Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, and it has 32 academic departments,[1] and gives much importance to scientific and technological research. MIT students, graduates, and faculty members are famous for being given many awards, including 76 Nobel Prizes.[2][3] In 2013 QS ranked MIT as the best university in the world.[4] It started in 1861. It is one of the most selective universities. It accepted 8.9% of people who applied for class of 2016. Nine months' tuition and fees for 2012–2013 is $42,050. MIT gives financial aid so that anyone who is good enough can pay. In 2011-2012 64% of undergraduates had some kind of financial aid.[5] The student:faculty ratio is 8:1.[6] 45% of undergraduates are women. The most popular major is engineering.
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Media
Stereographic card showing an MIT mechanical drafting studio, 19th century (photo by E. L. Allen, left/right inverted)
Original Rogers Building, Back Bay, Boston, c. 1901
A 1905 map of MIT's Boston campus
The then-new Cambridge campus, completed in 1916. The Harvard Bridge, named before MIT's move to Cambridge, is in the foreground.
Plaque in Building 6 honoring George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak, who was revealed as the anonymous "Mr. Smith" who helped maintain MIT's independence
The MIT Media Lab houses researchers developing novel uses of computer technology and shown here is the 1985 building, designed by I.M. Pei, with an extension (right of photo) designed by Fumihiko Maki opened in March 2010.
MIT's central and east campus from above the Harvard Bridge. Left of center is the Great Dome over Killian Court, with the Stata Center behind.
MIT's Building 10 and Great Dome overlooking Killian Court
The Stata Center houses CSAIL, LIDS, and the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.
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Other websites
- MIT, official web site
- MyMIT, admissions web site
- MIT Alumni Association
Publications
- MIT OpenCourseWare, Free online publication of nearly all MIT course materials
- The Tech Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, student newspaper, the world's first newspaper on the web
- Tech Talk, MIT's official newspaper
- Technology Review, alumni magazine
- MIT Press, university press & publisher
Maps
- MIT Maps Archived 2006-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Early Maps of both the Boston and Cambridge Campuses Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine maintained by MIT's Institute Archives & Special Collections
References
- ↑ "MIT Facts 2007: Academic Schools and Departments, Divisions & Sections". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- ↑ MIT Nobel Prize Winners. MIT News Office. June 4, 2011. http://web.mit.edu/ir/pop/awards/nobel.html. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ↑ MIT Office of Provost, Institutional Research. "MIT MacArthur Fellows". Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ↑ "QS World University Rankings 2013-2014". Top Universities. 27 August 2013.
- ↑ "MIT Facts 2018: Tuition and Financial Aid". web.mit.edu.
- ↑ "MIT Facts 2018: Faculty and Staff". web.mit.edu.
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