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  Majors & minors

  At MIT, majors are conventionally called courses, and they’re numbered rather than named; meanwhile, our credits are called units and they’re counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology…
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  General Institute Requirements

  General Institute Requirements (GIRs) are MIT’s core curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education. William Barton Rogers, MIT’s founding president, once wrote that “the abstract studies…of the philosopher…
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  MIT’s educational philosophy

  MIT believes the best education occurs when students are self-motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach. Our guiding principles…
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  Life after MIT

  As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life after MIT, as shown by the ~146,000 MIT alumni living around the world. Here are some of the…
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  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  At MIT, “hacks” are performed by students who safely and stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do…
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  Inventions & innovations

  For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching with engineering and scientific studies—and produced an unending stream of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel discoveries of basic…
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  A brief history of MIT

  In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized America. Since then, MIT has built a robust tradition of solving…
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  MIT’s primary purposes are teaching and research with relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars…
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  Accessibility Clery Act Copyright policy Diversity statement Nondiscrimination policy Privacy policy Accessibility MIT is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a central accessibility website…

• En Español

  ¡Bienvenidos a MIT! Esperamos que esta página ayuda a cada persona que quiera aprender más sobre nuestra comunidad dinámica, diversa, y compasiva. Aquí encontrarás información de la historia del Instituto,…
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