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PhD/ScD Chemical Oceanography (MIT-WHOI Joint Program) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

Chemical Oceanography studies the chemical composition of the marine environment and the processes that shaped seawater and sediment composition, with research in water column geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, seawater-basalt interactions and atmospheric chemistry. Participating MIT departments are Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, and Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Department: MIT-WHOI Joint Program  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

All Joint Program students complete mandatory coursework at MIT and WHOI, a research report, a thesis proposal defense and an original thesis defense.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications are submitted through MIT's Slate graduate application system.

Requirements published at program group level.

Apply through the official page: https://oge.mit.edu/graduate-admissions/

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