Most universities have defined “graduate schools” or “graduate colleges;” however, MIT is different in that all of our schools offer graduate programs.
There are five schools and one college at MIT: Architecture and Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Management; Science; and the Schwarzman College of Computing. Each of these five schools oversees several departments and programs. The School itself is not responsible for the admission of students; instead each department or program manages its own admissions process.
Below is a list of programs and departments organized by school.
| Program | Application Opens | Application Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| School of Architecture & Planning | ||
| Architecture | October 1 | January 7 |
| Center for Real Estate | September 1 | January 15 |
| Media Arts and Sciences | September 15 | December 15 |
| Urban Studies and Planning | September 1 | December 15 |
| School of Engineering | ||
| Aeronautics and Astronautics | September 1 | December 1 |
| Biological Engineering | September 15 | December 15 |
| Chemical Engineering | September 15 | December 1 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | September 15 | December 15 |
| Computational Science and Engineering PhD* | September 15 | December 1 |
| Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | September 15 | December 1 |
| Health Sciences and Technology (Joint Harvard-MIT Program) | September 1 | December 1 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | September 1 | December 1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | September 15 | December 15 |
| Nuclear Science and Engineering | September 15 | December 15 |
| Schwarzman College of Computing | ||
| Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | September 15 | December 1 |
| Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | September 15 | December 15 |
| School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences | ||
| Data, Economics, and Design of Policy | November 1 | January 15 |
| Economics | September 15 | December 15 |
| History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society | September 15 | December 1 |
| Linguistics | September 15 | December 15 |
| Music Technology and Computation | October 1 | December 22 |
| Philosophy | Fall | January 2 |
| Political Science | October 1 | December 15 |
| Science Writing | September 1 | January 15 |
| Sloan School of Management | ||
| Leaders for Global Operations* | Summer/Fall | November 8 |
| MIT Sloan Executive MBA Program | Summer | Multiple Deadlines; see program page |
| MIT Sloan Fellows MBA Program | Summer | Round 1: October 20 Round 2: January 26 |
| MIT Sloan Master of Business Analytics | Summer | January 5 |
| MIT Sloan Master of Finance | Summer | January 5 |
| MIT Sloan Master of Science in Management Studies | See special instructions on program page | April 7 |
| MIT Sloan MBA Program | Summer | Round 1: September 29 Round 2: January 13 Round 3: April 6 |
| MIT Sloan PhD Program | September | December 1 |
| School of Science | ||
| Biology | October 1 | December 1 |
| Brain and Cognitive Sciences | September 1 | December 1 |
| Chemistry | September 15 | December 1 |
| Computational and Systems Biology* | October 1 | December 1 |
| Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | September 1 | December 1 |
| Mathematics | September 15 | December 15 |
| Microbiology | October 1 | December 1 |
| Physics | September 15 | December 15 |
| Interdisciplinary Programs* | ||
| MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography / Applied Ocean Science and Engineering | Master’s: July 1 PhD: October 1 | Master’s: October 1 PhD: December 15 |
| Operations Research Center | September 1 | December 15 |
| Program in Polymers and Soft Matter | See home department | See home department |
| Supply Chain Management Blended | Round 1: September 2 Round 2: January 11 | Round 1: January 10 Round 2: June 20 |
| Supply Chain Management Residential | Round 1: September 2 Round 2: November 6 Round 3: February 5 | Round 1: Nov 1 Round 2: January 31 Round 3: March 28 |
| System Design and Management | Summer | Round 1: December 15 Round 2: March 3 |
| Technology and Policy Program | September 15 | December 15 |
| Transportation | September 15 | December 15 |
