Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

At MIT, students and faculty from different fields work together in a variety of collaborative programs that extend beyond departmental or school boundaries. The following programs offer a number of interdisciplinary graduate degrees:

Several programs of study offer students from participating departments opportunities to focus on a particular area of interdisciplinary research as part of their home department’s degree program:

Interdisciplinary Graduate Degrees

Advanced Urbanism

PhD Advanced Urbanism 1

Computation and Cognition (Course 6-9P)

MEng Computation and Cognition

Computational and Systems Biology

PhD Computational and Systems Biology 1

Computational Science and Engineering

SM Computational Science and Engineering 1
PhD, ScD Aerospace Engineering and Computational Science 1 2
PhD, ScD Chemical Engineering and Computation 1
PhD, ScD Civil Engineering and Computation 1
PhD, ScD Computational Earth, Science and Planetary Sciences 1
PhD, ScD Computational Materials Science and Engineering 1
PhD, ScD Computational Nuclear Science and Engineering 1
PhD, ScD Environmental Engineering and Computation 1
PhD, ScD Mathematics and Computational Science 1
PhD, ScD Mechanical Engineering and Computation 1
PhD, ScD Nuclear Engineering and Computation 1

Computer Science and Molecular Biology (Course 6-7P)

MEng Computer Science and Molecular Biology 1

Design and Management (System Design and Management & Integrated Design and Management)

SM Engineering and Management 1

Health Sciences and Technology (HST)

SM Health Sciences and Technology
MD Medical Sciences (degree from Harvard Medical School)
ScD, PhD Health Sciences and Technology
ScD, PhD Health Sciences and Technology—Bioastronautics
ScD, PhD Health Sciences and Technology—Medical Engineering and Medical Physics

History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society 

PhD History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society

Leaders for Global Operations

SM/MBA Engineering/Management 1

Microbiology

PhD Microbiology 1

Music Technology and Computation

MASc Music Technology and Computation 1
SM Music Technology and Computation 1

Oceanography and Applied Ocean Science and Engineering

SM Oceanographic Engineering 3
ScD, PhD Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
ScD, PhD Biological Oceanography
ScD, PhD Chemical Oceanography
ScD, PhD Marine Geology and Geophysics
ScD, PhD Physical Oceanography

Operations Research

SM Operations Research 1
PhD Operations Research 1

Polymers and Soft Matter

PhD, ScD Polymers and Soft Matter 1
 

Real Estate Development

SM Real Estate Development

Statistics

PhD Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Statistics
PhD Cognitive Science and Statistics
PhD Economics and Statistics
PhD Mathematics and Statistics
PhD Mechanical Engineering and Statistics
PhD Neuroscience and Statistics
PhD Physics, Statistics, and Data Science
PhD Political Science and Statistics
PhD Social and Engineering Systems and Statistics

Supply Chain Management

MASc Supply Chain Management 1
MEng Supply Chain Management 1

Technology and Policy

SM Technology and Policy

Transportation

SM Transportation 1
PhD, ScD Transportation 1
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See Interdisciplinary Programs.

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Students who matriculated in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics doctoral program and the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) doctoral program in academic year 2023–2024 or earlier can choose eitherPhD/ScD in Computational Science and Engineering or the PhD/ScD in Aerospace Engineering and Computational Science. AeroAstro/CSE students who matriculate in academic year 2024–2025 or later will receive the PhD/ScD in Aerospace Engineering and Computational Science.

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With the exception of engineering, the SM is only available as an interim degree for doctoral candidates or for those who leave the program before the completion of the doctoral degree.