Overview

This program is only open to Computation and Cognition (6-9) majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is best suited for students who wish to work towards a master’s degree but do not intend enroll in a doctoral program in a related field.

Overview

The curriculum provides flexibility to accommodate students with a wide diversity of interests in this area, from biologically-inspired approaches to artificial intelligence, to reverse engineering circuits in the brain. This joint master’s program prepares students for careers that include advanced applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as further graduate study in systems and cognitive neuroscience. Students in the program are full members of both departments.

The Master of Engineering in Computation and Cognition is a five- to five-and-a-half-year program in which Course 6-9 students earn a bachelors and master's degree. Students may earn the degree concurrently or sequentially with their undergraduate degree. Students will meet all degree requirements for the 6-9 major and complete an additional 90 units including 24 units of thesis work. The MEng compresses the coursework necessary for a four-year bachelor's and a two-year master's degree into ten or eleven semesters. Students begin fulfilling MEng requirements in their latter semesters as undergraduates.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Brain and Cognitive Science

Neuroscience

Molecular Science

Machine Intelligence
Neuroengineering

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United States

Disciplines

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Other requirements

General requirements

A technical GPA 4.25 or better (letter grades in 6-9 courses and any other courses in 6, 8, or 18)
Completion of 9 subjects (or 102 units) counting toward the 6-9 major
An overall GPA of 4.0 is required by the end of the term in which students apply
One UROP or SuperUROP (The EECS or BCS Office may contact research supervisors for their views on candidates).
A commitment from a faculty member to supervise their thesis research. Note: Non-MIT faculty such as postdocs, faculty at other universities and Institute research scientists can serve as co-advisors upon approval from the BCS Director of Education, but a MIT faculty advisor will still be needed. Purely engineering thesis projects will not be accepted.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

64310 USD / year

≈ 64310 USD / year
Out-of-State

64310 USD / year

≈ 64310 USD / year
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In-State

64310 USD / year

≈ 64310 USD / year

Living costs

Cambridge

United States

1814 - 3756 USD / month

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