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PostJanuary 17, 2019

EAPS Adds “Computational Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences” to its PhD Offerings

In December, the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) expanded its academic program to include a new doctoral field: Computational Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences. EAPS is the latest department to participate in the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) PhD program, which has been offering doctoral degrees in computation since 2013. This move resonates with the Institute’s building awareness of the advantages provided by education based in computation, which recently culminated with the creation of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

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