Doctor of Philososphy [Ph.D] - Doctorate [5 Years]
$53,369 /Yr On-campus full_time

Doctor of Philososphy [Ph.D] Anthropology

  • Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.) in Anthropology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) is a 5-year program. 
  • The program is full time and delivered on-campus.
  • This program has two years of coursework and approximately three years of research and writing of the dissertation.
  • This course features training in the design and practice of qualitative research, organized around illustrative texts, class exercises, and student projects.
  • Topics include the process of gaining access to and participating in the social worlds of others;
    • techniques of observation
    • fieldnote-taking
    • researcher self-monitoring and reflection
    • methods of inductive analysis of qualitative data including conceptual coding
    • grounded theory
    • narrative analysis.
  • MIT ranks #1 in the world among the other universities by US News Rankings 2020.
  • MIT aims for a class size of just 19 students.
  • Ph.D. students in the Accounting Group benefit from the teaching, research, and mentorship of MIT Sloan’s world-renowned faculty.
  • The student to faculty ratio in this program is 3:1 which increases the interaction between students and faculty.
  • Classes with fewer than 20 students in this program are 70.8% which creates the environment suitable to acquire knowledge.
  • The average salary of the graduates after getting placed is 80,144 USD.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Tuition Fees $50100 $50100 $50100 $50100
Books and supply $3269 $3269 $3269 $3269
Total Fees $53369 $53369 $53369 $53369

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
IELTS International English Language Testing System 7 9 3
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 90 120 3
GRE Graduate Record Examination 330 340 2

Academic Eligibility:

  • Students require a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  • Students should have a strong quantitative background (the Accounting group requires calculus)
  • Students need to have exposure to microeconomics and macroeconomics (the Accounting group requires microeconomics)
  • Students should have at least a 3.5 GPA. 

Indian Student Eligibility:

  • The student has graduated from senior secondary school or equivalent (those applying for a postgraduate program must have graduated from a university or college).
  • Students completed a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a grade point average of 3.5 or 60% in the final years of the program.

Submission of GRE scores is not compulsory for this program, however, it is recommended to submit the scores (minimum 300) for a better chance of admission.

Along with the minimum eligibility requirements, international students hailing from non-English speaking countries need to prove English proficiency through IELTS/TOEFL/any equivalent test to get admission to this program.