IDeATe
IDeATe is Carnegie Mellon’s hub for interdisciplinary collaboration between students of all majors, merging technology and arts expertise to advance research and creativity. Housed in a collaborative making facility in Hunt Library, IDeATe supports 10 interrelated undergraduate areas: Game Design, Animation & Special Effects, Media Design, Sonic Arts, Design for Learning, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Intelligent Environments, Physical Computing, Soft Technologies and Immersive Technologies in Arts & Culture. The curriculum is developed by faculty across 15 different academic departments and prioritizes hands-on learning.
Your gift to IDeATe supports course budgets and enables us to cover material costs of innovative student projects, develop profound interactive opportunities and set CMU apart as a unique facilitator of transformative interdisciplinary experiences.
“IDeATe is the single coolest thing that CMU has to offer, and I recommend literally every student to take at least one course in the department.” – Statistics May 2022 graduate
“IDeATe is a great program and really influenced my independence as a student at CMU. I took classes that expanded my interdisciplinary breadth of knowledge and introduced me to technical skills I did not know I had an interest in.” – Psychology May 2022 graduate
Questions about giving? Contact Jennifer Sciullo, Assistant Director of Development, at jsciullo@andrew.cmu.edu or (412) 268-7310.