Unlike other programs, departments, and labs at MIT, the Media Lab welcomes and encourages applications from students with varied backgrounds—from art to engineering, music to physics, education to neuroscience.

Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

The online admission form may be accessed through MIT's Graduate Application Web site.

Media Lab applicants should be:

• committed and accomplished in their area of concentration prior to application, with an emphasis on creative extensions of that domain; and
• proficient at computer programming and/or hardware design.