Music technology is a broad field of study with many applications in industry, academia, and the arts. At MIT, our focus is technical research in music technology that always centers the humanistic and artistic aspects of making music. As such, our program is truly multidisciplinary, with faculty, labs, and curricula coming from the Music and Theater Arts Section (MTA) in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), and the School of Engineering (SoE).

We define Music Technology as the field of scientific inquiry where practitioners study, discover, and develop new computational approaches to music that include music information retrieval; artificial intelligence; machine learning; generative algorithms; interaction and performance systems; digital instrument design; conceptual and perceptual modeling of music; acoustics; audio signal processing; and software development for creative expression and music applications.

The graduate program in Music Technology and Computation at MIT encompasses two Master’s degrees and a PhD degree. Please follow the provided links for more information.

• The Master of Science (SM) is a two-semester, thesis-based program, available only to MIT undergraduates. One semester of fellowship funding is automatically awarded to all admitted students. This program will begin accepting applications in the fall of 2024.
   
• The Master of Applied Science (MASc) is a two-semester, coursework-based program, available to all students. One semester of fellowship funding is automatically awarded to all admitted students. This program will begin accepting applications in the fall of 2025.
   
• The PhD program is available to all students and requires applying to MIT's School of Engineering

If you are interested in any of these graduate programs, please fill out this form.

You may also email Amanda Davis, Music Tech Academic Administrator (davisama@mit.edu) with any questions.