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Want to become an EECS Student at MIT?

Undergraduate: 

Go to the MIT Admissions website for all questions regarding Undergraduate Admissions in EECS.  Read the blogs!  Apply!  

When you are admitted, come to EECS for a Freshman Pre-Orientation Program (FPOP) at the beginning of your freshmen year called DEECS.  Please visit the EECS Undergraduate Office and take a Tour of EECS. Call at least a few days in advance to set up the tour. Speak with Anne Hunter (617 253-4654).

Graduate:

As seniors, students may apply for admission to the department's doctoral program. Contact the EECS Graduate Office.

MIT EECS does not offer a terminal Masters degree.  A Masters is earned once you are accepted and enrolled as a doctoral candidate in the EECS Department.  Visit the EECS Graduate Office.

MIT Policy of Nondiscrimination

 EECScon 2013 - first ever MIT EECS Undergraduate Research Conference
Announcing EECScon 2013! As MIT's first ever undergrauate EECS research conference, EECScon 2013 will provide Course 6 undergraduate UROP and SuperUROP students the opportunity to present their impressive work to the general MIT public.  This will be a chance for both the presenting students and others who have registered by April 11, to learn about the fascinating research that their peers have been doing this year.    
APPLY NOW for MENG -- Online application due May 1
Course VI Juniors! Apply NOW for the Master of Engineering! The deadline is May 1st.  You'll hear back in early June. The MEng is open to MIT Course VI undergraduates, and gives them the opportunity to stay at MIT for an extra year to complete a Master's thesis and extra classes including a three-subject concentration in a specific technical area. Learn more from some of our MEng students on the MEng homepage.
Masterworks 2013 - Come for refreshments, raffles, great presentations!
            Tuesday, April 30 Student Street, first floor of the Stata Center 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM Masterworks is a great opportunity for EECS students completing their Master's (SM or MEng) theses to show their work in a public setting. For the faculty, staff and other students it is an excellent occasion to see some of the amazing things going on in our Department. There will be refreshments, ice cream and, for the best presentations, prizes.  
Hooding line-up and Reception slideshows!
Photos taken at the Hooding line-up and the post Hooding Reception at the Stata Center, June 7, 2012.
Graduate ADMISSIONS
The application website is available on September 15, 2013 for students who wish to apply for graduate admission in September 2014. The deadline for submitting completed applications is December 15, 2013. 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.
EECS graduate student Shreya Saxena
"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."
Meet EECS graduate student David Hayden
"If wearable technologies that can meaningfully augment human interaction are ready to be commercialized by the time I finish my PhD,..."
 Student Groups: Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
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.
Student Groups: EECS GSA
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.
Meet EECS graduate student Arijit Banerjee
"I would love to be a Professor at a world renowned university. But prior to..."
 Super-UROP: Bullet time smartphone app
Bullet time smartphone app Faculty Advisor: Fredo Durand Contact e-mail: fredo@mit.edu Research Area(s): Graphics and Human-Computer Interfaces Bullet time effects, made popular by movies such as the Matrix, freeze an action...
Newsletter
Read the 2013 MIT EECS Connector -- the annual news from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT COMMENCEMENT
EECS Events related to MIT Commencement 2012: Doctoral Hooding Ceremony Reception to follow in Stata R&D Common Area Thursday, June 7, 2012 Commencement Receptions to follow in selected locations Friday, June 8, 2012, 10 AM
Meet MEng student Owen Derby
Senior year, I've been able to take graduate classes in machine learning and distributed systems. Not only has this varied curriculum met all the requirements of the 6-3 program, but it has allowed me to really explore all my interests, and now I'll be starting my MEng working on genetic programming in the cloud.
 6-3 Interview with Carine Abi-Akar
6-3 interview with Carine Abi-Akar
 6-1 Interview with Kelly Ran
Interview with 6-1 student Kelly Ran.
 6-2 interview with Kevin Zheng
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.
Thesis Defense: Coherent Control of Polarized Neutron Interferometry