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 deadline for applying for September 2008 admission was December 15, 2007.

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.

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EECS Research Area Preference Information

EECS Teaching or Research Assistantship Form (pdf)

Admission Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Leaders for Manufacturing Program (LFM)

Converge Program

MIT Summer Research Program

Graduate Degree Programs

The department offers four graduate degree programs:

1. Master of Science (SM), required of students pursuing a doctoral degree
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

The Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (3800)

Financial Support

Departmental Financial Support

Teaching Assistant Information

Teaching Assistant Application (pdf)

Research Assistant Information 2006-07

Draper Laboratory Fellows

Lincoln Laboratory Research Assistantships

Graduate Research

Graduate Research Areas

Research Supervisors

Supplemental Information

Graduate Placement List

Graduate Office Memoranda
The memoranda listed here include non-interactive forms. Please use the online
forms listed under Graduate Office Forms (next category below) to complete online.

3800 — The Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

3802 — Thesis and Thesis Proposal

3805 — The Technical Qualifying Examination (TQE); TQE form

3806 — The Research Qualifying Examination (RQE); RQE form

3807 — The Minor Program

3813 — 6.961 Introduction to Research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science;
              6.962-69 Special Studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

3903 — General Information for Graduate Students

Graduate Office Forms
The forms listed below may be completed on-line. They should then be printed, signed by you (and your Graduate Counselor, if required) and delivered to the Graduate Office (38-444).

Plan for Completing the Technical Qualifying Examination for Students in Areas I, III, IV, V and VII

Proposed Minor Program

Problem Statement for 6.961, 6.962 and/or 6.991