University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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University overview

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is an independent, privately endowed, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was incorporated in 1861, and its campus is centered at 77 Massachusetts Avenue along the Charles River. MIT is organized into five academic Schools—Architecture and Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Management (the MIT Sloan School of Management); and Science—together with the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. As of October 30, 2025, MIT reported an enrollment of 11,816 students, comprising 4,561 undergraduate and 7,255 graduate students.

Institution type

Private, nonprofit

Campus setting

Urban

Cost of attendance

Not available (2024–2025)

Undergraduate enrollment

4,535

Application platforms

Direct application

Current application deadlines

Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-01
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-04

Majors

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering · Engineering
Anthropology · Social Sciences
Applied Mathematics · Mathematics and Statistics
Architecture · Architecture and Related Services
Biology, General · Biological and Biomedical Sciences

35 more majors are available with a free account.

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