Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

COVID-19信息:

MIT has cancelled information sessions and tours for prospective students. The on-campus admissions office is also closed indefinitely, although they are still answering emails and phone calls. The university has assured students whose education has been interrupted by COVID-19 that they will not be penalized in the admissions process.

MIT will also not host or sponsor any in-person K-12 student programming through the summer of 2020. 而不是, efforts are being made to ensure students and their families can learn everything they need to about campus through some kind of online delivery system.

“Mind and Hand” is the thought-provoking motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 也就是MIT. This motto enigmatically encapsulates this famous institution’s mission to advance knowledge in science, technology and areas of scholarship that can help to make the world a better place. 

1861年成立, MIT was initially a small community of problem-solvers and science lovers eager to bring their knowledge to bear on the world. 今天, MIT has evolved into an educational behemoth, 与一些1,000 faculty members and more than 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students. 

MIT现在是独立的, 男女合校的, privately endowed university organized into five schools (architecture and planning; engineering; humanities, 艺术, and social sciences; management; science). Yet the principle of educational innovation remains at the core of MIT’s educational philosophy. 

MIT researchers are at the forefront of developments in artificial intelligence, 适应气候变化, 艾滋病毒, 癌症, 和扶贫, while in the past MIT research has fuelled scientific breakthroughs such as the development of radar, the invention of magnetic core memory and the concept of the expanding universe. 

Science and technology are not the only strings to MIT’s bow, however. Approximately 20 percent of MIT undergraduates join a sports team, and with 33 varsity sports MIT boasts one of the broadest intercollegiate athletic 项目 in the world. 

A vibrant 艺术 culture also permeates college life. There are 12 museums and galleries on campus, with the MIT Museum drawing nearly 125,每年000人次. Students participate in more than 60 music, 剧院, 写作和舞蹈团体, and faculty members of MIT even include Pulitzer Prize winners and Guggenheim fellows.

MIT is set in 168 acres of grounds that extend for more than a mile along the Cambridge side of the Charles River basin. The campus features stunning landmarks designed by the likes of architects Alvar Aalto, 弗兰克·盖里, 和史蒂文Hollin, as well as buildings in a range of architectural styles, from neoclassical to modernist and brutalist. 

在它的边缘, the campus merges with various Cambridge neighborhoods, including Kendall Square which is one of the most innovative square miles on the planet. The close association of industry and research has helped MIT alumni go on to launch more than 30,000个活跃的公司, 创建4.6 million jobs and generating roughly $1.年收入9万亿美元. No wonder then that a nation of MIT graduates would be equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world.