Academics & Admissions

The EECS Department is the largest in the School of Engineering with about 700 graduate students in the doctoral program. [Application is for the doctoral program only — there is no terminal masters degree. A Masters of Engineering is only available for qualified EECS undergraduates.] The application website (https://gradapply.mit.edu/eecs) is available on September 15, 2018 for students who wish to apply for graduate admission in September 2019. The deadline for submitting completed applications is December 15, 2018. Applicants to the MIT EECS graduate program should apply using the EECS on-line admissions site. [If you find it impossible to apply on-line, you can send in a paper application]. Questions not answered by the FAQs? send inquiries to grad-ap@eecs.mit.edu.

6.008 Introduction to Inference Fall 2014 6.008 and Department Requirements: some FAQs 1. What departmental requirements does 6.008 satisfy? Students in the 6-2 program may select 6.008 as one of their EE or CS foundation subjects. All EECS students may select 6.008 as one of their math elective or free elective subjects. READ MORE.

Read about the MIT LGO program in electrical engineering and computer science -- the only master's-level EECS program available to new MIT applicants, preparing LGO students for careers in manufacturing and operations careers in a broad range of technical fields, from semiconductors to smart grids to biotechnology. Read about two EECS LGO students Leo Espindle (LGO '11) and Augusta Niles (LGO '14). Also view the application interview including EECS alum Wendi Li, '08, MEng. '09.

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EECS Faculty and Non-Faculty Research Supervisors are listed with specific research interests. Check individual faculty websites for more detail.

The EECS Department is documenting the curricular content and goals of all undergraduate subjects that may be used to satisfy departmental requirements. A dynamic graphical display of the goal map showing prerequisite and outcome connections between all the subjects may be viewed at http://6004.mit.edu/gmap/public.html

"I’m currently working with Professor Munther Dahleh in the Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems. We are trying to further the field of Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs) using a Control Theory standpoint."

"If wearable technologies that can meaningfully augment human interaction are ready to be commercialized by the time I finish my PhD,..."

At MIT, HKN is primarily interested in improving course VI by providing students with many helpful resources. These resources include the Underground guide to course VI and VI-A, a tutoring program, the Big Sib program, and social events.

The EECS GSA is a group designed to bring graduate students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology out of the many corners of campus in which we sit to share experiences, strengthen our communication with faculty and administration, and improve student life within the department.

"I would love to be a Professor at a world renowned university. But prior to..."

Read the latest issue of the MIT EECS Connector — the annual publication of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Interview with 6-1 student Kelly Ran.

EECS Course 6-2 student Kevin Zheng shares his student and career path choices as he decided to be Course 6 and then to be a 6-2 major.

6-3 interview with Carine Abi-Akar