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ODGE - Office of the Dean for Graduate Education

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      • Sponsored by ODGE
        • Committee on Student Entrepreneurship (CSE)
        • Graduate Admissions Team
        • Student & Affiliates Health Insurance Advisory Committee
        • Task Force on the Future of Graduate Education in the Context of MITx (TFGEM)
        • Task Force on Graduate Student Professional Development (TFPRO)
        • Working Group on International Student Support (WGISS)
      • 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
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    • Advanced Degrees
      • Master’s degree
        • Master of Science
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        • Master in City Planning
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        • Simultaneous registration for two master’s degrees
        • Simultaneous award of bachelor’s and master’s degrees
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        • Interdepartmental doctoral degree program
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      • Thesis
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        • Patent protection
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      • Graduate resident tutors
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        • International students
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    • 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
    • Graduate Personal Support (GPS)
      • Other resources
    • Career planning
    • Professional development video portal (PRO-DEPOT)
    • Path of Professorship
      • 2014 Program
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  • Student finances
    • Loans
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      • Fellowships for internationals
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      • ODGE Awards
      • Study abroad grants
      • Sample fellowship budget
      • Other resources
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      • Plan comparison
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  • Get involved with community
    • Committed to Caring
      • C2C Nomination Form
      • John Belcher
      • Harry Lee
      • Brent Ryan
      • Kay Tye
    • 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
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      • Report on progress
      • Sample budget
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      • Funded projects
        • Model programs
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    • Power Lunch
    • Programs and Resources for Women
      • Celebration of graduate women
    • Resources for grad families
    • Add the “Grad Friendly” logo to your event
  • Undergraduate outreach
    • MIT Summer Research Program
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      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Alumni News
      • 2014 MRSP Interns
        • Mayela Aldaz
        • Sara Arussy
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        • Tzu-Yu Chao
        • Steven Chavez
        • Angela Chen
        • Darwin Cordovilla
        • Gustavo Del Aguila II
        • Ilyssa Evans
        • Khalil Hill
        • Michael Ising
        • Mina Khan
        • Everlyne Kimani
        • Grace Lim
        • Allison Martinez-Arocho
        • Sirak Mekonen
        • Elizabeth Melton
        • Andrew Mendez
        • Daryl Painton
        • Donnell Pinder
        • Ángel Placeres
        • Erick Romo-Mendoza
        • Aura Salazar
        • Jose Salcedo Perez
        • Samalis Santini
        • Kelvin Smith
        • Nicole Sonnert
        • Michael Statt
        • Leila Terrab
        • Thibault Twahirwa
        • Elias Valdivia
        • Christian Vazquez
      • 2013 MSRP Interns
        • Jose L. Acevedo
        • Mayela Aldaz
        • North Asmare
        • Elizabeth Berrigan
        • Jacquelyn Boudle
        • Chanell Boyd
        • Julian Brathwaite
        • Darwin Cordovilla
        • Kristin Dettmers
        • Venisa Dodi
        • Keiron Durant
        • Daniela Espinosa
        • Roberto Falcon
        • Sebastian Gomez
        • Kenneth Gutierrez
        • Edward Guzman
        • Julie Hofstra
        • Erenis Lemus
        • Alexander Limia
        • Alyssa Loving
        • Florise Luc
        • Papakyriakou Marc
        • Nathan Martin
        • Chelsea McConnell
        • Sirak Mekonen
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        • Marco Messina
        • Rudo Mudzi
        • Yves Nazon II
        • Kemi Oyewole
        • Kristina Pardo
        • Monica Perez
        • Radamés Ríos-González
        • Jesus Salas
        • Angel J. Santiago-Lopez
        • Adriana Santiago-Miranda
        • Michelle Shu
        • Kate Sundheim
        • Bethel Tarekegne
        • Miguel Twahirwa
        • Luis Valle
        • Katrina Williamson
      • 2012 MSRP Interns
        • Manuel Ahumada
        • Michael Alemayehu
        • Ronald Alexander
        • Luis Alvarez
        • Victor Calderon Arrivillaga
        • Angel Asante
        • Edward Bello
        • Sarah Cameron
        • Bernardo Cervantes
        • Grace Christenbery
        • Laura López Cruz
        • Eshan Dahal
        • Darrel Deo
        • Ohiremen Dibua
        • Gilles Dongmo-Momo
        • Daniel Drew
        • Mauricio Flores
        • Brittany Grassbaugh
        • Kenneth Gutierrez
        • Edward Guzman
        • La’Toya James
        • Nicole Love
        • Choolwe Mandona
        • Adan Medina
        • Priya Moni
        • Moises Montalvo Lafontaine
        • Arnaldo Negron Marty
        • Adesuwa Nosakhare
        • Irving Olmedo
        • Ramiro Piñón
        • Alex M. Suarez
        • Bethel Tarekegne
        • Andira Ramos
        • Katarina Sirka
        • Soraya Terrab
        • Miguel de la Salle R. Twahirwa
        • Ken Wilson
        • Asia Wyatt
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Graduate Policies & Procedures

Admissions & Registration
  • Student status
  • Registration requirements
  • Changes in registration
  • Cross registration
  • Partnerships & exchanges
  • Academic performance
Advanced Degrees
  • Master's degree
  • Doctoral degree
  • Interdepartmental programs
  • Thesis
  • Degrees offered
  • Award of degrees
Financial Assistance
  • Awards
  • RA/TA appointments
  • Graduate resident tutors
  • Other employment
  • Loans
Faculty Oversight
  • Departmental committees
  • Committee on Graduate Programs
  • Graduate officers
  • Graduate administrators
  • Petitions
Roles & Relationships
  • Roles
  • Student leadership
  • Academic integrity

Graduate Policies & Procedures

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Office of the Dean for Graduate Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 3-138, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
T (617) 253-4860 | F (617) 253-5620 | Contact: odge@mit.edu