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SM Science Writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

The SM in Science Writing requires 108-123 units combining core seminars, an internship and a graduate thesis.

Faculty: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences  |  Department: Comparative Media Studies/Writing  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

63 units of core subjects including Science Writing Thesis Development and Workshop (21W.822), Making Documentary (21W.824) and Advanced Science Writing Seminars I and II, a 12-unit Science Writing Internship, 9-24 units of electives and a 24-unit thesis.

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Application information

USD 66,720 a year (2026-2027). Institute-wide graduate tuition for a 9-month academic year (12-month rate is $89,775); excludes fees, insurance, housing and other costs. 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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