The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, and it has 32 academic departments, and gives much importance to scientific and technological research. MIT students, graduates, and faculty members are famous for being given many awards, including 76 Nobel Prizes. In 2013 QS ranked MIT as the best university in the world. It started in 1861. It is one of the most selective universities. It accepted 8.9% of people who applied for class of 2016. Nine months' tuition and fees for 2012–2013 is $42,050. MIT gives financial aid so that anyone who is good enough can pay. In 2011-2012 64% of undergraduates had some kind of financial aid. The student:faculty ratio is 8:1. 45% of undergraduates are women. The most popular major is engineering.
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Stereographic card showing an MIT mechanical drafting studio, 19th century (photo by E.L. Allen, left/right inverted)
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Original Rogers Building, Back Bay, Boston, 19th century
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A 1905 map of MIT's Boston campus
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Plaque in Building 6 honoring George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak, who was revealed as the anonymous "Mr. Smith" who helped maintain MIT's independence
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The MIT Media Lab houses researchers developing novel uses of computer technology. Shown here is the 1982 building, designed by I.M. Pei, with an extension (right of photo) designed by Fumihiko Maki opened in March 2010.
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The central and eastern sections of MIT's campus as seen from above Massachusetts Avenue and the Charles River. Left of center is the Great Dome overlooking Killian Court, with Kendall Square to the upper right.
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MIT's Building 10 and Great Dome overlooking Killian Court
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The Stata Center houses CSAIL, LIDS, and the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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The Simmons Hall undergrad dormitory was completed in 2002
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Lobby 7 (at 77 Massachusetts Avenue) is regarded as the main entrance to campus
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Eero Saarinen's Kresge Auditorium (1955) is a classic example of post-war architecture
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Walker Memorial is a monument to MIT's fourth president, Francis Amasa Walker
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MIT main campus, seen from Vassar Street. The Great Dome is visible in the distance, and the Stata Center is at right.
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The start of the MIT Mystery Hunt in 2007
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The Zesiger sports and fitness center houses a two-story fitness center as well as swimming and diving pools
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Institute Professors Emeriti and Nobel Laureates (from left to right) Franco Modigliani (deceased), Paul Samuelson (also deceased), and Robert Solow (picture taken in 2000)
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, ScD 1963 (Aero & Astro)
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, SM 1972 (Management)
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President of Colombia 1986-1990 Virgilio Barco Vargas, SB 1943 (Civil Engineering)
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Former Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke, PhD 1979 (Economics)
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Physicist Nobel laureate Richard Feynman, SB 1939 (Physics)
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Economics Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, PhD 1977 (Economics)
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Biologist, suffragist, philanthropist Katherine Dexter McCormick (left), SB 1904 (Biology)
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Challenger astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, PhD 1976 (Physics)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, SB 1975 (Architecture), SM 1976 (Management)
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Architect I. M. Pei, BArch 1940 (Architecture)
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CEO of General Motors Alfred P. Sloan, SB 1895 (Electrical Engineering)
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"Boston" guitarist Tom Scholz, SB 1969, SM 1970 (Mechanical Engineering)
