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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING simultaneously. A series of minor programs from across the Institute
is also available.

Never have the challenges and opportunities of engineering been

more exciting or more critical to the long-term well-being of society Pioneering Programs in Engineering Education
than they are today. An engineering education from MIT provides Engineering education has been at the core of the Institute's
students with exceptional opportunities to dene and impact the mission since its founding in 1861. MIT created the contemporary
future. model of engineering education grounded in a dynamic, changing
base of science. It pioneered the modern model of the research
Technology's enormous influence on society is creating an increasing
university, with externally sponsored research programs and a
demand for engineering graduates. Engineers provide important
matrix of academic departments and research laboratories working
leadership to society through their central role in scientic and
across various disciplines. MIT also contributed in signicant
technological innovation. By creating, developing, and managing
ways to the creation of entire new elds, for example, chemical
complex technologies and products, engineers contribute directly
engineering, sanitary engineering, naval architecture and marine
to the betterment of humanity and to shaping our world. Seeking
engineering, and soil mechanics; the Institute also oered the
solutions to the most dicult challenges of our day in the context
rst course in aeronautical engineering. More recently, MIT has
of physical, economic, human, political, legal, and cultural realities
created new avenues for students to pursue concentrations in broad,
makes engineering a tremendously rewarding endeavor.
interdisciplinary areas such as computing, energy, medical science
The rst-year curriculum for all MIT undergraduates includes physics, and engineering, robotics, computational engineering, or poverty
chemistry, mathematics, biology, and the humanities, arts, and alleviation.
social sciences. An undergraduate student normally becomes
The School of Engineering has distinguished itself as a leader in
aliated with a particular department or course of study at the
engineering education, where the teaching of applied, hands-
beginning of sophomore year and works closely with an advisor
on engineering is of the utmost importance. In 1916, it created
from that department or program to shape their course of study.
one of the rst industrial internship programs, now the David
Students who would like to explore an engineering major are
H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice. Over the last
encouraged to seek out and get involved with one of the engineering
several decades, the School of Engineering has launched numerous
departments during their rst year. Every department oers exciting
pioneering programs, many in partnership with industry, such
subjects that introduce rst-year students to engineering; they also
as Leaders for Global Operations (1988), System Design and
oer First-Year Advising Seminars that bring students together in
Management (1997), the Deshpande Center for Technological
small groups to discuss their eld with department faculty. The
Innovation (2001), the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) (https://
Program (2001), the Bernard M. Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership
[Link]/mit/undergraduate-education/academic-research-
Program (2008), MITx and edX (2011), SuperUROP (2012), StartMIT
options/undergraduate-research-opportunities-program) is a great
(2014), the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program (2016), and
way to delve into cutting-edge engineering research.
the New Engineering Education Transformation program (2017).
Once a student chooses an undergraduate major, there are many
The School of Engineering is constantly innovating in engineering
opportunities for individual initiatives. For example, the New
education, developing novel pedagogical approaches, designing
Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) ([Link]
new subject oerings to strengthen current programs, and creating
program aims to reimagine and rethink what and how undergraduate
new disciplines, elds of study, majors, and graduate programs.
engineering students learn by focusing on preparing them to develop
Today, the School oers more than two dozen exciting engineering
the new machines and systems that they will build in the middle
degree programs for its undergraduates. For example, the flexible
of the 21st century. Also, the School's flexible engineering degree
SB in Engineering degree is oered by Mechanical Engineering,
programs oer students in several departments the opportunity
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chemical Engineering, or Civil and
to satisfy department-based core requirements and declare an
Environmental Engineering.
additional concentration, which can be broad and interdisciplinary in
nature (e.g., energy, health, or the environment), or focused on areas The School of Engineering also oers a range of co-curricular
that can be applied to multiple elds (e.g., robotics and controls, activities designed to enhance students’ academic and non-
computational engineering, or engineering management). Students academic experiences at MIT. The MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund
may also elect to create their own concentrations under supervision Program ([Link] seeks to help students develop
from department faculty. In addition, many undergraduates combine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be successful innovators
their primary major with a second one in another area, such as and entrepreneurs by providing up to $25,000 for student-
management, political science, economics, one of the sciences, initiated ideas and mentoring from within MIT and from a broad
or another area of engineering. Others organize their programs network of committed partners. The Undergraduate Practice
so they can receive both undergraduate and graduate degrees Opportunities Program (UPOP) ([Link] is a program

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for sophomores that provides opportunities for students to learn • Materials Research Laboratory
rst-hand about engineering practice outside the academic • Microsystems Technology Laboratories
context through internships and intensive experiential-learning • MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
workshops that emphasize development of professional abilities
• MIT Energy Initiative
and attitudes required in engineering work. And SuperUROP (https://
[Link]), an expanded version of UROP, was launched in • MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
2012 for juniors and seniors to have the time, training, resources, • Research Laboratory of Electronics
and guidance necessary for deep scientic and engineering inquiry • Singapore-MIT Alliance
leading to publication-worthy ndings. • Sociotechnical Systems Research Center

