SM Technology and Policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Programme overview

Technology and Policy is an MIT graduate degree offered through the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. The degree chart lists 105-111 total units.

Department: Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Required and listed subjects include Machine Learning; Economic Analysis for Business Decisions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Department-level graduate admission text (applies to the department's graduate programmes): Application forms for all programs are available online. Applicants whose first language is not English must offer evidence of written and oral proficiency in English by registering for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam , academic format, and achieving a score of 7.5 or better. Information about the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) can be obtained through the IDSS website. Applicants should refer to the details of each program concerning specific requirements for admission.

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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