Dual and Simultaneous Degrees
Dual Degrees
Students already registered in Architecture may participate in a dual degree program if they meet admissions criteria in the second department. At least two regular terms prior to completion of the Architecture degree program, the student must submit to both departments a statement of educational objectives and a detailed program plan, including a description of a thesis topic.
The total program must meet with the approval of both departments and a petition describing the program must be signed by appropriate officers in both departments, approved by the Dean for Graduate Education, and filed with the Registrar. The petition must be submitted immediately upon acceptance to the second degree program.
Some period of residence (registration) is required by both degree-granting departments. Students should attend carefully to this requirement and see that they are registered appropriately. Students expecting to receive two advanced degrees must submit all thesis materials to the department in which they register during their final semester at MIT and are bound by the thesis specifications and deadlines of that department.
Simultaneous Degrees In Architecture And DUSP (Department of Urban Studies and Planning)
Students admitted to the Department of Architecture can propose a program of joint work in Architecture and Urban Studies and Planning that will lead to the simultaneous awarding of two degrees. Degree combinations may be MArch/MCP or SMArchS/MCP. All candidates for simultaneous degrees must meet the requirements of both degrees, but may submit a joint thesis.
A student must apply by January 3 before the beginning of the last full year of graduate study in Architecture. Applications, submitted to Charlotte Liu in Room 10-485, should include a detailed schedule of course work for both degrees.
Upon approval for the dual degree, approved copies of the petition, with the required programs, are submitted to both department degree administrators: Cynthia Stewart in Architecture and Sandra Wellford in DUSP.
Neither the Department of Architecture nor the Department of Urban Studies and Planning support petitions for the simultaneous award of two masters degrees with less than six regular semesters (fall and spring terms only) of residence and registration.
