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MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumpto:navigation,search"MIT"redirectshere.Forotheruses,seeMIT(disambiguation).MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyMITSeal.svgMotto MensetManusMottoinEnglish MindandHand[1]Established 1861(opened1865)Type PrivateEndowment US$9.9billion(2011)[2]President SusanHockfieldProvost L.RafaelReifAcademicstaff 1,018[3]Students 10,894[4]Undergraduates 4,384[4]Postgraduates 6,510Location Cambridge,Massachusetts,U.S.Campus Urban,168acres(68.0ha)[5]NobelLaureates 77[6]Colors CardinalRedandSteelGray[a]Athletics DivisionIII(exceptforRowing)33varsityteamsMascot TimtheBeaver[7]

Affiliations NEASC,AAU,COFHE,APLUWebsite MIT.eduMITLogo

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,alsoknownasMIT,isaprivateresearchuniversitylocatedinCambridge,Massachusetts,UnitedStates.MIThasfiveschoolsandonecollege,containingatotalof32academicdepartments,withastrongemphasisonscientificandtechnologicaleducationandresearch.

Foundedin1861inresponsetotheincreasingindustrializationoftheUnitedStates,theinstituteadoptedtheEuropeanpolytechnicuniversitymodelandemphasizedlaboratoryinstructionfromanearlydate.[8]MIT'searlyemphasisonappliedtechnologyattheundergraduateandgraduatelevelsledtoclosecooperation

withindustry.CurricularreformsunderKarlComptonandVannevarBushinthe1930sre-emphasizedbasicscientificresearch.[9]MITwaselectedtotheAssociationofAmericanUniversitiesin1934.Researcherswereinvolvedineffortstodevelopcomputers,radar,andinertialguidanceinconnectionwithdefenseresearchduringWorldWarIIandtheColdWar.Post-wardefenseresearchcontributedtotherapidexpansionofthefacultyandcampusunderJamesKillian.

Thecurrent168-acre(68.0ha)campusopenedin1916andextendsover1mile(1.6km)alongthenorthernbankoftheCharlesRiverbasin.[5]Inthepast60years,MIT'seducationaldisciplineshaveexpandedbeyondthephysicalsciencesandengineeringintofieldssuchasbiology,economics,linguistics,politicalscience,andmanagement.

MITenrolled4,384undergraduatesand6,510graduatestudentsforthe20112012schoolyear.[4]MITreceived17,909applicantsfortheclassof2015,withonly1,742offeredadmittance,anacceptancerateof9.7%.[10]Itemploysaround1,000facultymembers.[3]77Nobellaureates,52NationalMedalofSciencerecipients,45RhodesScholars,and38MacArthurFellowsarecurrentlyorhavepreviouslybeenaffiliatedwiththeuniversity.[3][6][11]

MIThasastrongentrepreneurialculture.TheaggregatedrevenuesofcompaniesfoundedbyMITalumniwouldrankastheeleventh-largesteconomyintheworld.[12][13]MITmanaged$718.2millioninresearchexpendituresandan$8.0billionen

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dowmentin2009.[14][15]

The"Engineers"[16]sponsor33sports,mostteamsofwhichcompeteintheNCAADivisionIII'sNewEnglandWomen'sandMen'sAthleticConference;theDivisionIrowingprogramscompeteaspartoftheEARCandEAWRC.