About Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a research university that conducts research and offers educational courses in science, technology, and engineering. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs. Degrees earned at MIT include bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate. Students from MIT are regularly named Fulbright Fellows, Marshall Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars, and Gates Scholars. The faculty of MIT has won numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize, Medal of Science, John Bates Clark Medal, Fields Medal, PECASE awards, MacArthur ’genius’ grants, and more. Many faculty members are of the AAAS, IEEE, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and other prestigious societies.