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Political Science
Department Information


Political Science, Course XVII
Room: E53-467
Phone: (617) 253-8336
Fax: (617) 258-6164
email: twarog@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/polisci/
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Types of degrees offered:
S.M., Ph.D.
Term students can be admitted:
September
Application deadline:
December 31

Tests required:
TOEFL: Minimum score required: 600 (250 for computer-based; 100 for internet-based)
TOEFL may be waived by department; applicants must request form from department. Degrees from English-speaking universities will not automatically be a basis for waiver.
Department code: 92
IELTS: Minimum score required: 7
GRE: general test required
Department code: 1902

Send supporting materials to:
Department of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E53-467
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Special instructions:
Applicants to the Department of Political Science must apply for either the SM program or the PhD Program. Initial and final degree objectives must be the same. Applicants must submit a writing sample of 5-15 pages. Writing samples cannot be attached to on-line applications. See Additional Instructions.

Areas of research offered:
American Politics and Public Policy
Comparative Politics
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Models and Methods
Political Economy
Political Philosophy and Social Theory
Security Studies


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