Degrees

The Aero-Astro Department offers a number of masters and doctoral-level degrees. The requirements for each appears in Aero-Astro Degree Requirements. You can learn more about Aero-Astro's degrees on the MIT Course Catalogue Web site.

Master's-Level Degrees

Master of Science

This is the degree for students who want a deeply focused study of a disciplinary area. If you expect to eventually seek a doctorate, you'd normally select this program. For more information, see the MIT Course Catalogue.

Master of Science in Technology and Policy

This interdepartmental program can be an excellent choice for applicants interested in applying an aerospace engineering background to problems of policy and socioeconomic assessment of technology. (More)

Master of Science in Engineering and Management

This degree, awarded under the MIT System Design and Management Program, is a graduate-level academic and research program sponsored by MIT's Sloan School of Management, the School of Engineering (of which Aero-Astro is a department), and industry partners. Its goal is to educate future leaders in architecting, engineering, and designing complex products and systems. (More)

Leaders for Manufacturing Program

In this program, Aero-Astro graduate students earn two degrees: an MS from Aero-Astro and an MBA or MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management. An active partnership among MIT School of Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management, and more than 20 corporations, the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) program produces world-class leaders for manufacturing and operations. This innovative two-year graduate program, created in 1988, includes an integrated engineering and management curriculum along with a six-and-a-half month internship at a partner company. LFM focuses on theory and global practice from concept development through product delivery, including challenges faced on factory floors and in global supply chains. Corporate partners provide generous fellowships for all students. (More)

Master of Science in the Management of Technology

This 12-month master's program is designed for mid-career engineers and scientists who will handle senior technical managerial responsibilities. The program is offered jointly with MIT's Sloan School of Management. (More)

Engineer in Aeronautics and Astronautics

The Engineer in Aeronautics and Astronautics offers greater breadth of graduate subjects than is normally associated with a master's or doctoral program, with less emphasis on research than required of doctoral candidates. Two years beyond the Bachelor of Science degree normally are the minimum for completion of this degree by a full-time student. More information on this degree is available by contacting aa-studentservices@mit.edu.

Doctoral-Level Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)

Aero-Astro offers doctoral degrees in fields ranging from aeroacoustics to vehicle design (See complete list). A description of general MIT doctoral requirements appears in the MIT Course Catalogue.

Interdisciplinary Programs

Biomedical Engineering

This program is available to students interested in biomedical instrumentation and physiological control systems, applying aerospace disciplines to biology and medicine. Graduate study may be pursued in conjunction with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology S.M.-Ph.D. Program in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, or the Ph.D. program in Bioengineering and Environmental Health. At the master's degree level, you may specialize in biomedical engineering research, emphasizing space life sciences and life support, instrumentation and control, or in human factors engineering and in instrumentation and statistics. Most MIT aerospace biomedical engineering research is conducted in the Aero-Astro's Man Vehicle Laboratory.

Flight Transportation

If you're interested flight transportation careers, a program is available that incorporates a broader graduate education in disciplines such as economics, management, law, and operations research than is normally pursued by candidates for engineering degrees. Graduate research emphasizes airport planning and design; air traffic control; air transportation systems analysis; and airline economics and management, with courses selected from Aero-Astro, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Economics, and the Center for Transportation Studies. A special interdepartmental program may be created for doctoral students, or participation in the Operations Research Center Program or the Center for Transportation Studies Program may be considered.

Want to know more about MIT Aero-Astro graduate degree programs? Email aeroadmission@mit.edu