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PhD Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

Students complete two years of coursework before beginning dissertation research. All students take a proseminar in contemporary philosophy in the first year.

Faculty: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences  |  Department: Linguistics and Philosophy  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Proseminar in contemporary philosophy, and demonstrated competence in value theory, logic and the history of philosophy before dissertation research. An optional minor outside philosophy (linguistics, psychology, logic) requires three approved graduate subjects. No general language requirement.

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Entry requirements

Department of Linguistics and Philosophy: applicants need strong prior academic records and must convince the admissions committee that preparation in philosophy and allied fields is sufficient; there are no formal course requirements for admission.

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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