English name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School profile
Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded in 186 1, with a history of more than 40 years. It is a private university with a four-year academic system and five-year joint training, and can obtain both master's and bachelor's degrees. The most famous majors are engineering and computer science, which is second to none in the United States. Science is equally excellent, especially biology, and has made remarkable achievements in medical science and technology.
MIT has established five colleges and eight top research institutes. 120 for more than 20 years, this school has been a giant in engineering education, and the advanced radar electronic devices of the American Star Wars program have been studied by this institute. Massachusetts attaches great importance to cultivating students' innovation, independent research and engineering ability, and has a series of practical innovative ability training plans.
The school not only has a long history and outstanding specialties, but also has the most popular campus buildings. Recently, the university has spent a huge sum of money to complete the expansion project of a brand-new student dormitory and media laboratory. Gary, a famous architect, designed the computer department building of the school.
Susan Hockfield, the current headmaster.
Type of school: private
Campus environment: urban area
Religious relations: none
Time of establishment: 186 1 year.
Venue: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Number of students: undergraduate students 4 136 and graduate students 6 184.
Number of teachers: 983
World universities rank second in the world.
In 2005, the total assets were US$ 765,438+02,000,000.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1859 and now has a history of 143.
There are 956 professors at all levels, including 59 full professors, 78 associate professors, 87 assistant professors, 433 senior lecturers, lecturers and honorary professors, 25 teachers and 773 teaching assistants. Among all the teachers, 154 are female teachers, and 136 are ethnic minorities.
Among the teachers,11(including current professors and honorary professors) are academicians of the National Academy of Engineering; 107 is a member of the National Academy of Sciences; 25 people are academicians of the Medical Research Institute; 2 15 is an academician of the American Academy of Humanities.
Among the current and former members of MIT, 55 have won the Nobel Prize, and 10 current professors are Nobel Prize winners.
The eight Nobel Prize winners selected in June 20001year are:
K. Annan (current Secretary-General of the United Nations) Peace Prize; Akerlof Prize in Economics,
J.E. Schiglitz Prize in Economics, K.B. Sharpless Prize in Chemistry, W.Kettlere Prize in Physics,
Cornell Prize in Physics, Weiman Prize in Physics and hartwell Prize in Medicine/Psychology.
2) Staff situation
MIT employs all kinds of staff, including those engaged in research projects, libraries and administrators, and those who directly and indirectly support research projects, with a total of 9,200 people.
3) Students' situation
MIT undergraduates are not divided into departments in the first year, and the final choice of departments can be made by the end of the second year at the latest.
In the academic year of 20001-2002, there were 4,220 undergraduates, including freshmen 1.033, architecture and planning 72, science 794, engineering 1.885, humanities and social sciences 1.30 and management 285.
There are 5,984 graduate students in this academic year, including architecture and planning (master/doctor) 375/ 198, science 30/ 1.002, engineering 1.354/ 1.244 and management 820/65438.
MIT began to recruit female students from 187 1, and now there are 1765 female undergraduates (accounting for 42% of the total) and 1692 female postgraduates (28%).
The distribution of ethnic minorities among students is: African-American 256/ 126 (undergraduate/graduate); Asia 1,173/591; Hispanic 472/119; Native Americans 86/ 1 1. Among foreign students, there are 345 undergraduates (8%) and 2,224 postgraduates (38%), who come from 65,438+009 countries respectively.
This year, the undergraduate tuition (9 months) is $26,960, accommodation is about $7,500, books are about $65,438+$0.050, and personal expenses are about $65,438+$0.950. At present, about 65% students receive different types of financial aid. At present, the average amount of scholarships and grants granted to aided students is $65,438+08,565,438+08.
The tuition fee for graduate students is also $26,960 (the tuition fee for master of management school is $365,438 +0.200), but graduate students usually work all year round, so the cost is higher.
The dormitory of the school can accommodate about 1 3 students, and other students have to live off campus, and the monthly cost is about1,500-2,500 dollars.
2. The financial situation of MIT
The market value of donations to MIT Fund is 6.298 billion dollars, and the market value of total assets is 7.334 billion dollars. The total budget of MIT in fiscal year 20001is14.65 million USD.
The total cash donation this year is 654.38 USD+93 million yuan, and its sources are: individuals 40.7%; 27.7% for industrial enterprises; Fund 24.6%; Other 7.2%.
The distribution of these donations is: professor lectures11%; Scholarships and student grants 4.5%; Undergraduate teaching and life 5.1%; Postgraduate funding 8.9%; Scientific research and teaching projects 45.5%; Infrastructure maintenance10.7%; Unlimited use and mobility 14.5%
3. Research work of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT is one of the major research universities in the United States. This year, about 2 100 researchers, teachers and students are engaged in research funded by the government, funds and industrial enterprises. The school employs 25 19 research assistants and 773 teaching assistants. The number of patents obtained by MIT research has been in the leading position in the United States for many years.
200 1, with research funding of 407 million dollars, mainly from: National Science Foundation (NSF)11%; 7% of NASA; Ministry of Health and Life Support18%; Ministry of Energy16%; 20% of the Ministry of National Defense; 20% for industrial enterprises.
4. The connection between MIT and regional society
Since its establishment, MIT has established the purpose of serving Massachusetts and its towns in terms of education and scientific and technological resources. MIT purchased assets in eight areas of Massachusetts, and the school paid taxes to the local government. The school also pays the equivalent of tax for legally tax-free assets. 200 1 year, according to the tradition of 75 years, the school voluntarily donated1140,000 dollars to Cambridge. At the same time, it also paid the real estate tax of $6.5438 +0.2 million to Cambridge, thus becoming the largest taxpayer in Cambridge. In recent years, MIT participated in some municipal projects, donated $3 million to improve rainwater drainage facilities, and the school also supported $3 million to build a road to alleviate the traffic congestion caused by MIT University Park. At the same time, the school also funded the cost of purifying the Charles River. MIT faculty and students support 80 educational projects and more than 100 community activities in Cambridge on a voluntary basis every year.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (usually abbreviated as MIT) is a comprehensive private university in the United States. The Charles River is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which separates it from Boston's Back Bay. Today, MIT has an important influence in the United States and even the world, and it is also one of the most competitive universities.
In the Higher Education Supplement of The Times in 2005, MIT ranked second in the world (after Harvard University), the first in science and technology, the second in engineering science, the fifth in natural science and the seventh in social science. The National Research Association ranks MIT as the first in the popularity of American universities. In 2006, Princeton Review rated MIT as the most difficult university in the United States.
After the unremitting efforts of several generations of MIT, nowadays, whenever someone mentions the best of the world's polytechnic universities, everyone pushes MIT. Massachusetts is a household name overseas and has become a science hall for students all over the world. Look at the MIT rankings.
MIT enjoys a high reputation in the fields of natural science and engineering science in the world, and its management, economy, philosophy, politics and linguistics are equally excellent. Its Lincoln Lab, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Media Lab and Si Long School of Management are all very famous. By 2005, 6 1 Nobel Prize winners were studying or working at MIT.
In 2006, * * *1/KLOC-0,373 people (including about 3,000 foreign students) applied for the MIT Undergraduate Department 1005 places (the admission rate is the lowest in MIT history). According to the latest statistics in 2006, three students from Taiwan Province province of China and one student from Chinese mainland were admitted as undergraduates by MIT. The tuition and fees of MIT in the 2006-2007 academic year were $65,438+000. In 2006-2007, MIT students received an average scholarship of $800.