The university will teach-out existing students

The Pittsburgh PA uni attributes the decision to the impact of the pandemic, “a move to blended learning” and “the establishment of on-shore campuses in traditional source countries, including many in Asia,” which “have all significantly impacted the Australian inbound education market.”

However not all Carnegie Mellon’s international ventures have come to naught. The university “will continue to serve its students” at its other international campuses and in programmes, in locations including Portugal, Qatar and Rwanda.

Carnegie Mellon teaches public policy, management and IT in Adelaide, with 1600 people completing degrees since it set up in 2006, wooed by then SA premier Mike Rann.

Another off-shore entrant University College London closed its Adelaide campus in 2020 in favour of a partnership arrangement with Uni SA.