Academics | Master of Science Degree in Engineering Systems (ESD SM)

The ESD SM is a path for promising students, who do not have an academic interest in policy, to obtain a master’s level education in engineering systems (students with an interest in policy see TPP). Often these students are prospective PhD students whose research interests are not a match for one of ESD’s established Master’s Programs and who are interested in acquiring research experience to strengthen their application to the PhD Program.

The engineering systems master of science degree option also serves students in four other categories:

• it is the engineering SM for many LGO students,
• it can serve as the home for students interested in the Human-Systems Engineering track,
• it can serve as the home for students interested in the Health Care Systems track,
• it can serve as the home for students interested in the System Safety Track
• and it can serve as a dual degree for MIT graduate students wishing to broaden their research into the examination of an engineering systems problem.