These four-year undergraduate engineering degree programs
will award students dual degrees – a Bachelor of Technology from Shiv Nadar University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
from Carnegie Mellon University.
Launched as part of the program offerings of SNU’s School
of Engineering and CMU’s College of Engineering, the Shiv Nadar Carnegie
Mellon Program will commence in August 2013. Students will spend the first and
third year of the Program at the SNU campus in Greater Noida and the second and
fourth year at CMU’s Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania campus, with opportunities
to undertake summer internships in both
the US and India.
The program’s
integrated curriculum and the periods in India
and the US
will expose students to a unique bi-national experience that will prepare them
to succeed in an increasingly globalized
working environment.
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Announcing the partnership, Nikhil Sinha, Vice Chancellor of
Shiv Nadar University said, “Each year, more than 40,000 Indian students go
overseas in search of global exposure and world class educational opportunities.
Global education has always been a big dream for Indian students, particularly
over the last two decades. This uniquely designed Program, which merges the
best of SNU and CMU, is truly global in nature and will provide students an
opportunity to acquire a world class education while also gaining unprecedented
global experience. We believe that the
Program and our partnership with CMU will be transformational for undergraduate
engineering education in India.”
Mark Kamlet, Provost & Executive Vice President, Carnegie Mellon University
said, “After a decade long successful partnership with the Shiv Nadar Foundation,
we are now pleased to take this relationship to the next level with the
undergraduate engineering programs at SNU. Indian students are among the brightest in the world and this
program through its dual campus structure will provide them a great opportunity
to learn from some of the best educators at both CMU and SNU. We believe that
the Shiv Nadar
University and Carnegie Mellon
University share the same
educational philosophies and objectives and this partnership will offer
students the best of the both worlds through global curricula and pedagogy.”
Admissions to the program will commence in Spring 2013
(February 2013) and applicants will need to meet both SNU and CMU’s admissions
criteria, including taking the SAT and TOEFL.