Arts & Humanities
Accelerated SM Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
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- Master's
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- Graduate applications are made to individual departments, which run their own admissions processes a
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
The HASTS PhD completes coursework usually within the first two years, with milestones and general examinations normally by the third year, followed by a dissertation under a multidisciplinary committee.
Faculty: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Department: Science, Technology, and Society | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cambridge, MA, United States
At least 10 subjects including STS.840 (HASTS Professional Perspective) and three first-year seminars: Social Theory and Analysis (21A.859), Theories and Methods in the Study of History (21H.991) and Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society (STS.260). Remaining subjects come from departmental seminars, other MIT departments or Harvard cross-registration. An SM en route is optional.
Students from any academic discipline may apply.
USD 66,720 a year (2026-27). Standard MIT graduate tuition for 2026-27, 9-month academic year ($33,360 per fall/spring term; the 12-month figure including the summer session is $89,775). Same rate for all graduate students; excludes the $420 fee, health insurance, housing and living Source
Graduate applications are made to individual departments, which run their own admissions processes and timelines; online applications open in early fall and most deadlines fall around the end of the fall semester.
Graduate deadlines vary by department; most departments use the unified portal at apply.mit.edu/apply. Fee waiver requests are due November 18 for programmes with a December 1 deadline, December 1 for deadlines of December 15-23, and December 15 for deadlines in January or later. Funding offers are honoured until April 15.
Apply through the official page: https://oge.mit.edu/graduate-admissions/
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Arts & Humanities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
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