The School of Engineering is generally ranked at the top of its elds More information on interdepartmental research programs (https://
by third-party rankings and surveys. US News and World Report [Link]/mit/research) is available under Research and
has placed the School at the top of its engineering rankings every Study.
year they have run their survey, as has the QS World University
Rankings. Nearly a third of the School's current and emeritus faculty
and research sta have been inducted into the National Academy of Degrees Oered in the School of Engineering
Engineering.
Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)
Interdepartmental Research Programs SB Aerospace Engineering
SB Engineering
Within the School of Engineering, students may develop a program
SM Aeronautics and Astronautics
that satises their own intellectual and professional objectives.
Those interested in an interdepartmental program should study SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders
1
the department descriptions and interdisciplinary program for Global Operations Program
description for opportunities that combine disciplines from MIT's Engineer Aeronautics and Astronautics
1
four other schools or the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of PhD Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Statistics
Computing with those of the School of Engineering. PhD, ScD Aerospace Computational Engineering
PhD, ScD Aerospace, Energy, and the Environment
While the School's academic departments provide continuity and
PhD, ScD Air-Breathing Propulsion
stability for the basic engineering disciplines, they increasingly
share interests in the way their individual disciplines are expressed PhD, ScD Aircra Systems Engineering
and applied. Interdepartmental centers, laboratories, and programs PhD, ScD Air Transportation Systems
provide opportunities for faculty, students, and research sta PhD, ScD Autonomous Systems
to undertake collaborative research and engage in educational PhD, ScD Communications and Networks
programs dealing with these and other interdisciplinary applications PhD, ScD Controls
of importance to society.
PhD, ScD Engineering Systems
Interdisciplinary centers and laboratories in which School of PhD, ScD Humans in Aerospace
Engineering faculty play leading roles include the following: PhD, ScD Materials and Structures
PhD, ScD Oceanographic Engineering (Jointly with WHOI)
• Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
PhD, ScD Space Propulsion
• Center for Computational Science and Engineering
PhD, ScD Space Systems
• Center for Ocean Engineering
• Center for Transportation and Logistics Biological Engineering (Course 20)
• Computer Science and Articial Intelligence Laboratory SB Biological Engineering
• Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation SM Toxicology
• Industrial Performance Center SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders
1
• Institute for Data, Systems, and Society for Global Operations Program
• Institute for Medical Engineering and Science MEng Biomedical Engineering
• Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research PhD, ScD Biological Engineering

• Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

Chemical Engineering (Course 10)
• Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
SB Chemical Engineering
• Materials Processing Center
SB Chemical-Biological Engineering

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SB Engineering
SM Chemical Engineering Computational Science and Engineering
1
SM Chemical Engineering Practice SM Computational Science and Engineering
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SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders PhD, ScD Aerospace Engineering and Computational Science
1 1
for Global Operations Program PhD, ScD Chemical Engineering and Computation
1
PhD, ScD Chemical Engineering PhD, ScD Civil Engineering and Computation
1
PhD, ScD Chemical Engineering and Computation PhD, ScD Computational Earth, Science and Planetary Sciences
1
PhD, ScD Chemical Engineering Practice
1
PhD, ScD Computational Materials Science and Engineering
1
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1) PhD, ScD Computational Nuclear Science and Engineering
1
SB General Engineering PhD, ScD Environmental Engineering and Computation
1
SM Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD, ScD Mathematics and Computational Science
1
SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders PhD, ScD Mechanical Engineering and Computation
1 1
for Global Operations Program PhD, ScD Nuclear Engineering and Computation
MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineer Computer Science and Molecular Biology (Course 6-7P)
1
Environmental MEng Computer Science and Molecular Biology
Engineer
PhD, ScD Biological Oceanography (jointly with WHOI) Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (Course 6-14)
1
PhD, ScD Chemical Oceanography (jointly with WHOI) SB Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science
PhD, ScD Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD, ScD Civil and Environmental Systems Data, Systems, and Society
SM Technology and Policy
PhD, ScD Civil Engineering
1 PhD, ScD Social and Engineering Systems
PhD, ScD Civil Engineering and Computation
PhD Social and Engineering Systems and Statistics
PhD, ScD Coastal Engineering
PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics and Statistics
PhD, ScD Construction Engineering and Management
PhD Cognitive Science and Statistics
PhD, ScD Environmental Biology
PhD Economics and Statistics
PhD, ScD Environmental Chemistry
PhD Mathematics and Statistics
PhD, ScD Environmental Engineering
1 PhD Mechanical Engineering and Statistics
PhD, ScD Environmental Engineering and Computation
PhD Neuroscience and Statistics
PhD, ScD Environmental Fluid Mechanics
PhD Physics, Statistics, and Data Science
PhD, ScD Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
PhD Political Science and Statistics
PhD, ScD Hydrology
PhD, ScD Information Technology
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
PhD, ScD Oceanographic Engineering (jointly with WHOI)
SB Articial Intelligence and Decision Making
PhD, ScD Structures and Materials
SB Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, ScD Transportation
SB Electrical Engineering with Computing
SM Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Climate System Science and Engineering (Course 1-12)
1 SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders
SB Climate System Science and Engineering 1
for Global Operations Program
MEng Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science
Computation and Cognition (Course 6-9)
SB Computation and Cognition
1 MEng Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

