Why INI?
What makes the INI's graduate programs different from other computer science and engineering programs?
Who teaches INI classes?
What sort of facilities does the INI have?
What opportunities will I have to participate in research?
What kind of jobs do INI graduates get?
What is student life like at the INI?
What makes the INI's graduate programs different from other computer science and engineering programs?
To successfully pursue a career in information networking, information security and information technology, you need to be knowledgeable in all of the skill sets integral to the field.
The defining quality of the Information Networking Institute (INI) at Carnegie Mellon is its ability to draw from four colleges that are all at the top of their respective fields: the College of Engineering, School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Heinz School of Public Policy and Management.
All four of these eminent colleges work together to craft professional master's degree programs in the INI that produce graduates who are exceptionally prepared to excel in the complex and competitive fields of information networking, information security and information technology.
INI students graduate with a knowledge of business and communications that enables them to more thoroughly understand the market for which they are designing products and to anticipate possible complications in the business aspects of the development process. This ability to understand the entirety of the technology development process allows an INI graduate to design products that satisfy a client’s needs beyond the technological.
Who teaches INI classes?
Faculty who teach in the INI are drawn from:
List of INI Faculty Members
What sort of facilities does the INI have?
Each INI student receives office space with a complimentary computer and complimentary phone, fax, and copy access. The INI building and the entire Carnegie Mellon campus offer wireless Internet access for all students. The INI building also provides on-site recreational facilities with a kitchen for student use.
To aid in their studies, INI students have access to the campus’ Hunt Library, which maintains over a million books and subscribes to relevant periodicals and databases, such as the extensive Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) database. Remote students are afforded every resource available to students on the Pittsburgh campus, and they can have any book the Hunt Library has in its collection or is able to order shipped directly to them.
Take a Virtual Tour of the INI Facilities
What opportunities will I have to participate in research?
Students often make significant contributions to faculty research and become adept at working both in academic research and in more career-applicable areas of information networking and information security.
The INI tests its students’ capabilities in this area by offering the opportunity to work individually or as a group on the Graduate Project. Projects simulate a “real-world” working environment and focus on creating feasible solutions to actual problems of a potential client.
Students are encouraged to examine the problem, organize and manage their group, and apply the knowledge they have gained to independently develop innovative solutions. It has been shown that this project format is conducive not only to fostering skills necessary to compete in the IT industry, but also to developing various creative and novel solutions to industry problems.
What kind of jobs do INI graduates get?
INI students enter a range of careers after graduation, such as:
- Corporate security officer
- Manager: networking engineering
- Manager: software engineering
- Security software engineer
- Software engineer
- Software design engineer
- Software development engineer
- Financial software developer
- IT policy engineer
- Networking engineer
- Networking consultant
- Computer systems consultant
- Technology consultant
- Member of technical staff
- Networking IT personnel
- IT specialist
- Global network exploitation and vulnerability analyst
- IT analyst
- IT auditor
- Automation network engineer
- Security consultant
- Security program manager
- Programmer analyst
- Program manager
- Systems and software architect
- Technology analyst
- Spyware analyst
- Antivirus researcher
- Research scientist
Our students join top employers after graduation. The 2006-2007 median salary for students who graduated from the MSIN program was $80,000. The 2006-2007 median salary for students who graduated from the MSISTM program was $82,000.
See our list of employers of INI graduates
What is student life like at the INI?
There are many organizations at Carnegie Mellon that INI students can become involved with. These organizations include the INI's student organization, the Graduate Student Assembly  , and Women@INI.
Carnegie Mellon is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, just five miles from Downtown. Pittsburgh is rated one of the most livable cities in the country - a manageable international city with a small town feel. With cuisine from every part of the world and numerous social and cultural opportunities, you can always find something to do. For more information about the Pittsburgh area, visit Carnegie Mellon's Explore Pittsburgh Web site.
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