Admitted Student Portal

Admitted Student Open House is the week of Monday, March 23. It provides newly admitted students the opportunity to meet faculty, administrators, and current students to learn more about our culture, curriculum, career development services, internship opportunities, financial aid, the City of Pittsburgh, and much more.

Check the event page for our other admitted student events and recordings from our on-demand library.

Accept the offer of admission by completing the online Response Form located within your online admission letter. You can view additional details here.

Deadline to complete: The "response deadline" in your online admission letter.

Not all students are required to pay a deposit. Please check your online admission letter for details.

Deadline to complete: The "response deadline" in your online admission letter.

You will receive an email entitled “Action Required: Your Andrew userID Has Been Created” from it-help@cmu.edu. The email will provide instructions on how to receive your Andrew userID, set a password, and enroll in two-factor authentication (2fa) with DUO, Carnegie Mellon’s multi-factor authentication service provider. Please be sure to check your spam folder, in the event the email does not appear in your inbox.

Expect this email 1-2 weeks after you accept the offer of admission. If you misplace or do not receive this email, please email it-help@cmu.edu to request the email be resent.

Your "Andrew ID" is required to login to university services such as SIO, Canvas, and HealthConnect.

Deadline to complete: Within 5 days of receiving the "Action Required" email.

If your admission includes a condition on enrollment (QSSP, Programming course, etc.), review the detailed Conditional Enrollment information.

Deadline to complete: Prior to enrolling.

We recommend that students allow ample time for their housing search, moving-in activities, and getting settled in Pittsburgh. It is important that you give yourself enough time to be settled prior to the start of Heinz onboarding and classes.

Recommended deadline to complete for fall incoming students: Early August

Regardless of when you move, you'll find helpful details here about moving to Pittsburgh. 

Heinz College and CMU's Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs will offer orientation programming to new incoming students. The Heinz College orientation program (held both online and in person) is mandatory for all new Heinz College students. Additional mandatory programming will occur online in May, June, and July.

Dates

• Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs: August 11-13, 2026
  • Get details about the New Graduate Student Orientation events.
• Heinz College: August 17-21, 2026

While students are not required to attend the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs Orientation Program, it is highly recommended, as there is content covered that is not available during the Heinz College orientation. Additionally, the orientation program is an opportunity to connect with other new graduate students from departments around campus.

Check out the Heinz College Academic Calendar and CMU Academic Calendar.

The Section (SEC) of a course defines the period of time the class will meet.

SEC A through J = Entire length of the semester
SEC A1, A3, A5 and J1, J3, J5 = 1st HALF of semester only
SEC A2, A4, A6 and J2, J4, J6 = 2nd HALF of semester only

First day of classes for fall start students: August 24, 2026

Students required to attend QSSP should review the information regarding conditional enrollment to determine the date you are required to start these programs.

QSSP start date for August start students: TBA