What you need to know

Before you cross-register at Harvard, understand how Harvard credits are converted to MIT units. Graduate level subjects are assigned "G-level" credit and undergraduate level subjects receive "N-level" credit, unless otherwise specified by the student's registration officer on the cross-registration petition form. “G” subjects are accepted for graduate degrees. “N” subjects are not accepted for graduate degrees, but the “N-level” grade will be factored into your cumulative GPA.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Education
Harvard Divinity School

  • Subjects earn 12 MIT units, with the following exceptions:
    • A subject that meets five hours per week earns 15 MIT units.
    • A subject that is a "quarter course" or a module (i.e., the subject meets for half of one semester) earn six MIT units.

Harvard Business School

  • A three-credit subject earns 12 MIT units.
  • A 1.5-credit subject earns six MIT units.

Graduate School of Design

  • A four-credit subject earns 12 MIT units.
  • An eight-credit subject (studio course) earns 21 MIT units.
  • A two-credit subject earns six MIT units.

Kennedy School of Government

  • A four-credit subject earns 12 MIT units.
  • A two-credit subject earns six MIT units.

Harvard Law School

  • A three-, four-, or five-credit subject earns 12 MIT units.
  • A two-credit subject earns six MIT units.
  • A one-credit subject earns three MIT units.

Harvard School of Public Health

  • A 3.75-5 credit subject earns 12 MIT units.
  • A 2.5- or three-credit subject earns six MIT units.
  • A one- or 1.25-credit subject earns three MIT units.

Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

  • A one-credit subject earns three MIT units.
  • A two-credit subject earns six MIT units.
  • A four-credit subject earns 12 MIT units.