EECS Graduate Program

Welcome to the MIT EECS Graduate Program home page. The graduate office is located in Room 38-444 on the fourth floor of Building 38 at 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Admissions

The EECS Department is the largest in the School of Engineering with about 700 graduate students in the doctoral program.

The application website (see link below) will be available on September 15, 2012 for students who wish to apply for graduate admission in September 2013. The deadline for submitting completed applications is December 15, 2012.

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 Faculty Members, Area(s) and Research Interests

EECS Research Fields

Admission Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Leaders for Global Operations (LGO)

MIT Summer Research Program

Converge Program

Graduate Degree Programs

The department offers four graduate degree programs:

1. Master of Science (SM), required of students pursuing a doctoral degree, and available to
   Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) students
2. Master of Engineering (MEng), for MIT EECS undergraduates only
3. Electrical Engineer (EE)/Engineer in Computer Science (ECS)
4. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)/Doctor of Science (ScD), awarded interchangeably

Degrees Offered / Degree Requirements

New! Reference Material for EECS Graduate Students (pdf)

Financial Support

Financial Support Policies and Fellowship Opportunities (for continuing students)

Teaching Assistant Information and online application

Research Assistant Information 2011-12

Draper Laboratory Fellows

Lincoln Laboratory Research Assistantships

Graduate Research

Graduate Research Areas

Research Supervisors

EECS Research Fields

Supplemental Information

Career Placement List

Graduate Office Forms

The forms below can be found in hard copy, and returned to the EECS Graduate Office (38-444) for processing/approval. Students in Area II, should use the Area II website to complete the corresponding forms.

Purple Form for Advisor Selection
Used by first year students to document initial advising relationship and subsequent changes.

Doctoral Thesis Proposal Guidelines

Doctoral Thesis Supervisor and Reader Agreements

Supervisor
Reader

Thesis Committee Report Form
Used to document initial, annual, and final thesis committee meetings.

Technical Qualifying Evaluation (TQE) - Latest version as of 12/2011

Research Qualifying Examination Guidelines and Application

Minor Program

Departmental Petition

Finishing Up? Graduate Thesis Guidelines AY 2011