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MIT

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Located in Cambridge-Boston, Massachusetts

  • MIT’s motto is Mens et Manus, which translates into "Mind and Hand"

  • The number of students attending MIT is approximately 11,858

  • The student-faculty ratio is 3:1

  • Established to accelerate the Industrial Revolution in the US, MIT was founded by William Barton Rogers on April the 10th, 1861 – 2 days before the start of the Civil War. 

  • Due to the Civil War, classes were delayed until 1865, when 15 students enrolled for the first classes, held in Boston.

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:

  • 57 Major Programs, including Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering, and more…

 

  • 59 Minor Programs, including Biology, Energy Studies, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Polymers and Soft Matter, and more…

ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

mit architecture

  • 100 Nobel Prize laureates

  • 60 National Medal of Science winners

  • 30 National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners

  • 81 MacArthur Fellows

  • 16 A.M. Turing Award winners

  • John Nash (American Mathematician)

  • Buzz Aldrin (Pilot on Apollo 11 mission)

  • Kofi Annan (diplomat)

  • Claude Shannon (father of information theory)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • MIT campus is an innovation hub. Filled with amazing unique architecture, designed by various architects and buildings, such as Stata Center (home to the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and lots more.

  • MIT’s campus extends more than a mile (1.6 km) along the Charles River

  • Includes 19 residence halls on campus, 40+ gardens and green spaces, 60+ public works of art

REQUIREMENTS:

MIT requirements
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