Types of degrees offered:
Ph.D., Sc.D.
Terms students can be admitted:
February (exceptional circumstances)
September
Application deadlines:
October 1 (for February admission)
January 15 (for September admission, some department admissions deadlines may be earlier)
Tests required:
Refer to the information for the "home" department to which you intend to apply.
Return transcript and recommendation forms to:
["Home" department]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, ["Home" department room number]
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Special instructions:
Applications to the Program in Polymer Science and Technology
should be made in conjunction with an application to a departmental
program in the School of Science or School of Engineering at MIT
(the "Home" department). "Program in Polymer Science and Technology
(PPST)" should be selected as the "Joint Program." Only one application
fee is required. Admission to the departmental program is a prerequisite
for further consideration by PPST; once the candidate has been
accepted to a department, his or her application will be forwarded
by that department to the PPST office for consideration.
Areas of research:
Biodegradable Polymers
Biopolymers and Biomaterials
Colloids and Surfactants
Functional Polymers
High Performance Polymers
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Polyelectrolytes
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Mechanics
Polymer Modeling
Polymer Physics
Polymer Processing
Polymer Rheology
Polymer Statistical Mechanics
Structure/Property Relationships
Supramolecular Assembly
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