Overview

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The Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate program of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) includes two Education Programs:

Atmospheric Science

Climate Science

The Atmospheric Science Program emphasizes an integrated approach involving theory, modeling, experiments, and data analysis. Study areas include atmospheric dynamics, synoptic meteorology, atmospheric convection, dynamics of the middle atmosphere, tropical meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric radiation. Because of its cross-disciplinary nature, the program often includes study in mathematics and/or chemistry. Recent areas of research have included the ozone hole, the dynamics of hurricanes, adaptive sampling, and air-sea interaction.

The Climate Science Program capitalizes on the overlapping nature of the atmospheric, oceanic, and geological sciences as they relate to climate and climate change. Students have access to unique expertise in all aspects of climate including paleoclimatology and the geological record, all of atmospheric and oceanic physics and chemistry, fluid dynamical modeling of the climate system, hydrology, and geophysics. Ongoing research activities include the study of high latitude North Atlantic deep-sea cores as records of the climate of the past 200,000 years; coupled models of air-sea interaction developed in MIT’s Climate Modeling Initiative; studies of possible mechanisms of the Permo-Triassic Mass extinction; Atlantic Climate Variability; and global biogeochemical cycles.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Large-scale Ocean Dynamics

Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography

Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United States

Disciplines

Climate Studies & Meteorology Oceanography View 84 other Masters in Climate Studies & Meteorology in United States

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Submission of the online application. Qualified applicants interested in more than one department must submit separate applications to each department of interest

A $75 application fee

Letters of recommendation

A statement of objectives

Official TOEFL or IELTS English proficiency exam test scores

Transcripts

CV or resume

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Tuition Fee

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International

61990 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 30995 USD per semester during 24 months.
National

61990 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 30995 USD per semester during 24 months.
In-State

61990 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 30995 USD per semester during 24 months.

Living costs for Cambridge

1814 - 3756 USD /month

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