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Degrees offered

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    • Language proficiency
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  • Thesis
    • Nonresident doctoral thesis research status
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    • Copyright and intellectual property policies
    • Preparation of graduate theses
    • Thesis research in absentia
    • Joint theses
  • Degrees offered
  • Award of degrees
    • Diploma format

Graduate degrees are awarded through each of MIT’s five Schools and through interdisciplinary programs.

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School of Engineering

School of Science

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