The Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) at Carnegie Mellon University is a unique department that works to solve problems at the interface of science, technology, and society.
What is EPP?
Humanity’s greatest contemporary challenges transcend disciplinary boundaries. Crafting effective policy in domains as diverse as climate change, misinformation, national security, artificial intelligence, natural disaster response, privacy, and critical infrastructures increasingly requires expertise that spans and integrates technical and social science fields.
EPP is a highly collaborative department focused on bringing interdisciplinary methods to policy problems where the technical details matter and to technology problems where social influences and impacts must be considered. We work closely with the other departments in Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering, as well as other colleges, departments, and programs throughout the university.
We offer multiple double-major options for undergraduate students (in partnership with each of the five Engineering departments and the School of Computer Science), master’s degree programs in Engineering & Public Policy and in Engineering & Technology Innovation and Management, and a research-oriented Ph.D. program. Our students develop the policy analysis, risk assessment, data science, and decision-making skills needed to solve today’s complex problems in business, government, and non-profits across the globe.
Vision and goals
- To be recognized as the leading science and engineering-based university-affiliated program focused on addressing technology-based policy problems.
- To provide a friendly, cheerful, intellectually rich, and stimulating work environment for our students, faculty, and staff.