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Admissions: Master of Science in Software Management

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Advance your career in the heart of Silicon Valley.

The Master of Science in Software Management (MSSM) degree equips both aspiring and seasoned software professionals with the technical and management skills to advance their careers or launch their own software products.

Students develop a mix of engineering, management, and leadership skills to succeed wherever software innovation is needed, from startups to international corporations. 

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admissions applicatio icon  Part-Time Applications are always open, with rolling admission cycles

Program:

MSSM
Part-Time

Part-Time MSSM Application Open:
Now

Start-Term:
Summer 2025

Current Admission Cycle (Summer 2025)
Part-Time MSSM Application Deadline:
April 15, 2025

          application deadline

Admissions Toolkit:
Learn How to Apply


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 Part-Time Admissions Cycles

Summer 2025

Applications Open: Now
Application Deadline: April 15, 2025

Fall 2025

Applications Open: April 16, 2025
Application Deadline: July 15, 2025

Spring 2026

Applications Open: July 16, 2025
Application Deadline: December 1, 2025

admissions applicatio icon   Full-Time Applications for Fall 2025

Programs:

MSSM
12-Month Degree


MSSM
16-Month Degree
          

Full-Time MSSM Applications Open:
Now

Start-Term:
Fall 2025

MSSM Application Deadlines:
January 20, 2025

          application deadline

Admissions Toolkit:
Learn How to Apply

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Am I a Good Fit for the Software Management program?

Applicants must demonstrate professional or academic experience in software development.

They are passionate about software innovation and/or entrepreneurship, want to collaborate regularly in teams, and learn best in a hands-on environment.

Additionally, highly-qualified candidates will have the following academic and professional experience:

Undergraduate degree in computer science, electrical and computer engineering, information science, information systems, information technology, or a related field.

The ideal candidate will hold a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or equivalent from an accredited institution (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Higher Learning Commission or U.S. Dept. of Education).

We recommend certain program formats based on an applicant's level of industry experience:

  • Part-time applicants should have five or more years of work experience.
  • Full-time applicants with four or more years of work experience should consider applying to our 12-month MSSM program. Applicants with less experience or who are seeking to pivot careers should consider applying to our 16-month program, which features a summer internship.

Fall Semester 1

Foundations of Software Management
Full Semester Course
Product Management
Half Semester Course (Mini 1)
Software Engineering Management*
Half Semester Course

Spring Semester 1

Process & Project Management*
Full Semester Course
Choose One Elective:
  • Legal Issues in New Venture Creation (TV Concentration)
  • AI Applications
  • Human-Computer Interaction & User-Experience
  • Principles of Enterprise Flexibility
Metrics for Technology Products & Services*
Half Semester Course

Summer Semester 1

Choose 24 Units of Electives (all courses are 6 units):
    • Agile Marketing
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Information Security for PM
    • Architecture Principles for PM
    • Intro to Cloud Computing
    • Intro to IoT
    • Next Gen CIO

Fall Semester 2

Integrated Thinking for Innovation*
Half Semester Course
Product Discovery & Definition*
Half Semester Course
Choose 12 Units of Electives:
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
    - 12 units (TV Concentration)
  • Start-Up Creation in Practice
    - 12 units (TV Concentration)
  • Integrated Innovation for Large Scale Problems
    - 12 units
  • Software Management Practicum
    - 12 units
  • Architecture & Programming Principles
    - 12 units
  • User-Research for Product Development Innovation - 6 units
  • Dynamic Teams - 6 units

Spring Semester 2

Product & Business Models*
Half Semester Course
Solution Strategy & Marketing*
Half Semester Course
The Business of Software*
Half Semester Course
Choose One Elective:
    • Venture Governance (TV Concentration)
    • Architecture Principles for Product Managers
    • Introduction to Machine Learning
    • Principles of Enterprise Flexibility

Summer Semester 2

Leadership & Teams*
    • Half Semester Course
Choose 18 Units of Electives (all courses are 6 units):
    • Agile Marketing
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Information Security for Product Managers
    • Architecture Principles for Product Managers
    • Intro to Cloud Computing
    • Intro to IoT
    • Next Gen CIO

Fall Semester 1

Foundations of Software Management
Full Semester Course
Strategies for Your Career
Full Semester Course
Elective
Full Semester Course

Choose One: 
  • Integrated Innovation for Large-Scale Problems
  • Architecture & Programming Principles
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Integrated Thinking for Innovation
Half Semester Course
Product Discovery & Definition
Half Semester Course
Product Management
Half Semester Course
Software Engineering Management
Half Semester Course

