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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Academic Year: 
2019 - 2020

Website

http://philosophy.mit.edu

Department Name

Department of Linguistics and Philosophy

Department Chair

Alex Byrne,
Professor and Department Head

Degrees Offered

Ph.D.

Areas of Specialization Offered

Aesthetics, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Race, Normative Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Philosophy of Psychology, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Science Logic and Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Decision Theory, Logic
Diversity Efforts: 
has a climate or diversity committee
has adopted a graduate program diversity statement
has conducted a departmental climate survey within the past three years
has hosted an event focused on diversity and inclusion within the past year
ensures department events are accessible to participants with disabilities
provides accommodations for faculty and guest speakers with disabilities
provides accommodations for students, faculty, and others with disabilities (directly or through our institution)

Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness

formed the Coalition for Racial Diversity in Philosophy, which had its first meeting at MIT in August 2014. worked with the APA and local universities to develop the PIKSI-Boston Summer Institute, modeled on PIKSI-PA.

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
Teaching Assistantships:
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
Other Financial Information:
The program financially supports all graduate students for five years (tuition, stipend and health insurance). Types of financial aid varies year to year (teaching assistantships, fellowships and research assistantships ). Students teach second through fourth years.

Faculty

Members

Alex Byrne, Professor and Department Head
E.J. Green, Assistant Professor, Class of 1948 Career Development Chair
Caspar Hare, Professor
Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies
Justin Khoo, Associate Professor
Vann McGee, Professor
Agustín Rayo, Professor
Tamar Schapiro, Associate Professor
Kieran Setiya, Professor
Brad Skow, Laurance S. Rockefeller Associate Professor
Jack Spencer, Associate Professor
Roger White, Professor
Stephen Yablo, David W. Skinner professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Men 10 1 0
Women 2 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0
African, African-American 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0
White 0 0 0
Unknown Race 11 3 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Total Women: 
2
Total Men: 
11
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
13

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

Metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic, feminist philosophy, philosophy of science, epistemology, ethics, Kant, moral psychology

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 1 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 11 5 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 5 5 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 16 11 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
27

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2013 3 6.00
2014 1 5.00
2015 3 5.00
2016 7 6.00
2017 7 5.50
2018 4 5.50
2019 7 5.00

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$51,520
Out of State: 
$51,520
Number of Required Courses: 
10

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 

Master's

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 0 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total MA Students: 
0

Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$0
Out of State: 
$0

Types of Master's

Terminal Master's: 
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's: 
Yes

Placement

Summary of PhD Students 2019

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 2 5
Placed in a tenure-track position 1 2
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1 3

Summary of PhD Students 2018

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 2 2
Placed in a tenure-track position 1
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1 2

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 13 16 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 3 4 0 0
Were not placed 0 1 0 0
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 0 0 0

Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 0 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program 0 0 0 0
Entered another graduate program 0 0 0 0
Placed in a teaching job 0 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-teaching job 0 0 0 0