Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School info
4
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.5
Food
3.3
Clubs
3.8
Facilities
3.8
Internet
4.3
Location
4.3
Opportunities
4.4
Safety
4.6
Social
3.6
Happiness
3.8
Basic Information
Location
- Cambridge, MA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private land-grant research university
- Established: April 10, 1861; 163 years ago (1861-04-10)
- Founder: William Barton Rogers
Academic information
Degree Courses
- 44
Key Area
- Digital learning
- sustainable energy
- Big Data
- human health
- artificial intelligence
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 11,920 (2023–24)
- Undergraduates: 4,576 (2023–24)
- Postgraduates: 7,344 (2023–24)
- Academic Staff: 1,069
- Administrative Staff: 6,693
Notable Alumni
- Buzz Aldrin
- Richard Feynman
- Shirley Ann Jackson
- Noam Chomsky
- Robert Noyce
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 5
So good!!!
Overall 5
GOAT
Overall 5
nice school
Overall 5
Greatest Schools and Education System ever.
Overall 5
I've never been happier in my life than the past year I've spent as a student at MIT.
Overall 5
Best College Ever Learning Maths from Prof. David Jerison is the best thing in your life.
Overall 5
when i get into MAt i am so exided to go. this skool is very fun. i hav the best time!
Overall 4.6
Great experience.
Overall 4.6
At MIT Everyone gets to choose which dorm they live in which has led to each dorm having a unique and interesting culture. Besides that the school supports the students very well such as its giving all the students ipads and an apple pencil, giving money to low-income first years for school supplies, and looking out for the mental health of student
Overall 4.6
Extraordinary experience in every way. Brilliant Students and engaged professors. Housing is very variable and sets the social experience. Academically very challenging. I was always the best, now just average. What a wonderful motivator.
Bad reviews
Overall 0.9
None.
Overall 1.1
A very drab place, with pockets of buildings dispersed throughout Cambridge here and there. Professors are not helpful. Overall a low happiness environment. My high school classmates who chose west coast schools (stanford or caltech) are happier with their college experience and I'm thinking of transferring.
Overall 1.3
Not Specified.
Overall 1.4
Professors are ok, class sizes are decent and there are more opportunities if you are graduating in engineering. Other fields like pure sciences and management are not that good at MIT.