Since its founding, MIT has been key to helping American science and innovation lead the world. Discoveries that begin here generate jobs and power the economy — and what we create …

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge," MIT has become a leading …

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4 days ago · MIT has cut ties with a national nonprofit focused on diversifying university faculties following pressure from the Trump administration.

Founded to accelerate the nation’s industrial revolution, MIT is profoundly American. With ingenuity and drive, our graduates have invented fundamental technologies, launched new …

MIT engineers say they have increased the energy density of their carbon-cement supercapacitor system by roughly tenfold, with MIT’s reporting attributing the biggest jump to a switch to …

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston, in the vibrant innovation district of Kendall Square. Founded in 1865, MIT established a new kind of …