MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  The massachusetts institute of technology ( mit ) could be a private research university located in cambridge, massachusetts, u. s.. mit has 5 schools and 1 college, containing a total of 32 tutorial departments, by having robust emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research. 

  Founded in 1861 in response out to the increasing industrialization on your u. s., the institute used a polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction. mits early emphasis on applied technology with the undergraduate and graduate levels led out to shut cooperation with business. curricular reforms under karl compton and vannevar bush within the 1930s re-emphasized basi

c scientific research. mit was elected out to the association of american universities in 1934. researchers worked on computers, radar, and inertial steering throughout world war ii and of course the cold war. post-war defense research contributed out to the rapid expansion on your faculty and campus under james killian. 

  The current 168-acre ( 68. zero ha ) campus opened in 1916 and extends over a regular mile ( a regular. 6 km ) along side northern bank on your charles river basin. in yesteryear 60 years, mits educational disciplines have expanded beyond the physical sciences and engineering into fields inclusive of biology, economics, linguistics, and management. 

  Mit enrolled 4, 384 undergraduates and 6, 510 graduate students for our 2011–2012 faculty year. mit received 18, 109 undergraduate applicants for our class of 2016, with no more than a regular, 620 offered admittance, an acceptance rate of 8. 9%. it employs around a regular, 000 faculty members. 78 nobel laureates, 52 national medal of science recipients, 45 rhodes students, and 38 macarthur fellows are presently or have previously been affiliated in the university. mit has a robust entrepreneurial culture. the aggregated revenues of firms founded by mit alumni would rank just like the eleventh-largest economy daily life. 9 

  The engineers sponsor 33 sports, most groups of that compete within the ncaa division iiis new england womens and mens athletic conference ; the division i rowing programs compete as area of the earc and eawrc.