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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861

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ACM Classification Code (2012)
  • 10011337
admission rate
  • 0.08 point in time: 2018
admission yield rate
  • 0.73 point in time: 2020
  • 0.866 point in time: 2025
affiliation
area
  • 680,000 square metre
athletics program
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
category for alumni of educational institution
category for employees of the organization
chairperson
  • Howard Wesley Johnson position held: president; start time: 1 July 1966; end time: 30 June 1971
  • Jerome Wiesner position held: president; start time: 1 July 1971; end time: 30 June 1980
  • Paul E. Gray position held: president; start time: 1 July 1980; end time: 15 October 1990
  • Charles M. Vest position held: president; start time: 15 October 1990; end time: 6 December 2004
  • Susan Hockfield position held: president; start time: 6 December 2004; end time: 2 July 2012
  • Leo Rafael Reif position held: president; start time: 2012; end time: 1 January 2023
  • Sally Kornbluth position held: president; start time: 1 January 2023
  • William Barton Rogers start time: 1862; end time: 1870
child organization or unit
color
Commons category
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
coordinate location
  • 42.3597, -71.0919
count of students
  • 11,574 point in time: 2018
  • 11,836 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country
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employees
  • 14,032 point in time: September 2020
endowment
  • 18,381,518,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020
  • 24,739,862,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022
  • 27,527,204,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
  • 27,366,200,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2025
  • 24,572,700,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2024
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headquarters location
  • Cambridge country: United States; postal code: MA, 02139-4307; coordinate location: 42.3598, -71.0921; street address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue
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inception
  • 10 April 1861
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IPv4 routing prefix
  • 18.0.0.0/8 has characteristic: legacy IPv4 address block
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motto text
  • mens et manus (la) literal translation: mind and hand
native label
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
official name
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
official website
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phone number
  • +1-617-253-1000
postal code
  • 02139-4307
ranking
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017
  • 5 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012
  • 4 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011
  • 5 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008
  • 6 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003
  • 5 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004
  • 5 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005
  • 5 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006
  • 5 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025
  • 1 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
  • 2 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
  • 3 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025
short name
  • MIT
  • Boston Tech start time: 1861; end time: 1916
social media followers
  • 1,119,658 point in time: 3 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15460048
  • 715,000 point in time: 2 July 2021; YouTube channel ID: UCFe-pfe0a9bDvWy74Jd7vFg
  • 1,194,666 point in time: 27 February 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15460048
  • 1,273,153 point in time: 7 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15460048
  • 800,000 point in time: 17 February 2023; YouTube channel ID: UCFe-pfe0a9bDvWy74Jd7vFg
  • 860,000 point in time: 9 March 2024; YouTube channel ID: UCFe-pfe0a9bDvWy74Jd7vFg
  • 908,000 point in time: 22 March 2025; YouTube channel ID: UCFe-pfe0a9bDvWy74Jd7vFg
street address
  • 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139-4307
topic has template
  • Template:MIT object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
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total assets
  • 30,505,530,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020
total revenue
  • 980,000,000 United States dollar applies to part: military; point in time: 2018
website account on
  • Authorea website username or ID: inst/3852; URL: https://www.authorea.com/inst/3852

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  • 29599 subject named as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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  • 2Q5RUx subject named as: 麻省理工学院; last update: 16 August 2023
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  • 154252 subject named as: 麻省理工学院
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  • 2190962 subject named as: МАССАЧУСЕТСКИЙ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ
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  • mit point in time: 10 July 2022; subject named as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; number of subscribers: 1,180,469
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  • ko2002149458 subject named as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  • mit language of work or name: English; start time: 25 January 2008; subject named as: MIT
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  • 45043 subject named as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  • mit language of work or name: English; start time: 16 July 2008; has characteristic: verified account or profile; subject named as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); number of subscribers: 1,072,793; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15460048
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  • UCFe-pfe0a9bDvWy74Jd7vFg start time: 14 January 2009; point in time: 9 December 2020; subject named as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); number of works: 574; number of subscribers: 666,000; number of viewers/listeners: 82,754,154
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  • 19622396 subject named as: 麻省理工学院 (MIT)
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