The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education At MIT, we revel in a culture of learning by doing. In more than 30 departments across five schools and one college, our students combine analytical rigor with curiosity, playful imagination, and …

Admissions + Aid Intensely curious and driven to explore, the people of MIT value rigorous analytical thinking, ingenuity, hands-on problem solving, and big new ideas. Stimulating, supportive, and …

About MIT The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose: to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and …

MIT’s impact also includes the work of our alumni. One way MIT graduates drive progress is by starting companies that deliver new ideas to the world. A recent study estimates that as of 2014, living MIT …

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MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston, in the vibrant innovation district of Kendall Square. Founded in 1865, MIT established a new kind of independent …

Campus Life MIT’s collaborative, hands-on, curiosity-driven ethos extends across our campus — and beyond. On the stage or field, in makerspaces and living communities, MIT is where brilliant, …

Research At MIT, pushing the boundaries of knowledge and possibility is our joyful obsession, and we celebrate fundamental discoveries and practical applications alike. As educators, we also value …

MIT is devoted to the advancement of knowledge and education of students in areas that contribute to or prosper in an environment of science and technology.