A Joint Degree Program with Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts
Year One in Pittsburgh. Year Two in Los Angeles.
The next generation of entertainment producers, creators, and leaders will use cutting-edge technologies and data analytics—rather than gut feeling—to make smarter decisions. Heinz College prepares you for this playing field through hands-on experiences, highly desirable skills, and priceless relationships with the dual-city Master of Entertainment Industry Management (MEIM) program.
Combining the renowned creative power of CMU’s College of Fine Arts with the management and quantitative expertise of Heinz College, MEIM readies you to have an impact on development, marketing, production, distribution, and strategy at all levels across a global entertainment marketplace.
As a MEIM student, you will spend your first year taking core technology, analytical, and leadership classes at CMU’s main campus in Pittsburgh and gaining exposure to the industry, including a networking weekend in New York City. You’ll then spend your entire second year in Los Angeles, completing your studies while gaining access and experience working a full-time internship in the film, TV, gaming, or music industries.
Across the two-year program, students have many invaluable opportunities for experiential learning, such as exclusive on-site class seminars with leading industry executives, Capstone Projects working with major entertainment clients, and cohort trips to film festivals, including South by Southwest (SXSW) and Cannes.
Our faculty and students work on some of the industry’s most exciting problems:
Read our articles and stories about Heinz College's impact in creative industries
Akanksha Sahay interned at Disney in Los Angeles during her second year in the MEIM program.
Micah Tokiwa, a finance graduate turned entertainment enthusiast, embraced a new career path through the MEIM program, gaining insights from industry connected professors.
Our faculty are innovators in technology and data and how they are changing the entertainment business.
Earn your bachelor's and MEIM in five years instead of six
Students in undergraduate programs at Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny College can earn their bachelor’s and MEIM degrees together in five years instead of six.
California Private Postsecondary Education Act: The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) came into existence on January 1, 2010, following passage of Assembly Bill 48, known as the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (California Education Code, Title 3, Division 10, Part 59, Chapter 8).
This information is specific to Carnegie Mellon University's Master of Entertainment Industry Management (MEIM) program.
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