Department Information

Despite the wealth of interest and participation in interdepartmental fields, procedures for admission, registration, and awarding of graduate degrees are departmentally oriented. Every graduate degree candidate must be admitted through one of the 24 graduate departments; in nearly all cases financial aid is arranged through departmental auspices, and the degree or degrees which are earned will be awarded only upon recommendation of the department in which the student is registered. In short, every graduate student, including those who are working on interdepartmental programs under the guidance of standing or specially created interdepartmental committees, must have a "home" in some department. For those applying to the Operations Research Program, the department in which the student will be registered will be determined by that program.

For those applying to Technology and Policy Program, the departments in which the student will be registered will be determined by that program.

For information on specific departments, see the MIT Academics page.

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