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Majors & Minors

When you apply to MIT, you apply to the entire university, not to a specific major or school. All first-year students begin MIT with an undeclared major. During the freshman year, MIT will provide academic fairs, lectures, seminars, and other programs to help students determine which major will suit them best; they then are free to choose from MIT's majors, without any additional requirements or admission procedures. 

MIT is organized into academic departments, or Courses, which you will often hear referred to by their Course number or acronym. These academic departments offer various undergraduate degrees and minors. The complete list of bachelors degree programs and minor programs is below.

MIT Majors & Minors

 
 
available as major and/or minor  
 
major departure  
 
joint major or 2nd degree
Concentration Course Major Minor Facts
Aerospace Engineering 16-1
 
  PDF
Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology 16-2
 
  PDF
African and African Diaspora Studies 21  
 
 
American Studies 21
 
   
Ancient and Medieval Studies 21
 
 
 
Anthropology 21A
 
 
PDF
Applied International Studies 21  
 
 
Archaeology and Materials 3C
 
  PDF
Architecture 4
 
 
PDF
Art, Culture & Technology 4
 
 
PDF
Astronomy 12 & 8  
 
PDF
Biological/Biomedical Engineering 20
 
 
PDF/PDF
Biology 7 & 7A
 
 
PDF
Brain and Cognitive Sciences 9
 
 
PDF
Chemical-Biological Engineering 10B
 
  PDF
Chemical Engineering 10
 
  PDF
Chemistry 5
 
 
PDF
Chinese 21F  
 
PDF
Civil Engineering 1C
 
 
PDF
Comparative Media Studies CMS
 
 
 
Computer Science and Engineering 6-3
 
  PDF
Computer Science and Molecular Biology 6-7
 
   
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 12
 
 
PDF
East Asian Studies 21
 
 
 
Economics 14
 
 
PDF
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 6-2
 
  PDF
Electrical Science and Engineering 6-1
 
  PDF
Energy Studies    
 
PDF
Engineering 1A, 2A, 3A, 10C & 16-ENG
 
  PDF
Environmental Engineering Science 1E
 
 
PDF
Foreign Languages and Literatures 21F
 
  PDF
French Studies 21F
 
 
PDF
German 21
 
 
 
History 21H
 
 
PDF
History of Architecture & Art 4  
 
PDF
Humanities 21
 
   
Humanities and Engineering 21E
 
   
Humanities and Science 21S
 
   
Japanese 21F  
 
PDF
Latin American Studies 21
 
 
 
Linguistics and Philosophy / Linguistics 24-2
 
 
PDF
Literature 21L
 
 
PDF
Management / Management Science 15
 
 
PDF
Materials Science and Engineering 3
 
 
PDF
Mathematics 18
 
 
PDF
Mathematics with Computer Science 18-C
 
  PDF
Mechanical Engineering 2
 
 
PDF
Middle Eastern Studies 21  
 
 
Music 21M
 
 
PDF
Nuclear Science & Engineering 22
 
 
PDF
Philosophy 24-1
 
 
PDF
Physics 8
 
 
PDF
Planning / Urban Studies & Planning 11
 
 
PDF
Political Science 17
 
 
PDF
Psychology 21
 
 
PDF
Public Policy 21  
 
 
Russian Studies 21
 
 
 
Science, Technology and Society STS
 
 
PDF
Spanish Studies 21F
 
 
Theater Arts 21M
 
 
Toxicology and Environmental Health 20  
 
Women's and Gender Studies WGS
 
 
Writing 21W