<p>Uh, when did I ever say that MIT is the only university where this matters? </p>
<p>The OP asked whether there were well-known schools that allowed students to design their own master’s program. I provided one answer. I never said that it was the only answer. </p>
<p>The OP also never once asked about whether such programs would be funded, and so I’m still somewhat mystified as to how this topic of discussion was brought up in the first place. Nevertheless, for those who want to pursue this topic as a subthread, I have pointed out that numerous funding sources are available at MIT, even for those students earning unspecified master’s. If a prof wants to fund you by taking you on as an RA or TA, I doubt that he would care what sort of degree program you are in. I also strongly suspect that many employers would strongly prefer to fund an employee to study at MIT, even within an unspecified master’s program, than to obtain a ‘specified’ master’s from a no-name school. </p>
<p>Now, whether funding would be readily available at other schools, or whether other schools even allow you to design your own master’s degree at all, I don’t know. Nor have I ever claimed to know.</p>