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• 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 ... pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. If you are ineligible for ... high school and completed at least one year of college. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... 're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be ... learn through programs that are at the leading edge of their field
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For home educators

  [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of our community ... . Homeschooled applicants make up less than 1% of our applicant pool (and less than
• Discover / About MIT

  A brief history of MIT

  .[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins ... of ore from Colorado, here.']earn a degree in STEM ... [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of
• Discover / The MIT education

  Cross-registration

  Harvard University for degree credit at no extra charge. Harvard subjects ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... : “the Institute should encourage initiative, promote the spirit of free
• Discover / Life and culture

  The MIT community

  alumni, while others come from hundreds of other universities around the ... . This unusual degree of access has deep cultural roots in our longstanding ... Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  What to do in high school

  every type of school: public, private, religious, charter, and home school ... students must take (or place out of, through our credit policies or an Advanced Standing Examination) the following: Two semesters of calculus
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  The transfer application

  for fall entry is due March 15. If you are a citizen of a foreign ... for the 2024 Transfer Application. Transcripts: Copies of all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts should be uploaded
• Discover / About MIT

  Life after MIT

  : 47% of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that ... . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising &
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Returning students

  experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript
• Discover / Life and culture

  Arts & music

  [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... beginner.[/intro] MIT is full of opportunities to showcase your artistic
• Discover / The MIT education

  Global education

  [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in ... STEM in foreign high schools and universities a study abroad program
• Discover / Learn more

  Books about MIT

  , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... small technical school into a major research university Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision a volume edited by Professor David Kaiser, which traces
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  Services website. One of eight We are one of only eight American universities ... education. We award aid that meets 100% of your demonstrated financial need.[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $85,960 for the
• Discover / Life and culture

  Athletics & recreation

  other universities, while intramural sports are teams of MIT students ... United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... . About 25% of MIT students participate in varsity athletics, and on average
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Academic preparation

  transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... appropriate level for each of the disciplines mentioned above. Core graduation
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer deadlines & requirements

  citizen of a foreign country, you may apply for fall entry (September) only ... semester are notified of admissions decisions Mid-December: Deadline for ... semester are notified of admissions decisions Early June: Deadline for
• Apply / First-year applicants

  International applicants

  MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... to apply to American universities, including MIT. We particularly
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  outside of your high school (at a local junior college or university, for ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what