MSPPM Accelerated Masters Program (AMP) 

The Accelerated Masters Program (AMP) allows students to complete an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree in five years, rather than six. The Heinz School seeks highly talented Carnegie Mellon undergraduates with proven academic abilities and solid leadership skills for this program

Eligibility

• Students must be Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students from any major with a strong academic background and most of their undergraduate requirements completed.
• Students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in order to be exempt from the GRE/GMAT requirement
• Students apply in their junior year of study and are eligible to enroll in their senior year.
• Students must receive certification of completion of their BA and/or BS degree by May of the senior year.

Degree Requirements

• 198 units are required to complete the MSPPM program.
• Up to 48 units of undergraduate classes can be transferred while enrolled in the MSPPM program and are counted toward the required 198 units.*
• All of the undergraduate courses should be upper division and should be relevant to the content of the Heinz School degree. Only undergraduate courses with a grade of B or better may be counted toward the Heinz School degree.
• 150 units of MSPPM coursework remain to be completed.
• Prerequisite coursework in pre-calculus and statistics must be successfully completed prior to enrolling in the program. Prerequisite course grades should be a "B" or higher.
• Students will start the MSPPM- AMP in the fall (August) of their senior year.
• Students will be required to complete an internship in the summer following their senior year.

Sample Schedule

Year 1 (Senior Year)

Year 2 (Grad Year)

* Some MSPPM courses may fulfill undergraduate requirements. You should discuss this with your undergraduate advisor.

Benefits

• Complete two semesters of coursework as an integrated undergraduate-graduate student before graduating with a Bachelor's degree in May;
• Complete an internship in the summer following the senior year;
• Eligible for MSPPM financial aid in the final two semesters of the program (after having completed a Bachelor's degree);
• May be able to exempt certain Heinz courses with units earned in undergraduate coursework.