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MIT Graduate Admissions Policy Update

The department of Mechanical Engineering will not require GRE tests for applications for graduate admission for 2025, nor will we use GRE scores as a basis for evaluating candidates for admission in the 2025 application process.

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We offer 9 Graduate Degrees

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (SMME)

Master of Science in Ocean Engineering (SMOE)

Master of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (SMNAME)

Master of Science in Oceanographic Engineering (SMOGE, joint MIT/WHOI degree)

Master of Engineering in Manufacturing

Mechanical Engineer’s (ME) Degree

Naval Engineer’s (NE) Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Science (ScD), which differs in name only (this includes the joint MIT/WHOI degrees)

Dual degree with Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Program in MIT Sloan School of Management (Please go to the following website:https://lgo.mit.edu/to learn more about applying through LGO.)

Meet Some of Our Students

John Lewandowski

Founder, Disease Diagnostic Group

David Larson

Solving equations to design safer ships

Jim Magarian

Investigating job trajectories of engineering graduates

Graduate Program News + Media

The Art of Measuring a Material Function as it Flows

PhD candidate Thomas Ober discusses his thesis research: the development of a basic tool set and framework for using microfluidic devices to characterize viscoelastic liquids at large deformation rates.

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Engineering Defense, with the Help of Butterflies

As a mechanical engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Phillip Daniel ’13, SM ’15, PhD ’22, conducts research for the US Department of Defense that involves exploring the deepest oceans and the farthest skies.

A pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy

Prof Krebs developed a machine-learning system that remotely analyzes videos of people with motor or neurological disorders, and assesses their movement. This could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy.