The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose: to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, elite but not elitist, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented people regardless of where they come from.


Founded to accelerate the nation’s industrial revolution, MIT is profoundly American. With ingenuity and drive, our graduates have invented fundamental technologies, launched new industries, and created millions of American jobs. At the same time, and without the slightest sense of contradiction, MIT is profoundly global. Our community gains tremendous strength as a magnet for talent from around the world. Through teaching, research, and innovation, MIT’s exceptional community pursues its mission of service to the nation and the world.


Mission and Values
01. Mission Statement
02. MIT Values

Key Facts


History
Incorporated
1861
Motto
Mind and Hand

Campus
location
Cambridge, MA USA
Size
168 acres (0.68 km2)
Student residance
19
Playing fields
26 acres (0.11 km2)
Garden + green space
40+
Publicly sited works of art
60+


Admissions (Class of 2026)
Applicants
33,767
Admits
1337

Selected Honors
Nobel laureates
100
National Medal of Science winners
60
National Medal of Technology
30
MacArthur Fellows
81
A. M. Turing Award winners
16


a. MIT’s first building was in Boston, before the move to Cambridge in 1916.



b. “Aesop’s Fables II,” by Mark di Suvero, is part of MIT’s public art collection.


More
MIT Facts

Faculty


For MIT’s faculty — just over 1,000 in number — cutting-edge research and education are inseparable. Each feeds the other. When they’re not busy pioneering the frontiers of their fields, MIT faculty members play a vital role in shaping the Institute’s vibrant campus community — as advisors, coaches, heads of houses, mentors, committee members, and much more.


Top resources
01. Awards & Honors
02. Faculty by School


a. MIT faculty instruct undergraduate and graduate students, and engage in research.



b. An MIT professor works on an architectural model.


Leadership


President

Sally Kornbluth
MIT’s 18th president, January 2023 – present
The Institute’s board of trustees, known as “the Corporation,” includes 74 distinguished leaders in engineering, science, industry, education, and other professions.


Top resources
01. Office of the President
02. Senior Leadership
03. MIT Corporation


President Sally Kornbluth


Cambridge & Boston


MIT is an integral part of its host city of Cambridge, a diverse and vibrant community noted for its intellectual life, history, and thriving innovation climate. With a campus nestled between Central and Kendall Squares, and across the Charles River from Boston’s Back Bay, the Institute is optimally positioned to collaborate with its neighbors and to contribute to its community.


Top resources
01. Visit MIT
02. Kendall Square
03. Visiting Boston


Aerial view of the campus, with a glimpse of the Boston skyline