The essence of MIT is our appetite for problems––especially those big, intractable, complicated problems whose solutions make a permanent difference. While MIT is a research university committed to world-class inquiry in math, science, and engineering, MIT has equally distinguished programs in architecture, the humanities, management, and the social sciences. A diverse, supportive campus environment––with an incredible range of student groups and athletic and fitness opportunities––ensures that it's not all about the work. And in MIT's intensely creative atmosphere, the arts flourish in all their forms. MIT admits some of the most talented students in the world on a need-blind basis. The Institute is committed to meeting the financial need of each admitted undergraduate student through MIT Scholarships; the average need-based scholarship was $51,500 in 2018. As a result, the MIT community is incredibly diverse, and organically collaborative, with students coming from many different backgrounds, across the country and around the world. Students are frequently encouraged to unite MIT’s engineering excellence with public service. For example, the required senior capstone design course for mechanical engineering majors centers on making the world a better place through engineering. Recent years have focused on projects using alternative forms of energy, and machines that could be used for sustainable agriculture. Beyond academic coursework, MIT’s D-Lab, Poverty Action Lab, and Public Service Center all support students and professors in the research and implementation of culturally sensitive and environmentally responsible technologies and programs that alleviate poverty and improve quality of life in low-income areas locally, nationally, and worldwide. MIT’s preeminence in entrepreneurship is rooted in its founding. As one of the first land-grant colleges, the Institute was designed to deliver a practical education rather than to focus on the classical education that was provided by many private universities of the era. This emphasis on practice is infused into the entrepreneurship curriculum and programming, which emphasizes learning by doing. Over the course of the 2018–2019 academic year, more than 500 entrepreneurship courses were offered. Several MIT departments, labs, and centers foster entrepreneurship and innovation at MIT including the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, and the MIT Innovation Initiative to name a few. MIT also has over 40 student clubs and initiatives involved in entrepreneurship or innovation, among them the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, MIT Clean Energy Prize, and conferences such as Hacking Arts and Hacking Medicine. The MIT community brings its energy and creativity outside the classroom as well with 450+ student-run groups, 33 varsity sports, 27 intramural sports, 35 club sports, and more than 50 music, theater, visual arts, writing, and dance groups. It’s just a short walk across the Charles River to Boston where students can enjoy the city’s fabulous restaurants and culture. Many programs around MIT allow students to get reduced-price tickets to various events, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the American Repertory Theater, and Bruins, Celtics, and Red Sox games. Students get free admission daily to the Museum of Science, the Museum of Fine Arts, and all Harvard University and MIT museums.
Subject | Rank |
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Subject | Rank |
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Physics | 1 |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1 |
Automation & Control | 1 |
Computer Science & Engineering | 1 |
Chemical Engineering | 1 |
Materials Science & Engineering | 2 |
Chemistry | 3 |
Biological Sciences | 3 |
Undergraduate Programs |
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Aerospace Engineering |
Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology |
Anthropology |
Archaeology and Materials |
Art and Design |
Biological Engineering |
Biology |
Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Chemical Engineering |
Chemical-Biological Engineering |
Chemistry |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Civil Engineering |
Comparative Media Studies |
Computer Science and Engineering |
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
Economics |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Electrical Science and Engineering |
Engineering |
Environmental Engineering Science |
Foreign Languages and Literatures |
History |
Humanities |
Humanities and Engineering |
Humanities and Science |
Linguistics and Philosophy |
Literature |
Management Science |
Materials Science and Engineering |
Mathematics |
Mathematics with Computer Science |
Mechanical and Ocean Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering |
Music |
Nuclear Science and Engineering |
Philosophy |
Physics |
Planning |
Political Science |
Science, Technology, and Society |
Writing |
Graduate Programs |
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Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Aerospace Computational Engineering |
Air Transportation Systems |
Air-Breathing Propulsion |
Aircraft Systems Engineering |
Applied Biosciences |
Archaeological Materials |
Architecture Studies |
Architecture: Building Technology |
Architecture: Design and Computation |
Architecture: History and Theory of Architecture |
Architecture: History and Theory of Art |
Atmospheric Chemistry |
Atmospheric Science |
Autonomous Systems |
Bio- and Polymeric Materials |
Biochemistry |
Bioengineering |
Biological Chemistry |
Biological Engineering |
Biological Oceanography (jointly offered with WHOI) |
Biological Oceanography (jointly with WHOI) |
Biology |
Biomedical Engineering |
Biophysical Chemistry and Molecular Structure |
Building Technology |
Cell Biology |
Chemical Engineering |
Chemical Engineering Practice |
Chemical Oceanography (jointly offered with WHOI) |
Chemical Oceanography (jointly with WHOI) |
City Planning |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Civil and Environmental Systems |
Civil Engineering |
Climate Physics and Chemistry |
Coastal Engineering |
Cognitive Science |
Communications and Networks |
Comparative Media Studies |
Computation for Design and Optimization |
Computational and Systems Biology |
Computational and Systems Biology (jointly offered with the School of Engineering) |
Computational and Systems Biology (jointly offered with the School of Science) |
Computer Science |
Computer Science and Engineering |
Construction Engineering and Management |
Controls |
Developmental Biology |
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Economics |
Electrical Engineer |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Electronic, Photonic, and Magnetic Materials |
Emerging, Fundamental, and Computational Studies in Materials Science |
Engineering and Management |
Engineering and Management—jointly offered with the Sloan School of Management through the System Design and Management Program |
Engineering Systems |
Engineering Systems |
Engineering/Management—dual degree with Leaders for Global Operations Program |
Engineering/Management—Leaders for Global Operations |
Environmental Biology |
Environmental Chemistry |
Environmental Engineering |
Environmental Fluid Mechanics |
Genetics |
Geochemistry |
Geology |
Geophysics |
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering |
History |
Humans in Aerospace |
Hydrology |
Immunology |
Information Technology |
Inorganic Chemistry |
Linguistics |
Logistics |
Management |
Management |
Management of Technology |
Management Studies |
Manufacturing |
Marine Geology and Geophysics (jointly offered with WHOI) |
Master of Finance |
Materials and Structures |
Materials Science and Engineering |
Mathematics |
Mechanical Engineering |
Media Arts and Sciences |
Media Technology |
Microbiology |
Microbiology |
Microbiology |
Molecular Biology |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
Neurobiology |
Neuroscience |
Nuclear Science and Engineering |
Ocean Engineering |
Oceanographic Engineering (jointly with WHOI) |
Operations Research |
Organic Chemistry |
Philosophy |
Physical Chemistry |
Physical Oceanography (jointly offered with WHOI) |
Physics |
Planetary Sciences |
Political Science |
Polymer Science and Technology |
Real Estate Development |
Science Writing |
Space Propulsion |
Space Systems |
Structural and Environmental Materials |
Structures and Materials |
Technology and Policy |
Technology, Management, and Policy |
Toxicology |
Transportation |
Urban and Regional Planning |
Urban and Regional Studies |
Urban Studies and Planning |
Visual Studies |