Overview

About the Program

Urban settlements and technology around the world are rapidly co-evolving as flows of population, finance, and politics are reshaping the very identity of cities and nations globally. We already see rapid and profound change, especially in mega-cities, including pervasive sensing, the growth and availability of continuous data streams, advanced analytics, interactive communications and social networks, and distributed intelligence. Examples of new technologies facilitated by or requiring big data and new informatics concentrated in urban areas include, but are not limited to, autonomous vehicles, sensor-enabled self-management of natural resources, cybersecurity for critical infrastructure biometric identity, the sharing or gig-economy, and continuous public engagement opportunities through social networks and data and visualization.

The Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides numerous opportunities for field-based problem-solving experience through labs, UROP assignments and client-based courses in which students synthesize and empirically integrate what they are learning about theory and practice at the intersection of computer and urban science. Students also have the opportunity to specialize though the selection of a customized concentration of upper-level electives in data visualization, applied spatial analysis, design, and public policy. Students in the program are full members of both departments and of two schools, Architecture and Planning and Engineering.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Computer Science Programming in Python

Computational Thinking and Data Science

Mathematics for Computer Science

Urban Design and Development

Urban and Environmental Technology Implementation Lab

Urban Planning and Social Science Laboratory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-04 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 SCH

180-195 MIT units

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Computer Sciences Urban Planning Machine Learning View 114 other Bachelors in Machine Learning in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Essay

Two letters of recommendation

Secondary School Report (SSR), including high school transcript

For non-native English speakers, we strongly recommend providing the results of an English proficiency exam if you have been using English for fewer than 5 years or do not speak English at home or in school, so that we may consider that information alongside the rest of your application

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Tuition Fee

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International

61990 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 61990 USD per year during 48 months.
National

61990 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 61990 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

61990 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 61990 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Cambridge

1814 - 3756 USD /month

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