Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies

The graduate program is a two-year course of study leading to a Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies. Comparative Media Studies investigates and engages in the world's complex media environment, researches multiple media forms and technologies, from books, pamphlets, and silent films to social media, virtual reality, and globally-networked games, and studies the emerging media practices of states, corporations, social movements, fan communities, and everyday people. Embracing MIT's motto of mens et manus, CMS students design and create media through practice-based research labs. They also examine media within the contexts of varied cultures, societies and social structures, and critique and design media to empower communities. Above all, Comparative Media Studies is committed to an ethically and critically engaged approach to the study and production of media.

The graduate degree program in Comparative Media Studies places extensive emphasis on student participation in collaborative sponsored research of one or more of its research groups, including the Open Documentary Lab, the Education Arcade, the MIT Game Lab, the Imagination, Computation, and Expression Laboratory, the Trope Tank, the Teaching Systems Laboratory, and the Civic Design Initiative. Typically graduate students spend 20 hours per week on funded group-project work during their two-year program, for which they receive funding that supports their graduate study at MIT.

To be admitted as a regular graduate student, an applicant must have earned a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of acceptable standing. Students in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted on the condition that their bachelor's degree is awarded before they enroll at MIT.
Academic Transcripts: Academic transcripts are required for all colleges or universities attended. Transcripts should be uploaded in the online application. If you are accepted, you will be required to send an official hard copy of your transcripts.
IELTS - Minimum 7