The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, and also contains 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. William Barton Rogers founded it in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. MIT researchers were involved in efforts to develop computers, radar, and inertial guidance in connection with defense research during World War II and the Cold War. In the past 60 years, MIT's educational programs have been expanding the physical sciences and engineering into social sciences like economics, linguistics, political science, and management.
Academics and research
MIT is a large, highly residential, majority graduate/professional research university. The four year, full-time undergraduate instructional program is classified as "balanced arts & sciences/professions" with a high graduate coexistence and admissions are characterized as "more selective, lower transfer in". The graduate program is classified as "comprehensive". The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Classes
Undergraduates are required to complete an extensive core curriculum called the General Institute Requirements (GIRs). The science requirement, generally completed during freshman year as prerequisites for classes in science and engineering majors, comprises two semesters of physics classes covering classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism, two semesters of math covering single variable calculus and multivariable calculus, one semester of chemistry, and one semester of biology. Undergraduates are required to take a laboratory class in their major, eight Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences classes (at least three in a concentration and another four unrelated subjects), and non-varsity athletes must also take four physical education classes.
Research activity
In 2007, MIT spent about $598.3 million for on-campus research. The federal government was the largest source of sponsored research, with the Department of Health and Human Services granting about $201.6 million, Department of Defense about $90.6 million, Department of Energy about $64.9 million, National Science Foundation about $65.1 million. MIT employs approximately 3,500 researchers in addition to faculty.
Tuition
Tuition is $37,750 for nine months, although 64% of undergraduates receive need-based financial aid and 87% of graduate students are supported by MIT fellowships, research assistantships, or teaching assistantships.
Academics and research
MIT is a large, highly residential, majority graduate/professional research university. The four year, full-time undergraduate instructional program is classified as "balanced arts & sciences/professions" with a high graduate coexistence and admissions are characterized as "more selective, lower transfer in". The graduate program is classified as "comprehensive". The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Classes
Undergraduates are required to complete an extensive core curriculum called the General Institute Requirements (GIRs). The science requirement, generally completed during freshman year as prerequisites for classes in science and engineering majors, comprises two semesters of physics classes covering classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism, two semesters of math covering single variable calculus and multivariable calculus, one semester of chemistry, and one semester of biology. Undergraduates are required to take a laboratory class in their major, eight Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences classes (at least three in a concentration and another four unrelated subjects), and non-varsity athletes must also take four physical education classes.
Research activity
In 2007, MIT spent about $598.3 million for on-campus research. The federal government was the largest source of sponsored research, with the Department of Health and Human Services granting about $201.6 million, Department of Defense about $90.6 million, Department of Energy about $64.9 million, National Science Foundation about $65.1 million. MIT employs approximately 3,500 researchers in addition to faculty.
Tuition
Tuition is $37,750 for nine months, although 64% of undergraduates receive need-based financial aid and 87% of graduate students are supported by MIT fellowships, research assistantships, or teaching assistantships.
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