MEng Computation and Cognition

1 Electrical
Engineer

Computational and Systems Biology Engineer in

1 Computer
PhD Computational and Systems Biology
Science
PhD, ScD Computer Science

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PhD, ScD Computer Science and Engineering

PhD, ScD Electrical Engineering Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
PhD, ScD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science SB Engineering
SB Nuclear Science and Engineering
Health Sciences and Technology (HST) SM Nuclear Science and Engineering
SM Health Sciences and Technology SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders
1
MD Medical Sciences (degree from Harvard Medical for Global Operations Program
School) Nuclear Engineer
1
ScD, PhD Health Sciences and Technology PhD, ScD Computational Nuclear Science and Engineering
ScD, PhD Health Sciences and Technology—Bioastronautics PhD, ScD Nuclear Science and Engineering
1
ScD, PhD Health Sciences and Technology—Medical PhD, ScD Nuclear Engineering and Computation
Engineering and Medical Physics
Polymers and So Matter
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) PhD, ScD Polymers and So Matter
1

SB Archaeology and Materials

SB Engineering Supply Chain Management
1
SB Materials Science and Engineering MASc Supply Chain Management
1
SM Materials Science and Engineering MEng Supply Chain Management
Materials
Engineer System Design and Management
1
PhD, ScD Archaeological Materials SM Engineering and Management
1
PhD, ScD Computational Materials Science and Engineering
PhD, ScD Materials Science and Engineering Transportation
1
1 SM Transportation
PhD, ScD Polymers and So Matter
1
PhD, ScD Transportation
Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
SB Engineering Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (Course
11-6)
SB Mechanical and Ocean Engineering 1
SB Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science
SB Mechanical Engineering
SM Mechanical Engineering Notes
SM Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Many departments make it possible for a graduate student to pursue
SM Ocean Engineering
a simultaneous master’s degree.
SM Oceanographic Engineering (jointly with WHOI)
SM/MBA Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders Several departments also oer undesignated degrees, which lead
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for Global Operations Program to the Bachelor of Science without departmental designation. The
MEng Manufacturing curricula for these programs oer students opportunities to pursue
Mechanical broader programs of study than can be accommodated within a four-
Engineer year departmental program.
Naval Engineer 1
See Interdisciplinary Programs ([Link]
1
PhD Mechanical Engineering and Statistics interdisciplinary).
2
PhD, ScD Mechanical Engineering Students who matriculated in the Department of Aeronautics and
1 Astronautics doctoral program and the Computational Science and
PhD, ScD Mechanical Engineering and Computation
PhD, ScD Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Engineering (CSE) doctoral program in academic year 2023–2024
or earlier can choose eitherPhD/ScD in Computational Science and
PhD, ScD Ocean Engineering
Engineering or the PhD/ScD in Aerospace Engineering and Computational
PhD, ScD Oceanographic Engineering (jointly with WHOI) Science. AeroAstro/CSE students who matriculate in academic year 2024–
2025 or later will receive the PhD/ScD in Aerospace Engineering and
Microbiology Computational Science.
1
PhD Microbiology

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Admissions
The selection process at MIT is holistic and student-centered; each
application is evaluated within its unique context. Selection is based
on outstanding academic achievement as well as a strong match
between the applicant and the Institute.

Undergraduate applicants do not apply to a particular school,

department, or program. Although the application asks about a
preferred eld of study, admitted undergraduates are not required to
choose a major until their sophomore year. Admissions information
for regular and transfer applicants ([Link]
mit/undergraduate-education/admissions) is provided in the
Undergraduate section ([Link]
education), as well as on the undergraduate admissions website
([Link]

Applicants for graduate study apply directly to their particular

department or program of interest. See the individual department
and program descriptions for specic requirements.

Oce of the Dean

Maria Yang, PhD
Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Interim Dean, School of Engineering

Hamsa Balakrishnan, PhD

William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
Associate Dean, School of Engineering

Nandi Bynoe
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Heather Kispert Hagerty

Assistant Dean for Development

Catherine Kim
Assistant Dean for Human Resources and Administration

Macall Zimmerman
Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration

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