<p>Ok, then let’s talk about programs more generally. The MIT EECS department offers 2 types of master’s degrees: the “professional” MEng and the ‘graduate’ or academic MS. Each and every student of the EECS MEng program must be a former EECS undergrad for the simple reason that it is only open to former MIT EECS undergrads as an integral component of the combined BS/MEng program - the MEng degree is not available otherwise. However, many students in the MS students did not major in EECS as undergrads, but rather majored in other subjects (often times in math or science). </p>
<p>So does that mean that the MEng degree - purportedly a ‘professional’ degree - is actually a ‘graduate’ degree, because every one of its students are, by definition, former EECS undergrads? Or perhaps the MEng is more ‘graduate-ish’ than the MS program? If so, perhaps somebody ought to tell MIT that it is labeling its programs erroneously. </p>
<p>*A five-year program leading to the M.Eng. degree Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and simultaneously to one of the three S.B.'s. This degree is available only to M.I.T. EECS undergraduates. It is an integrated undergraduate/graduate professional degree program with subject requirements ensuring breadth and depth. *</p>
<p>[MIT</a> EECS - Undergraduate Brief Guide](<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/brief-guide.html#mast]MIT”>http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/brief-guide.html#mast)</p>