Carnegie Mellon University’s Board of Trustees and the Board-appointed Presidential Search Committee invite inquiries, applications and nominations for the position of President. The international search has a mandate to identify an extraordinary leader, an outstanding scholar, and an individual with a track record of exceptional success in leading a complex, comprehensive academic institution of Carnegie Mellon’s stature, and who will embrace the institution’s unique culture of innovation and academic entrepreneurship.

 

Carnegie Mellon is a member of the prestigious AAU. The institution’s outstanding reputation as a global, research-intensive university with 13,961 students, 1,391 faculty, and 105,255+ living alumni, has consistently positioned it to be ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 25 national universities and among the top five most innovative universities. In addition, the computer science program is ranked #1; the graduate engineering program is ranked #5; the undergraduate business program is ranked #7; the undergraduate engineering program is ranked #8; the graduate business program is ranked #15 for full-time MBA and #19 for part-time MBA; fine arts is ranked #6, statistics is ranked #9, economics is ranked #20, public affairs is ranked #13 and psychology is ranked #17. The University’s reputation for entrepreneurship and innovation across the full spectrum of academic disciplines, and in interdisciplinary research, is also world renowned.

 

Carnegie Mellon is affiliated with 20 Nobel Laureates, 56 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 17 members of the National Academy of Sciences, five members of the National Academy of Medicine, 12 Turing Award recipients, 22 members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, seven Guggenheim Fellows, one MacArthur Foundation Fellow, one National Book Award winner, two National Medal of Science winners, and six National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners. In addition, former faculty and alumni have won nine Academy Awards, 116 Emmy Awards, and 44 Tony Awards.  Carnegie Mellon is home to an extraordinary faculty, distinguished by their cross-disciplinary accomplishments in research and education.  

 

The next president will be expected to develop, along with the Trustees, faculty, staff and the entirety of the CMU community, a bold, innovative and creative vision for the University’s future, to ensure its continued ascent. He/she will be expected to harness extant strengths at CMU, while building dramatically upon them, and sustaining their place as a center for outstanding arts and cutting edge research. The next president will be expected to secure the financial resources necessary to underwrite the University’s ambitious strategic plan, replete with a set of bold aspirations, including, but not limited to raising the University’s global presence, and leveraging CMU’s technological advantages in teaching, research and learning. Carnegie Mellon’s next president will also be expected to play a pivotal and high-profile role both in the city of Pittsburgh and in the region, and will similarly be expected to contribute to the region’s economic, civic and cultural development.

 

The ideal candidate will be expected to have a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing U.S. higher education, its role in economic development, as well as a demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion among faculty, staff and students. He/she should be an experienced leader, with a demonstrated ability to inspire others, and be comfortable with a shared governance model. CMU’s Board is seeking to recruit a highly-respected thought leader in his or her own academic discipline, with outstanding academic credentials, and a record of significant achievement in a university or comparable intellectual setting. Finally, the CMU Board seeks in the next president someone who values the unique CMU culture, and who will be a president who will create a legacy of which the faculty, students, staff, alumni and friends can forever be proud.

 

Inquiries, nominations and applications are invited. Interested candidates should submit confidentially, in electronic form (Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF files preferred), a curriculum vitae and a bullet point summary of key accomplishments in each leadership role to:

 

Dr. Ilene H. Nagel, Dr. Charles Falcone and Dr. Jett Pihakis

CMU.President@russellreynolds.com

Telephone: 202-654-7800

 

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. The University actively encourages applications and nominations of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities and applications from candidates with diverse cultural backgrounds.