Experiential Learning in Information Systems Management
Impact Before You Graduate
As a Heinz College Master of Information Systems Management student, you will complete a team-based Capstone project that bridges technology and business. Working directly with a real-world client, you'll apply information systems, analytics, and management concepts to address an organizational challenge. These projects are designed to mirror the realities of today's workplace, requiring you to work with incomplete information, balance technical and business considerations, and deliver solutions that provide tangible value to the client.
Recent Capstone Clients
- Hershey's
- BBC Worldwide
- Uber
- Disney
- PwC
- Deloitte
- IBM
- Sony Music
- Legendary Entertainment
- Thomson Reuters
- Token Dynamics
- Allegheny Health Network
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- The New York Mets
- Johnson & Johnson
- Tata Consultancy Services
- New Orleans Police Department
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- Headstorm LLC
- GE Transportation
- Proctor & Gamble
- Wounded Warrior Project
- Capital One
- Bipartisan Policy Center
- Harvard Management Company
- Cohen Veterans Network
- Federated Hermes
- PayPal
"From dissecting the intricacies of a Fortune 100 company to crafting strategies that were implemented on the spot, every moment was an amalgamation of challenge, growth and fulfillment."
Abhishek Shah
MISM '23 | Strategy Intern, Slalom
Capstone Projects: Real Clients, Real Experience
Recently, a team of students investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they make when dropped. The students created a machine-learning model that can classify plastic types by sound with over 90% precision.
Put Your Skills to Work With an Internship
You will complete a 10-week, full-time internship during the summer between your first and second years.
Our students stay busy in the summer and gain invaluable industry experience. We caught up with a few of them on site as they completed internships with some amazing organizations.
Recent Internships
- Adobe Systems
- Alibaba Group
- Amazon
- American Airlines
- American Eagle Outfitters
- Ansys
- Apple
- Barclays
- BlackRock
- ByteDance
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Credit Suisse
- Deloitte
- Dolby
- DoorDash
- DSW
- Edge AI
- Express Scripts
- EY
- Forest Devices
- Global AI Corporation
- Goldman Sachs
- Half Moon Tech
- The Hershey Company
- Highmark Health
- Honeywell
- Huntington National Bank
- IBM
- Intuit
- Idea Foundry
- KeyBank
- Meta/Facebook
- McKinsey & Company
- Morgan Stanley
- Oracle
- Pandora Media
- PayPal
- PwC
- Ripple
- Salesforce
- Samsung Research America
- Seagate Technology
- Slalom
- Splunk
- Tesla
- TikTok
- Uber
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
- Visa
- Walmart
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Wounded Warrior Project
Begin Your Path to Impact
Hands-On Classes
You will find practical experience embedded throughout the Information Systems Management curriculum. In many courses, you'll work on real-world projects that allow you to apply technology, analytics, and management concepts to complex business problems.
Students frequently partner with companies, startups, nonprofits, and government organizations to analyze data, improve processes, and develop technology-driven solutions, like in our Measuring Social course. In Telling Stories With Data, you'll receive hands-on training and experimentation with a number of tools, and have flexibility to determine the medium that best matches your desired outcomes and skills for a final project.
Our Consulting Lab provides you experience in personal branding, asking high-value, incisive questions, and building strong, long-term client relationships.
Work Directly With Faculty
Our faculty are more than researchers and instructors. They are innovators and mentors who work to solve major problems facing companies, governments, and society. Most importantly, our faculty are uncommonly accessible and include students in their groundbreaking work. Heinz College and Carnegie Mellon are also home to dozens of renowned research centers.
