The HASTS program attracts students from around the world who seek an interdisciplinary program that will prepare them primarily as professional scholars. Other have applied their training to careers in law, business, journalism, and museum work.
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Students in the HASTS program come from a wide range of academic disciplines and professional spheres. Reading student and faculty bio pages may help to determine whether this program is right for you. Prospective students are encouraged to contact a HASTS faculty member or student who is appropriate to their area of research and interest.
Funding for HASTS doctoral students (as of the entering class AY07) includes five years of guaranteed support. This covers MIT tuition, 9 months of stipend, and 12 months of individual health insurance annually. Funding is provided through a combination of fellowships, teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and the like.
Yes, MIT offers an expanding array of options for graduate and family housing on campus and provides information for students who wish to live off-campus.
On the Graduate Student Office's website at http://web.mit.edu/gso/.
When applying to the program online through Graduate Admissions, applicants are still required to send a hard copy of their writing sample and any other supporting materials to:
Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and
Science, Technology and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E51-185
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
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We cannot give probabilities of acceptance. The admissions committee is made up of faculty from all three departments, and participants vary from year to year. Test scores are only one component of an application, and the admissions committee takes the entire application into consideration when making their decision. Essays describing research interests and intellectual direction are critical. Students should express long term interests in science and technology and their historical and social dimensions.
No. Admitted students are required to begin the course in September.
When you submit your application through MIT Graduate Admissions online, a message is sent to your evaluators with a link to an online evaluation form (see the bottom of page two of the online application). If an evaluator prefers to use the paper form, please ask him/her to mail it in a sealed envelope directly to the department (at the address above). Paper forms can be found within the downloadable application (starting on page 31) on the Graduate Admissions website.
This portion of the application is not required, but it may be useful for applicants who wish to highlight portions of their academic record that are not self-explanatory from the transcripts.
The admissions application fee must always be paid by someone. In very few instances, the application fee may be paid by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education. Send an email request to hasts@mit.edu if you would like to request a waiver.
There are no parameters for the writing sample in terms of content, but its length should not exceed that of an article or chapter
Although there is no minimum GRE score to apply, students are required to take the general test (a subject test is not required) and submit their scores. GRE scores are good for five years. The GRE code for the HASTS program is 2703.
Students whose native language is not English must take the IELTS or TOEFL. Students who have received instruction in English in their primary and secondary schools and students who have been in the US for four years or longer and have received a degree from an American institution may be eligible for a waiver of this requirement by sending a written request to the department (hasts@mit.edu).
What are the minimum score requirements for the IELTS and TOEFL?
A minimum score of 7 is required for the IELTS. For the TOEFL, a minimum score of 90 (internet-based; 577 on the paper-based) is required for visa certification. Test scores should be obtained from the past two years.
How do I submit either a TOEFL or IELTS score?
When sending TOEFL scores, use MIT's institutional code, 3514. For the IELTS, you must request your offical test scores be sent directly from the test center where you take the exam. There are no institutional codes. You should request that the test scores be sent to:
Graduate Admissions Office
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 3-103
Cambridge, MA 02139
Applications must be recieved or postmarked by January 1st. Incomplete applications will continue to be processed until the admissions committee begins the review process.
The HASTS admissions committee normally begins reviewing applications in mid to late January. Notification is sent to admitted students in writing immediately following the completion of that process. Admitted students must notify the Institute of their intentions by April 15.
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