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Graduate students may pursue work leading to any of the following
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Doctor of Science (Sc.D);
Engineer; Master of Science (S.M.); Master of Engineering
(M.Eng.); Master of Architecture (M.Arch.); Master in City
Planning (M.C.P); and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.).
Each graduate program is described in individual department
or program statements on graduate education in the MIT
Bulletin. These statements should be consulted for
more specific information. Degrees are awarded by the MIT
Corporation upon faculty recommendation. Favorable faculty
action is contingent upon approval by the Committee on Graduate
Programs of recommendations from the appropriate departmental
graduate committee.
MIT degrees are "residence degrees" in the sense
that a major portion of the work must be done on campus or
at one of the Institute-administered locations in association
with the faculty, other graduate students, and the Institute
community. This includes access to libraries, educational
opportunities offered by other disciplines, and recreational,
cultural, religious, and athletic opportunities.
Residence credit is achieved by satisfactory completion of
approved subjects of instruction or thesis on campus while
registered as a regular graduate student. Residence credit
accumulated during the completion of one graduate degree can
be counted toward the residence requirement for another graduate
degree.
There are two special conditions under which thesis research
may be carried out while not in formal residence at the Institute.
The first, Thesis
Research in Absentia, is applicable to all graduate degrees
but intended primarily for students who are on location away
from MIT but who in every other respect maintain full access
to and contact with the academic life of the Institute. Such
students pay full tuition and are entitled to the privileges
of regular resident students.
The second special condition, Nonresident
Doctoral Thesis Research Status, is available only to
doctoral students who have completed all requirements other
than the thesis. These students have limited access to the
facilities and academic life of the Institute, may not receive
financial support through MIT, and pay a substantially reduced
tuition.
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