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ODGE - Office of the Dean for Graduate Education

MIT
  • About ODGE
    • Staff
    • Organization (PDF)
    • Current Ad-Hoc Committees
      • Sponsored by ODGE
        • Committee on Graduate Admissions (CGA)
        • Task Force on the Future of Grad Education in the Context of MITx
        • Task Force on Graduate Student Professional Development (TFPRO)
        • Committee on Student Entrepreneurship (CSE)
      • ODGE Participation
        • Graduate Student Housing Working Group
    • Services
    • Strategic Plan
      • One-page summary (PDF)
      • Letter from the Dean (PDF)
      • Supporting Educational Innovation and Excellence (PDF)
      • Competitiveness in Graduate Funding (PDF)
      • Administration and Policy (PDF)
      • Diversity and Climate (PDF)
      • Holistic Graduate Student Experience (PDF)
    • Report to the President
    • Grad Facts
  • News & video
  • Graduate Policies & Procedures
    • Admissions & Registration
      • Student status
        • Regular student
        • International student
        • Listener
        • Special student
        • Part time status
        • Nonresident status
        • Visiting student
        • Exchange scholar
        • Transfer student
        • Institute research staff
      • Registration requirements
        • Status of registration
        • Retention of student status
        • Medical report requirement
        • Credit
        • Academic terms
        • Tuition and fees
      • Changes in registration
        • Add/drop
        • Medical withdrawal
        • Medical withdrawal: policy
        • Medical withdrawal: procedure
        • Personal leave
        • Childbirth accommodation (“Maternity leave”)
        • Leave for U.S. National Service
        • Withdrawal, readmission
        • Denials of further registration
        • Registration holds
      • Cross registration
        • Harvard University
        • Wellesley College
      • Partnerships & exchanges
        • Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
        • MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives
        • Exchange Scholar Program
        • Cambridge-MIT Institute
        • Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
        • Other interdisciplinary study and research
      • Academic performance
        • Graduate academic standards
        • Grades
        • Cumulative rating
        • Subject credits and designations
        • Grade reports and transcripts
    • Advanced Degrees
      • Master’s degree
        • Master of Science
        • Master of Engineering
        • Master of Architecture
        • Master in City Planning
        • Master of Business Administration
        • Master of Finance
        • Simultaneous registration for two master’s degrees
        • Simultaneous award of bachelor’s and master’s degrees
        • Engineer’s degree
      • Doctoral degree
        • Minor Program
        • Language proficiency
      • Interdepartmental programs
        • Interdepartmental doctoral degree program
        • Interdepartmental engineer’s degree program
        • Interdepartmental master’s degree program
      • Thesis
        • Joint theses
        • Restrictions on thesis publication
        • Patent protection
        • Government restrictions
        • Privacy and security
        • Thesis research in absentia
        • Nonresident doctoral thesis research status
        • Preparation of graduate theses
        • Copyright
        • Intellectual property policy
        • Thesis hold
      • Degrees offered
      • Award of degrees
        • Diploma format
    • Financial Assistance
      • Awards
        • Applying
        • Accepting
      • RA/TA appointments
        • Instructor-G and teaching assistants
        • Research assistants
        • Draper Fellows
        • Terms of appointment
        • Tuition and stipend payments
        • Termination
        • Registration
      • Graduate resident tutors
      • Other employment
        • International students
        • Job listings
        • Conflict of interest, commitment
      • Loans
    • Faculty Oversight
      • Departmental committees
      • Committee on Graduate Programs
      • Graduate officers
      • Graduate administrators
      • Petitions
    • Roles & Relationships
      • Roles
        • Student and faculty
        • Department
        • Institute
        • Appointments to teaching and research staffs
      • Student leadership
      • Academic integrity
  • Professional & personal development
    • Help & advising
    • Career planning
    • Professional development video portal (PRO-DEPOT)
    • Path of Professorship
      • 2012 Program
      • Registration
    • Teaching at MIT
    • Writing
    • Student Snapshots
  • Student finances
    • Tuition & fees
    • Support for activities & community
    • RA & TA appointments
    • Fellowships
      • External fellowships
      • Fellowships for internationals
      • Presidential Graduate Fellowship Program
      • ODGE Fellowships
      • ODGE Awards
      • Study abroad grants
      • Sample fellowship budget
      • Other resources
    • Loans
    • Taxes
  • Get involved with community
    • Fund for Graduate Community
    • Graduate Community Fellows
      • Current Fellow positions
      • Request a new Fellow position
    • Graduate Student Life Grants
      • Follow the guidelines
      • Write your proposal
      • Stay in touch
      • Market your events
      • Report on progress
      • Sample budget
      • Check other resources
      • Funded projects
        • Model programs
        • Ongoing
        • Funded in 2012-13
        • Funded in 2011-12
        • Funded in 2010-11
        • Funded in 2009-10
        • Funded in 2008-09
        • Funded in 2007-08
        • Funded in 2006-07
        • Funded in 2005-06
        • Funded in 2004-05
        • Funded in 2003-04
        • Funded in 2002-03
    • Power Lunch
    • Programs for women
      • Celebration of graduate women
    • Resources for grad families
    • Add the “Grad Friendly” logo to your event
  • Undergraduate outreach
    • MIT Summer Research Program
      • Application
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Alumni News
    • CONVERGE
      • Application
      • Background
    • Conferences
    • Resources

News & Video

  • ODGE Headquarters to make temporary move Jun. 24 – Aug. 2
  • New pilot program provides backup childcare for MIT students: Starts July 1
  • Laura Popa (Physics) is making frequency-hopping radios practical
  • Earn money and enhance community through the GCF Program!

Welcome to the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, an Institute-wide support and referral office for graduate students and graduate administrators. The ODGE complements administration in individual Schools and departments and advocates broadly for greater education.

Christine Ortiz, Dean for Graduate Education | Letters to Community | Speeches | Biography

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