This web site allows you to prepare and submit an application to
MIT EECS for Graduate Admissions.
Hello Potential Applicant to the EECS PhD Program!
We want to welcome you as you are considering applying for the doctoral program in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology! Graduate school at MIT will prepare you to become a field leader, will invite you to work on innovative teams, and ultimately, you will contribute to advancing knowledge.
We are dedicated to purposefully fostering practices of inclusive excellence, to celebrating uniqueness, and we strive to provide our students an experience where they thrive academically and professionally, and enjoy being their best selves. Each member of our department is valued, and we are delighted that you are considering becoming a part of our EECS and MIT communities.
Below, please add these important virtual event dates into your calendar; the event goal is to provide more information about graduate school in EECS at MIT. The chair of EECS graduate admissions will host the discussions, and will offer an overview of the EECS department and the graduate admission process.
We will convene a panel of both faculty and senior PhD students to discuss research and academic expectations for the first year of the PhD journey. We hope they will share advice to set you up for success as a PhD graduate student in year #1. If you have started an application in Grad Apply, you will receive (via email) more information on how to attend these virtual discussions as the date nears.
The Nov. 13th 3:30-5:00pm ET Webinar with all applicants in the EECS Graduate Admissions portal (this session will be recorded and will be available to view until the application website closes on Dec. 1st)
We invite you to join us on Thursday, November 13th at 3:30pm ET for a virtual conversation. Starting your PhD can
feel both exciting and overwhelming. This Zoom conversation is designed to help new doctoral students navigate the
crucial first steps of their journey PhD journey. Whether you're in the process of selecting a research
supervisor, setting your first research and academic goals, or just figuring out where to find support, this
session provides viewpoints from EECS faculty and senior PhD students in EECS at MIT. Our goal is to help you to
learn what to expect and the panelists will share advice about how to have a successful year #1 in your PhD
journey at MIT or elsewhere!
Here I want to offer some details of the agenda and share the logistics.
Agenda is as follows:
3:35pm ET: Welcome by moderators Dr. Amanda Beyer-Purvis (Director of Community Engagement and Outreach) and Professor Leslie Kolodziejski, Chair of Graduate Admissions in EECS and Graduate Officer of EECS
3:40pm ET: Panel conversation with EECS faculty and senior grad students
4:35pm ET: Additional questions submitted through Slido application by attendees will be posed to panelists
5:00pm ET: Close of Webinar
Logistics:
1. From now until noontime ET Thursday, November 13th, please submit any questions you wish for the panelists to
address and offer your votes for the most important questions. Your questions can be submitted via this Slido
link: https://app.sli.do/event/tUHuhkg5Ypf7UfFw6mPqMd
2. Using the same Slido link above, join the webinar conversation on Thursday, November 13th, from 3:30-5:00pm ET.
3. The discussion will be recorded live. Following the event, the video will be closed-captioned and added to the
EECS YouTube channel. Information regarding how to access the recorded video will be forthcoming. The video will
be available for viewing until December 1st, 2025.
We hope you will find the information regarding year #1 of the PhD degree valuable.
We wish you the very best as you continue your pursuit of your academic and career goals.
Sincerely, Professor Kolodziejski
We invite you to view a YouTube video featuring EECS at MIT faculty and staff (who are on the graduate admission committee) discussing the evaluation of applications to the EECS PhD program. The admission committee members offer insightful guidance on the preparation of doctoral graduate applications (for submission to MIT or to any graduate program).
Here is the YouTube link:
https://youtu.be/OeLGNNPZYZs. In a second YouTube video, found here
https://youtu.be/yMwR_gI8v0w, we invite you to hear from current MIT EECS PhD students discussing life as a graduate student. They offer great nuggets of wisdom and advice about navigating the PhD journey. We have a third YouTube video asking the question "was the PhD worth it" and we ask a few EECS alumni of our PhD program. Check it out here
https://youtu.be/br6in-H6GpI to see what they have to say!
Below are some additional resources where you can learn more about graduate school in EECS and ongoing programs in our department:
Please either log in with your email address
or create a new account.
Important Notes:
- If you created an account for a previous application cycle or for a different department, you must create a new account in GradApply for this admission cycle.
- GradApply is the platform used for preparing your application materials. A separate Application Management platform is used for all decisions pertaining to your submitted application.
For technical assistance, please contact gradapply-email@mit.edu.
EECS Graduate Admissions
2026
