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SM Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering. Graduate study covers the four core subjects (thermodynamics, reaction engineering, numerical methods, transport phenomena) plus a research advisor and an area of specialization.

Department: Chemical Engineering  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Four core subjects in thermodynamics, reaction engineering, numerical methods and transport phenomena, a research advisor and an area of specialization, and a thesis.

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Application information

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 and the Sloan School of Management uses its own portal at applymitsloan.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. Admission offers with funding are honoured until April 15.

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

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