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PhD Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

Materials Science and Engineering is an MIT doctoral programme (PhD/ScD) offered through the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The degree chart lists 526-535 total units.

Department: Materials Science and Engineering  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Required and listed subjects include Introduction to DMSE; Essential Research Skills; Physical Chemistry of Materials; Structure of Materials; Quantum Mechanics.

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Entry requirements

Department-level graduate admission text (applies to the department's graduate programmes): General admissions requirements are described under Graduate Education. Programs are arranged on an individual basis depending upon the preparation and interests of the student. Those who have not studied some thermodynamics and kinetics at the undergraduate level are expected to know the material covered in 3.010 , 3.020 , and 3.030 .

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/

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