Overview

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is located in Cambridge, MA, in an urban setting.

Departments & Programs

Committee on Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning

Committee on Biophysics

Committee on Business Economics

Committee on Chemical Physics

Committee on Higher Degrees in Health Policy

Committee on History of American Civilization

Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies

Committee on Middle Eastern Studies

Committee on Organizational Behavior

Committee on Political Economy and Government

Committee on Public Policy

Committee on Regional Studies-East Asia

Committee on Regional Studies-Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

Committee on the Study of Religion

Department of African and African American Studies

Department of Anthropology

Department of Astronomy

Department of Biostatistics

Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Department of Comparative Literature

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Department of Economics

Department of English and American Literature and Language

Department of Forestry

Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Department of Government

Department of History

Department of History of Art and Architecture

Department of Linguistics

Department of Mathematics

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Department of Music

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Philosophy

Department of Physics

Department of Psychology

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Department of Sociology

Department of Statistics

Department of Systems Biology

Department of the Classics

Department of the History of Science

Program in Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine

Program in Chemical Biology

Program in Information, Technology and Management

Program in Neuroscience

Program in Social Policy

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Science (SM)
Master of Engineering (ME)
Master of Forest Science (MFS)
Master of Arts (AM)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master in Design Engineering (MDE)

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

18,753

Applied

1,383

Accepted

795

Enrolled

Applying

105

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required
IELTS: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Types of financial support available	Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

4,847

Total Graduate Students

34%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Gender

Male (51%)

Female (48%)

Location & Contact

Address 1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Suite 350
Cambridge, MA  02138
United States

Contact Dr. Emma Dench
Dean
Phone: 617-496-1464

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