Schools

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.

ProgramApplication OpensApplication Deadline
School of Architecture & Planning 
ArchitectureSeptember 15January 7
Center for Real EstateSeptember 1January 15
Media Arts and SciencesSeptember 15December 15
Urban Studies and PlanningSeptember 5December 15
School of Engineering 
Aeronautics and AstronauticsSeptember 1December 1
Biological EngineeringSeptember 15December 15
Chemical EngineeringSeptember 15December 1
Civil and Environmental EngineeringSeptember 15December 1
Computational Science and Engineering PhD*September 15December 1
Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSeptember 16December 15
Health Sciences and Technology (Joint Harvard-MIT Program)August 1December 1
Materials Science and EngineeringSeptember 1December 1
Mechanical EngineeringSeptember 15December 15
Nuclear Science and EngineeringSeptember 15December 15
Schwarzman College of Computing
Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSeptember 16December 15
Institute for Data, Systems, and SocietySeptember 15December 15
School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences 
Data, Economics, and Design of PolicyNovember 1January 15
EconomicsSeptember 15December 15
History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and SocietySeptember 10December 10
LinguisticsSeptember 15December 15
Music Technology and ComputationOctober 15December 23
PhilosophySeptember 15January 2
Political ScienceOctober 9December 15
Science WritingSeptember 1January 15
Sloan School of Management 
Leaders for Global Operations*Summer/FallNovember 8
MIT Sloan Executive MBA ProgramSummerMultiple Deadlines;
see program page
MIT Sloan Fellows MBA ProgramSummerRound 1: October 1
Round 2: January 27
MIT Sloan Master of Business AnalyticsSummerJanuary 3
MIT Sloan Master of FinanceSummerJanuary 3
MIT Sloan Master of Science in Management StudiesSee special
instructions on
program page		April 7
MIT Sloan MBA ProgramSummerRound 1: September 30
Round 2: January 14
Round 3: April 7
MIT Sloan PhD ProgramSeptemberDecember 1
School of Science 
BiologyOctober 1December 1
Brain and Cognitive SciencesSeptember 1December 1
ChemistrySeptember 15December 1
Computational and Systems Biology*October 1December 1
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesSeptember 1December 15
MathematicsSeptember 14December 15 
MicrobiologyOctober 1December 1
PhysicsSeptember 15December 15
Interdisciplinary Programs* 
MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography / Applied Ocean Science and EngineeringMaster’s: July 1
PhD: October 1		Master’s: October 1
PhD: December 15
Operations Research CenterSeptember 1December 15
Program in Polymers and Soft MatterSee home departmentSee home department
Supply Chain Management BlendedRound 1: September 3
Round 2: January 11		Round 1: January 10
Round 2: June 20
Supply Chain Management ResidentialRound 1: September 3
Round 2: November 6
Round 3: February 5		Round 1: Nov 1
Round 2: January 31
Round 3: March 30
System Design and ManagementSummerRound 1: December 15
Round 2: March 3
Technology and Policy ProgramSeptember 15December 15
TransportationSeptember 15December 1

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