Students
Announcements
Two SHASS students named Rhodes Scholars
Thirty-six outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars
Three from MIT named 2024-25 Goldwater Scholars
Undergraduate students
Senior spotlight
Loreta Arzumanyan
Aerospace Engineering major
Applied Mathematics major
German minor
Applied International Studies minor
“Seeing the world through different lenses has taught me that life is not a simple function that can be minimized. Solving a single problem usually requires considering complex factors, meaning not just technical feasibility, but also ethical, environmental, and social impacts.”
Konnie Duan
Computer Science and Engineering major
Mathematics major
Economics minor
“I think having an interdisciplinary education is key to empathy.”
Valerie Kwek
Computer Science and Engineering major
Economics minor
“Economics really opened my eyes on how to think about real world problems in terms of simpler models based on tradeoffs and psychology.”
Meet our graduate students
SHASS has five doctoral and five master’s degree programs. View directories of our graduate students.
‘It’s been a journey’
Class of ’24 advanced degree graduates from across SHASS talk about their experiences and what’s next.
