Master of Engineering [M.Eng] - Master [2 Years]
$82,314 /Yr On-campus Dual degree full_time

Master of Engineering [M.Eng] Computer Science and Molecular Biology

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers M.Eng in Computer Science and Molecular Biology with a duration of 2 years.
  • The program is full-time.
  • It is delivered on-campus.
  • The curriculum provides strong foundations in both biology and computer science and features innovative, integrative, capstone, and elective subjects.
  • The goal is to produce an entirely new cadre of graduates who are uniquely qualified to address the challenges and opportunities at the interface of computational and molecular biology.
  • Students in the program are full members of both departments and of two schools, Science and Engineering, with one academic advisor from each department.
  • This program has two years of coursework and approximately three years of research and writing of the dissertation.
  • Students in the Accounting research group are expected to push beyond the boundaries of traditional accounting and incorporate a thorough knowledge of economics and finance in their work on contemporary issues in financial reporting, disclosure, and contracts using financial information.
  • The master's program provides additional depth in computational and/or molecular biology through coursework and a substantial thesis. 
  • According to TopUniversities MIT ranks#1.
  • 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 after this program goes upto 63,943 USD.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2
Tuition Fees $77485 $77485
Health Insurance $1344 $1344
Books and supply $3089 $3089
Other Fees $396 $396
Total Fees $82314 $82314

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 100 120 3
IELTS International English Language Testing System 7.0 9 3

Academic Eligibility:

  • The students must have a bachelor’s degree(3 or 4 years) in any of the respective fields to apply for this program.
  • The average GPA of the students in this program is 3.9.
  • Students can apply with any bachelor’s degree but majority of the students come from these fields like Computer Science, Economics, Engineering (variety), Finance, Management, Math, Operations Research, Statistics…, etc.

Work Experience:

  • Work experience is not required but many of the students have an average experience of 15 months.

Language Requirments:

  • The students whose official language is not English are required to write IELTS or TOEFL exams before applying.
  • The TOEFL cut-off for this program is 90 out of 120.
  • The IELTS cut-off will be decided by the university department.

Language Requirement Exemption:

  • Students who have received instruction in English in their primary and secondary schools and students who have been in the United States for four years or longer and have received a degree from an American institution.

Exam Requirments:

  • The students must compulsorily have to submit the scores of any one of the exams like GMAT or GRE.

  • MIT recommends that applicants interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council if available. Council members are MIT graduates who have volunteered to interview on behalf of the Office of Admissions.