Baccalaureate (IB): you may submit IB Higher Level (HL) exam scores but may only receive credit for scores of six or seven.

Cambridge Advanced Level: Credit is given only for Cambridge International/EdExcel Advanced level, or Singapore H2 level exams.

No credit is awarded for Advanced Subsidiary (AS), AICE (Advanced International Certificate of Education), or GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education).

Placement exams: Students may be required to take placement exams around Orientation week to be placed in the appropriate courses, and will receive further information by email during the summer, please check your CMUQ email regularly.