Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, United States
- 1861
- Founded
- #1
- Global Rank
- Not listed
- Total Students
- Not listed
- International Students
- 100
- Programs
About Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a world-renowned private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, directly across the Charles River from Boston. Chartered in 1861 by natural scientist William Barton Rogers, MIT is guided by its founding motto, Mens et Manus ("Mind and Hand")—advancing theoretical knowledge and actively applying it to solve real-world industrial, environmental, and societal problems. MIT encompasses five academic schools (Engineering, Science, Sloan School of Management, Architecture and Planning, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) and the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. MIT alumni and faculty have founded thousands of companies and have been awarded over 100 Nobel Prizes, 61 National Medals of Science, and 29 Turing Awards. With state-of-the-art facilities like the Ray and Maria Stata Center, the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MIT is globally celebrated as an epicenter for technological progress, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, aerospace, and quantitative finance.
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Cambridge, United States
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2025/2026
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