MIT Registrar's Office
Conversion of Harvard Credits to MIT Units
Faculty of Arts & Sciences,
Graduate School of Education, Harvard Divinity School
Subjects will be given 12 MIT units, except:
- a subject that meets 5 hours per week will receive 15 MIT
units
- a subject that is a "quarter course" or a module (i.e., the
subject meets for half of one semester) will receive 6 MIT
units.
Harvard Business School
- 3 credit subject will receive 12 MIT units
- 1.5 credit subject will receive 6 MIT units
Graduate School of Design
- 4 credit subject will receive 12 MIT units
- 8 credit subject (studio course) will receive 21 MIT
units
- 2 credit subject will receive 6 MIT units
JFK School of Government
- 1 credit subject will receive 12 MIT units
- 0.5 credit subject will receive 6 MIT units
Harvard Law School
- 3, 4, or 5 credit subject will receive 12 MIT units
- 2 credit subject will receive 6 MIT units
- 1 credit subject will receive 3 MIT units
Harvard School of Public Health
- 3.75-5 credit subject will receive 12 MIT units
- 2.5 or 3 credit subject will receive 6 MIT units
- 1 or 1.25 credit subject will receive 3 MIT units
DEFINITIONS FOR "H-LEVEL", "G-LEVEL" or "N-LEVEL" CREDIT
Graduate level subjects will be assigned "H-Level" credit and
undergraduate level subjects will receive "N-level" credit, unless
otherwise specified by the Registration Officer.
H : Approved subject for a graduate degree and is given
primarily for graduate students.
G: Other subject accepted for graduate degree.
N: Not accepted for graduate degree. Course grade,
however, will still be factored into the student's cumulative
rating.