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  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    .[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins ... of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and allocated land in Boston's Back Bay, on the condition that the institution
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    , or university—including community colleges.  These programs use all ... your state name, look in the DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM BASICS section, and ... PS)  International Baccalaureate (IB) Online Diploma Programme Johns Hopkins Center
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    before beginning a Bachelor's degree program or equivalent."]a secondary ... high school in U.S. states and territories, or students outside of the U ... —from our universally required physics and chemistry courses, to even
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    ,500 undergraduates at MIT. They hail from all 50 states and more than 100 countries ... alumni, while others come from hundreds of other universities around the ... , at some point, pursue a graduate degree, and benefit from having
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... other universities, while intramural sports are teams of MIT students ... , a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a fully staffed sports medicine
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... degree programs; hands-on classes; makerspaces; and 100+ concerts and
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    : 47% of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that ... % have pursued a graduate or professional degree since graduating from MIT ... has never awarded honorary degrees, nor does it practice legacy
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    to apply to American universities, including MIT. We particularly ... application, MIT considers any student who does not hold United States ... significant time in the United States, or those who have a liminal status as
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full-time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of ... another degree-granting institution.[/annotation] Please note that MIT does
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    Academy The Ross Program Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) Texas State Honors Summer Math Camp (HSMC) Interdisciplinary or broader ... lists of both residential and day summer programs across the United States
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    -year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university ... high academic standing at an accredited college, university, technical ... process. MIT does not award second bachelor’s degrees MIT does not award
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be ... .[/intro] Your first year When you apply to MIT, you apply to the entire university ... these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors

  • Policies

    universities to publish an annual report every year by October 1 that contains ... laws and about compliance may also be directed to the United States ... Economic Area to the United States. You understand that the current laws and