Application Deadlines

Students normally enter the Graduate School in September, but some departments allow students to enter in February or June. Notification about admission for September is sent as soon as action is taken (normally before April 1). For February and June applicants, notification is usually sent as soon as the application is complete.

Listed below are the department 2008 application deadlines and entrance dates.

Aeronautics/Astronautics December 15 (for September admission)
Architecture December 15 (for September admission)
Biological Engineering Division December 31 (for September admission)
Biology December 15 (for September admission)
Brain and Cognitive Sciences December 15 (for September admission)
Center for Real Estate February 15 (for September admission)
Chemical Engineering November 1 (for February admission)
January 2 (for September admission)
Chemistry December 15 (for September admission)
Civil and Environmental Engineering January 2 (for September admission)
Comparative Media Studies Program January 15 (for September admission)
Computation for Design and Optimization (CDO) January 10 (for September admission)
Computational and Systems Biology (CSB) December 15 (for September admission)
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences November 1 (for February admission)
January 5 (for June and September admission)
Economics January 2 (for September admission)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science December 15 (for September admission)
Engineering Systems Division January 10 (for September admission)
Health Sciences and Technology

December 15 (for September admission)
November 1 (for February admission to Biomedical Informatics only)
May 31 (for M.E.B.E. only)

History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) January 1 (for September admission)

Leaders for Manufacturing

 December 17 (for June admission)
Linguistics and Philosophy January 2 (for September admission)
Management Application must be obtained through Sloan School of Management
Master of Engineering in Logistics Program (MLOG) Round 1 – January 11
Round 2 – April 4
(for September admission)
Materials Science and Engineering January 4 (for June and September admission)
March 1 (for M.Eng. Program)
Mathematics Must be received by December 15
(for September admission)
Mechanical Engineering Must be postmarked by December 15
(for June and September admission)
January 15 (for M.Eng. Program)
Media Arts and Sciences December 15 (for September admission; applications must be submitted on-line)
Microbiology December 15 (for September admission)
MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering

December 15 (for EECS-JP applicants only) January 15 (for June and September admission)
Nuclear Science and Engineering October 15 (for February admission)
January 7 (for June and September admission)
Operation Research December 15 (for September admission)
Physics November 1 (for February Admission)
January 1 (for September admission)
Political Science December 31 (for September admission)
Program in Polymer Science & Technology (PPST)

October 1 (for February admission)
January 15 (for September admission, some department admissions deadlines may be earlier)

Science Writing January 15 (for September admission)
Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership Application must be obtained through the Sloan Fellows Program
System Design and Management Program September 30 (for January admission)
(International Students - July 15)
Technology and Policy Program (TPP) January 10 (for September admission)
Urban Studies and Planning January 3 (for September admission)