Programme

Microbiology — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A programme listed in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's own catalogue. Everything below is either taken from that official source or marked as not reviewed.

Last reviewed 13 September 2026 · How we review

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United StatesWhere the institution is based. U4S does not record which campus this programme is taught on unless the official source says so.
Degree level: DoctorateThe institution’s own wording: PhD
Study mode and duration: Duration not reviewed

Subject area

Biology and Life Sciences

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The official title

Microbiology

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What U4S has verified

Reviewed

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Programme exists: Confirmed by the official catalogue named below.
Degree level: Stated by the official catalogue this programme was read from.
Teaching language: Not reviewed. U4S does not infer a language from the language a web page is written in.
Duration: Not reviewed. U4S does not infer a duration from what is usual in the country.
Study mode: Not reviewed.
Campus: Not reviewed. U4S does not take a campus from the city the institution is registered in.
Tuition: Not reviewed for this programme. Check the institution’s own fee page.
Admissions: Not reviewed for this programme. Requirements must be checked on the official admissions page.

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Official programme page

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Read from MIT — Degree charts on 2026-09-13.

Admissions

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What the institution asks for

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Prior qualification

A qualification the institution says applicants must already hold.

Institution-wideNamed without a value
To be admitted as a regular graduate student, an applicant must normally have received a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of acceptable standing.
Official page · retrieved 2026-09-13 · this page is cited by 17 U4S programmes

Language requirement

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Institution-wideNamed without a value
Qualifying applicants must take the International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic), the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), Cambridge English Test (Advanced or Proficiency test), or the Duolingo English Test (DET); refer to department information for specific testing requirements, which vary.
Official page · retrieved 2026-09-13 · this page is cited by 17 U4S programmes
Institution-wideNamed without a value
Qualifying applicants must take the International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic), the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), Cambridge English Test (Advanced or Proficiency test), or the Duolingo English Test (DET); refer to department information for specific testing requirements, which vary.
Official page · retrieved 2026-09-13 · this page is cited by 17 U4S programmes
Institution-wideNamed without a value
Qualifying applicants must take the International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic), the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), Cambridge English Test (Advanced or Proficiency test), or the Duolingo English Test (DET); refer to department information for specific testing requirements, which vary.
Official page · retrieved 2026-09-13 · this page is cited by 17 U4S programmes

Application fee

A fee charged to apply. Separate from tuition, and never counted as tuition.

Institution-wideNamed without a value
Those applying for special graduate student status for the first time must pay an application fee.
Official page · retrieved 2026-09-13 · this page is cited by 17 U4S programmes

Requirements marked as institution-wide were read from a page that covers more than this programme. They are what the institution publishes for applicants generally, and the programme’s own requirements may differ.

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Sources

MIT — Degree charts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · retrieved 2026-09-13 (HTTP 200)
Microbiology — official programme page
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
listed by the official catalogue; U4S has not separately retrieved this page, so nothing on it supports anything published here