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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private university in Cambridge, United States, founded in 1861, with about 11,800 students.
- Type
- Private university
- Location
- Cambridge, United States
- Founded
- 1861
- Students
- 11,836
- Teaching language
- English
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It was founded in 1861 and began instruction in 1865. The campus occupies a site in Cambridge along Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Avenue.
MIT is organised into the School of Engineering, the School of Science, the School of Architecture and Planning, the Sloan School of Management, the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and the Schwarzman College of Computing. Departments range from electrical engineering and computer science, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and physics and mathematics to economics, architecture and political science.
Teaching is in English. Undergraduate admission is through MIT's own application (now using the Common Application or similar routes as published), and is highly selective. Tuition and financial-aid terms are set by the institute and published each year.
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Courses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are taught in English.
When was Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) founded?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1861.
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