Research and Academics

School of Science researchers conduct research within our labs, centers, and institutes. The MIT admissions office handles questions regarding undergraduate admissions. Please direct your questions regarding graduate admissions to the relevant department's graduate office page listed in the expanded view below.

Academic Departments

Biology

Focusing on molecular cell biology in areas ranging from molecular structure to human disease
1. Research Areas
2. Academic Programs
  - Graduate
  - Undergraduate
3. Apply
  - Graduate Application and Funding Support
  - Undergraduate Application and Financial Aid
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Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Reverse engineering the human mind by studying the brain at all levels, from molecules to synapses, to neurons, to circuits, to algorithms, to human behavior and cognition
1. Research Areas
2. Academic Programs
  - Graduate
  - Undergraduate
3. Apply
  - Graduate Application and Funding Support
  - Undergraduate Application and Financial Aid
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Chemistry

Understanding the properties and behavior of atoms and molecules with applications ranging from polymer synthesis to medical imaging
1. Research Areas
2. Academic Programs
  - Graduate
  - Undergraduate
3. Apply
  - Graduate Application and Funding Support
  - Undergraduate Application and Financial Aid
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Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Investigating the Earth’s geological features and history, its turbulent oceans and atmosphere, other planets in the solar system and throughout the galaxy, and the origins of life
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2. Academic Programs
  - Graduate
  - Undergraduate
3. Apply
  - Graduate Application and Funding Support
  - Undergraduate Application and Financial Aid
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Mathematics

Developing tools and insight for understanding the physical world around us and the abstract world within us
1. Research Areas - Pure
2. Research Areas - Applied
3. Academic Programs
  - Graduate
  - Undergraduate
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  - Undergraduate Application and Financial Aid
  - Graduate Application and Funding Support
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Physics

Observing and testing theories of the structure and behavior of matter and energy in order to understand space, time, the universe and our place in it
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2. Academic Programs
  - Graduate
  - Undergraduate
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  - Undergraduate Application and Financial Aid
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