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Graduate Program: Admissions
Student Pool
Students may enter the program with degrees in a variety
of disciplines, including humanities and liberal arts and
sciences, computer science, journalism, economics, and management.
We actively seek a mix of students from different backgrounds
and with different career objectives. We also anticipate
that many of our students will already have professional
experience in media-related fields, returning to an academic
setting to 'retool' so they may understand better the complexities
of contemporary media culture. We are especially interested
in students who combine multiple skills: for example, mixing
computer programming experience with an interest in the
humanities.
Application
Materials
For application forms and materials, please go to the MIT
Graduate Admissions website, or please call the MIT
Graduate Admissions office (email: mitgrad@mit.edu
or tel: (617) 253-4897). CMS brochures will be mailed out
when and if you request an application through the mail.
Requirements
Completed applications must be submitted by January 15th
for the coming Fall. Applications to the Masters program
must include: transcripts of all previous academic study,
three letters of recommendation, GRE scores, a statement
of objectives, a writing sample (such as a research paper),
and a $70.00 processing fee. International students are
required to submit an official copy of their TOEFL scores
to MIT. The MIT institution code for GRE and TOEFL scores
is 3514. The Comparative Media Studies code for GRE Scores
is 4505. For TOEFL scores, the CMS code is 98. Specific
instructions are included in the application package.
Please send completed applications to: Graduate and Special
Student Admissions, MIT, Room 3-103, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
Online Application
http://www.applyweb.com/apply/mitg/menu.html
Deadline
The deadline for application is January 15 for admission
the following September. The Program does not admit students
in the spring term. The Admissions Committee begins meeting
in February and completes its decisions by April 15.
Visits by
Prospective Students
Students who wish to visit the Program prior to applying
for admission are welcome to schedule appointments. Student
visits cannot be accommodated after the Admissions Committee
begins its deliberations on January 15. Please contact the
CMS Program Office at 617-253-3599 or send email to cms@mit.edu.
MIT's Nondiscrimination
Policy
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to
the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment.
The Institute does not discriminate against individuals
on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion,
disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, or national or
ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies,
admissions policies, employment policies, scholarship and
loan programs, and other Institute administered programs
and activities, but may favor US citizens or residents in
admissions and financial aid.*
Inquiries concerning the Institute's policies, compliance
with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as
Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504), and complaints may
be directed to Joan F. Rice, Vice President for Human Resources,
Room E19-291, (617) 253-6512. Ms. Rice is designated as
the Institute's Equal Opportunity Officer and Title IX Coordinator.
Inquiries about the laws and about compliance may also be
directed to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, US
Department of Education.
*The ROTC programs located on the MIT campus are operated
under the Department of Defense policies of and regulations,
and do not comply fully with MIT's policy of non-descrimination
with regard to sexual orientation. On the recommendation
of the faculty, MIT is working to develop a modified on-campus
ROTC program open to all MIT students.
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