Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Country: United States
Address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Website: web.mit.edu
Switchboard: +1 617 253 1000

Profile
The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.

The Institute admitted its first students in 1865, four years after the approval of its founding charter. The opening marked the culmination of an extended effort by William Barton Rogers, a distinguished natural scientist, to establish a new kind of independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized America. Rogers stressed the pragmatic and practicable. He believed that professional competence is best fostered by coupling teaching and research and by focusing attention on real-world problems. Toward this end, he pioneered the development of the teaching laboratory.

Today MIT is a world-class educational institution. Teaching and research with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle continue to be its primary purpose. MIT is independent, coeducational, and privately endowed. Its five schools and one college encompass 34 academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs, as well as numerous interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries.


Range of Fees

The estimated price for 2007-08 for undergraduates tuition and fees is $34,986.


Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

Non-native English speakers have two options, which we consider equivalent.

Option 1: SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT Plus Writing; and two SAT Subject Tests: one in math (level 1 or 2), and one in science (physics, chemistry, or biology e/m).

Option 2: TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language); and two SAT Subject Tests, one in math (level 1 or 2) and one in science (physics, chemistry, or biology e/m). This option is especially recommended for students who do not speak English at home or in school, or who have been speaking English for fewer than five years.


Accommodation

Information on MIT's undergraduate residence is given on MIT's undergraduate housing website:
web.mit.edu/housing/undergrad/


Accommodation Range

Housing (on-campus residence hall) can range from $3,858 to $6,638.

Finance and Scholarships

You are automatically considered for MIT scholarships and federal grants when you apply for MIT undergraduate financial aid. You have to apply separately for state grants and scholarships and outside or private scholarships. Check out
http://web.mit.edu/sfs/scholarships/index.html for more information.