Student budgets are rough. But you're already paying for way more than you realize. Free bus rides across the city. Free food and toiletries at the CMU Pantry. NYT and WSJ subscriptions. A fitness center and pool. Free printing every semester. Stop paying for things Carnegie Mellon already covers.
A free full Headspace subscription with 1,000+ hours of meditation, sleep, movement, and focus content, redeemable by current CMU community members.
Log in with an andrew.cmu.edu email to redeem; family plan adds up to five members.
CMU degree-seeking students and benefits-eligible faculty and staff ride PRT buses, light rail, and inclines free with unlimited monthly passes, now via the Ready2Ride app.
Flagship perk. As of 2026 access is via the Ready2Ride app (set up with an @andrew.cmu.edu email), not the CMU ID.
Active CMU students, faculty, and staff with Andrew accounts get a $40 per-semester free printing quota at campus printers (~800 black-and-white pages), plus free flatbed scanning at Hunt, Sorrells, and Mellon libraries.
$40/semester (~$80/year). Unused balance is forfeited each semester; release jobs by tapping your CMU ID.
A free, supplemental food resource open to all undergraduate and graduate students, stocking fresh and frozen produce, non-perishables, and toiletry/hygiene items. Shop once per week.
Residence on Fifth, 4700 Fifth Avenue (1st floor). Bring CMU ID; schedule via the PantrySoft form.
UHS vending machines on campus dispense free health items including condoms, dental dams, pregnancy tests, Narcan nasal spray, and fentanyl/xylazine test strips, 24 hours.
Some items free; others (emergency contraception, menstrual cups) cost money. In the Highmark Center, Cohon Center, and Tepper Building.
Non-repayable emergency grant funding for enrolled CMU students facing unforeseen basic-needs expenses such as travel, moving costs, medication, and food.
Grant does not require repayment. Tuition is not eligible. Apply via the Student Emergency Support Funding Request form.