Master of Entertainment Industry Management (MEIM) 

The MEIM program complements the creative and aesthetic skills you've honed in undergraduate school with a set of management skills that will prepare you for a leadership career in the entertainment industry.

The MEIM program will accelerate your career development journey. Many of those working in the entertainment industry today found their way there in two steps: they completed their education, and then they learned the specifics of the industry through an apprenticeship -- all before landing that first full-time, paying position. The MEIM program combines those two steps into one: simultaneous formal training and hands-on practical experience.

What distinguishes this new degree program is its unique blend of Carnegie Mellon's renowned rigorous, high quality academic training with on-site, in the trenches, hands-on training within the film and television industry in Los Angeles. Students spend the first year of study in Pittsburgh, taking core management coursework to build the skills and ways of thinking that they'll need to succeed. During the second year, the students will be in Los Angeles, expanding and enriching their management skills, theories and techniques through specialized coursework taught by some of the entertainment industry's leading professionals. In addition, MEIM students will work side-by-side with industry professionals throughout the year as full-time apprentices in a studio or production company.