Spring Semester 1

Process & Project Management
Full Semester Course
Product & Business Modeling
Half Semester Course
Solution Strategy & Marketing
Half Semester Course
Metrics for Technology Products & Services
Half Semester Course
The Business of Software
Half Semester Course

Electives
Half Semester Course

Choose Two: 

  • Legal Issues in New Venture Creation (TV Concentration)
  • Applied AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  • Human-Computer Interaction & User-Experience
  • Principles of Enterprise Flexibility
  • Introduction to Machine Learning
  • Information Security for Product Managers
  • Artificial Intelligence for Product Managers
  • Venture Governance: Executive-Decision Making, Fundraising, & Boards (TV Concentration)

Summer Semester 1

Leadership & Teams
Half Semester Course
Electives
Half Semester Course

Choose 42 Units of Electives of 6-unit options:

    • Developing Blockchain Products
    • Architecture Principles for Product Managers
    • Leadership & Teams
    • Organizational Behavior for High Tech Knowledge Industry
    • Agile Marketing for New Ventures
    • Introduction to IoT
    • Next Gen CIO
    • Introduction to Cloud Computing 

Fall Semester 1

Foundations of Software Management
Full Semester Course
Strategies for Your Career
Full Semester Course
Elective
Full Semester Course

Choose One: 
  • Integrated Innovation for Large-Scale Problems
  • Architecture & Programming Principles
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Integrated Thinking for Innovation
Half Semester Course
Product Discovery & Definition
Half Semester Course
Product Management
Half Semester Course
Software Engineering Management
Half Semester Course

Spring Semester 1

Process & Project Management
Full Semester Course
Product & Business Modeling
Half Semester Course
Solution Strategy & Marketing
Half Semester Course
Metrics for Technology Products & Services
Half Semester Course
The Business of Software
Half Semester Course

Electives
Half Semester Course

Choose Two: 

  • Legal Issues in New Venture Creation (TV Concentration)
  • Applied AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  • Human-Computer Interaction & User-Experience
  • Principles of Enterprise Flexibility
  • Introduction to Machine Learning
  • Information Security for Product Managers
  • Artificial Intelligence for Product Managers
  • Venture Governance: Executive-Decision Making, Fundraising, & Boards (TV Concentration)

Summer Semester 1

Internship
Full Semester Course

Fall Semester 2

Applied Learning Requirements (ALR)
Full Semester Course

Complete one of the following applied learning courses during the final fall term:
  • 49792 – Software Management Practicum
  • 49759 – Integrated Innovation for LargeScale Problems
Leadership & Teams
Half Semester Course
Elective
Full or Half Semester Course

Take 30 units of 12-unit full-semester or 6-unit half courses

    • Integrated Innovation for Large-Scale Problems
    • Architecture & Programming Principles
    • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
    • Special Topics: Leading Change of Digital Transformation
    • Software Management Practicum
    • Start-Up Creation in Practice
    • User-Centered Research Methods for Product Innovation

Technical Skill Prerequisites


Are you ready to recalibrate your career to a future in technology product innovation but don’t have a degree in Computer Science? Don’t count yourself out just yet. Although most of our students have a computer science-related undergraduate degree, there is no one path to the MSSM. You are well on your way if you excelled in your engineering or science undergraduate degree or an equivalent program where you developed your logical reasoning capacity.

Those with undergraduate degrees outside of computer science, software engineering, or information technology, or simply questioning if their technical skills meet the prerequisites of the MSSM, should review the following LinkedIn Learning resources:



  • If these skills are familiar to you, great! Consider applying for the MSSM program.

    If these are new concepts to you, it is highly recommended that you view and complete the LinkedIn Learning resources to enhance your application.

Connect with Current MSSM Students

Learn firsthand what makes MSSM career-changing, challenging, and unique by speaking with a student.

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Richa Basak
(MSSM '25)

Chat with Richa

Richa has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Mumbai. She is passionate about sustainable living, clean energy, preventative healthcare, and anything that makes the quality of human life better in this world. She recently worked at Priceline as a Senior Software Engineer.

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Mustafa Saifee
(MSSM '25)

Chat with Mustafa

Mustafa has a bachelor’s degree in IT from the SVKM Institute of Technology. He is passionate about 3D printing technology, communities, and conferences. He brings skills related to technical content writing, release management, product management, and business development. He recently worked at Harness as a Developer Relations Engineer.

