The Office of Graduate Education (OGE)— including the office’s headquarters and support for the Graduate Student Council—offers the following services to students and staff.
A graduate student may…
Request (limited) financial support for graduate student activities and events (please note that this is a separate process from the annual Graduate Student Life Grants)
Submit an online petition to:
- Make a late Add, Drop, or Change of Grading Status in their academic record after a deadline has passed.
Submit a paper Graduate General Petition Form to:
- Establish or amend a dual degree (attach list of subjects and credit units for each degree)
- Choose a thesis field not currently on the list of departmental thesis fields
- Request a joint thesis (attach a statement specifying division of labor)
- Establish special tuition rates
- Request approval for retroactive actions in unusual circumstances
- Change a grade of “O” (missing final exam/project) to “OX” (excused)
- Appoint an ad hoc interdepartmental or interdisciplinary dissertation committee
- Apply for a waiver of summer tuition for a subject linked to an unpaid internship
More information about petitionsor to apply for:
- Nonresident doctoral thesis research status
- Thesis research in absentia
- Medical leave
- Childbirth accommodation
Request delayed thesis publication (a “thesis hold”)
Submit a proposal for a Graduate Student Life Grant
Apply for a competitive fellowship
Request information on available fellowship funds
Request an appointment to discuss a personal concern
Request advice on graduate policies and procedures and unique student situations
Submit a comment or question to the Dean
A current non-MIT undergraduate student may…
Apply for the summer research program (MSRP)
Apply for the preview weekend (CONVERGE)
Any faculty or staff may…
Refer a student for personal or medical concerns