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SM Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

The SM requires 66 units of coursework plus a 24-unit thesis. Coursework includes at least four subjects from an approved list, with at least 42 units of advanced graduate subjects, and subjects are largely elective and need not be EECS subjects.

Faculty: School of Engineering  |  Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  |  Duration: About 1.5 to 2 years for a well-prepared student  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Advanced graduate subjects from an approved list, largely elective, and a master's thesis. Full-time students may take up to four classroom subjects per term.

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Application information

Entry requirements

EECS graduate programmes: no specific admission requirements are listed; applicants are evaluated on potential, with superior achievement in relevant technical fields considered particularly important.

Requirements published at faculty level.

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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