As preparation, MIT students in the Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science program will be expected to complete that program. Non-MIT students who have received a bachelor's degree, but who have not completed a master's degree program, will normally be expected to complete the requirements for the Master of Science degree described earlier, including a thesis. Students who have completed a master's degree elsewhere without a significant research component will be required to register for and carry out a research accomplishment equivalent to a Master of Engineering thesis before being allowed to proceed in the doctoral program. Details of how students in the department fulfill the General Institute Requirements for the doctoral program are spelled out in an internal memorandum. The department does not have a foreign language requirement, but does require an approved minor program.
Students divide their academic and research efforts between the campuses of the two institutions.
The program is described in more detail under the section at the end of this chapter on MIT's Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. See the Center for Biomedical Engineering, Leaders for Manufacturing Program, Operations Research Center, and Technology and Policy Program. Assistantships require participation in research or teaching in the department or in one of the associated laboratories. Assistants normally register for two or three scheduled classroom or laboratory subjects, depending upon the conditions of their appointments, and may receive additional academic credit for their participation in the teaching or research program.