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Yaras Shaikh
(MSSM Part Time '25)

Chat with Yaras

Yaras has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from The University of Mumbai. He is passionate about creating a fantastic product, exploring applications/benefits of AI, and environmental sustainability. He has most recently worked at Apple as a Product Manager.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Tuition Rates: 2024-2025

Program

Tuition

MSSM Full-Time (12 months) $86,154
MSSM Full-Time (16 months)

$88,547*

3 Academic Terms: $82,050

Summer 2025 Term: $2,393

MSSM Part-Time $598 per unit

*Estimated tuition for the Fall 2025 semester. The official rate for the 2025-2026 academic year will be released in Spring 2025.

For more information, visit 一本道无码's Student Financial Services' website.

Financial Aid Information

As self-funded master's programs, all enrolled students or their employers are responsible for paying full tuition and expenses. For more on tuition and other fees assessed by the university, please visit 一本道无码's HUB website.

We encourage prospective students to independently seek outside scholarships and grants, including through the following resources here at 一本道无码:

Please note that because of the professional and practical nature of our programs, 一本道无码iii does not offer teaching or research assistantships. 

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Ready to apply?

Please carefully review the admissions deadlines and requirements.

To get started, in our online application system via Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering. Once you've created your account, the system will email you a PIN. This PIN, along with your password, allows you to save your application over several sessions. You can also log into to monitor the status of your application and view your admissions decision.

In the system, you will be prompted to pay a non-refundable fee of $75 by either credit card or debit card.

MSSM degree applications are required to upload their most recent professional resume or curriculum vitae. 

Your two references can be professional and/or academic. Each reference will automatically be emailed a link to submit a letter of recommendation directly to our online system. 

Rather than a Statement of Purpose, we require written responses to our short essay prompts within the application itself.

The video platform gives our admissions committee the opportunity to learn more about you beyond the written materials you have provided. You must answer one question; the questions are randomized and not something you should prepare for.

Unofficial transcripts are sufficient to render an admission decision. The average GPA of our accepted applicants is 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Official transcripts will be requested upon enrollment, which may be submitted in the following ways: 

  • Mailing directly to the Integrated Innovation Institute's Pittsburgh address.

  • Sending electronically via an official parchment service (e.g. Parchment.com). When using these services, please send them to admissions-iii@cmu.edu.

  • Via a credential evaluation service - Required for certain transcripts.

All international and United States permanent resident applicants must take an English language proficiency exam. This is required as a component in determining academic success in the program and to support visa applications for admitted students studying on an F1 visa. The scores must be received by the application deadline for the semester in which students are applying. An English language proficiency test is not required if the applicant will have graduated from a US university by the time of enrollment or if the applicant is a 一本道无码 student or alum. It is also not required for applicants with United Kingdom, Canadian, or Australian citizenship. The following forms of English language proficiency assessments are accepted:

TOEFL – minimum score 95 with no sub-score below a 23

Institution Code: 2074

Department Code: 99 (Other)

IELTS – minimum score of 6.5

We accept electronic IELTS scores only, using the physical address to confirm the right college/department.

Please contact your IELTS testing center and request that your scores be sent to:

一本道无码 College of Engineering

431 Hamerschlag Drive

ANSYS Hall Suite 250

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

United States

Duolingo English Test – minimum score of 105

Select "一本道无码 – College of Engineering"

GRE or GMAT: The GRE/GMAT is optional for 一本道无码iii applications. For those who have not taken the GRE, the weight of components considered in the review process will be redistributed among all submitted materials.

In short - YES, the GRE is really optional. If you have taken the GRE, you are encouraged to add strong scores to support your application. The average scores of our accepted applicants for the GRE are Quantitative: 159, Verbal: 155, and Analytical Writing: 3.5. The average score for GMAT is 600.

Please send your scores directly from ETS or GMAT using the following codes:

GRE

Institution Code: 2074
Department Code: 1699 (Engineering – Other)

GMAT

You can only send iii: GMAT scores by mail. Send directly to Integrated Innovation Institute's Pittsburgh address. When sending, use the following code: 69H-J7-56.

To check the status of your online application, please log in to your account on . You may also email us at admissions-iii@cmu.edu for more information.

Admissions decisions will be posted, and you will be notified by email as soon as the committee concludes its review; typically 4-6 weeks after the close of the application deadline.

Stories from MSSM

Clark Jeria (MSSM '17), Chief Technical Officer at Freedom Robotics, shares his experience in the Master of Science in Software Management program.

Kimberly Barnes (MSSM '23), Consultant in Professional Services, shares her experience in the Master of Science in Software Management program.

Prabhu Saitu (MSSM '18), Senior Software Engineer at Apple, shares his experience in the Master of Science in Software Management program.