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Welcome to MIT

Home to a vibrant community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

We hope you’ll enjoy your time with us, exploring the campus, learning about our new initiatives (global, green, and otherwise), and touring facilities known as much for their architectural design as for their cutting-edge laboratories inside.

MIT stands among the world’s preeminent research universities. Our formal mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively endowed. Its faculty of more than intellectual stimulation of a diverse people take great pleasure in tackling for the betterment of humankind. 1,000 is dedicated to helping more campus community. Students come hard problems, together. The MIT than 4,000 undergraduate and 6,000 from all 50 states and more than 100 community exudes a crackling energy— graduate students pursue their foreign countries; our diversity is the passion, curiosity, playfulness, MIT believes in the power of learning- degrees in one of five schools: reflected in our long roster of ethnically creativity, and drive of thousands of by-doing, the value of working and culturally oriented clubs and bright minds working together on the • Architecture and Planning collaboratively, and the importance of organizations. Underrepresented minority great problems of the world. As your visit continually reassessing the effectiveness • Engineering students will find a lively community concludes, you may find that you, too, of our own teaching strategies. Whenever here, as well as a range of support have been infused with the energy and • Humanities, Arts, and possible, our courses include hands-on services. Likewise, MIT’s unmistakably inquisitiveness present in our Institute. Social Sciences engagement with the subject, and international atmosphere is welcoming students tackle new material in • Management to students from around the globe. We hope you enjoy your visit. teams. The latest and most effective • Science techniques and learning technologies Overall, MIT is a community open to new Sincerely, are transforming the way many An MIT education combines rigorous approaches and ideas, deeply committed subjects are taught at the Institute. academic study and the excitement to collaboration and unimpressed The MIT Parents Association MIT is coeducational and privately of discovery with the support and with social credentials—a place where

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Numbers, Numbers, Numbers Maclaurin Building, and Building 18 is the Dreyfus Building—but usually the Sometimes it seems like MIT number is enough. Some buildings, people only speak in numbers. including the dorms, are more frequently You’ll hear sentences like, “I have referred to by their proper names. 6.001 in 10-250 at 2:30, then my Course 9 UROP in Building 46.” This is All of the campus rooms have numbers, part of MIT-speak. Here’s a primer. as well, and these follow a straightforward naming scheme: 26-100 is in Building Each of MIT’s majors—known as Courses, 26, on the first floor, room 100. with a capital C—is known by a number, Photograph by Christopher Brown sometimes given in Roman numerals. Wireless Coverage These numbers are in approximate order Many spots on the MIT Campus have been of the founding of MIT’s course in that set up for wireless coverage. If you’ve Mission and Origins area. For example, Courses 1 through 5 brought your laptop, you should be able to represent MIT’s original five majors: connect to the network quickly and easily. • Course 1: Civil and Environmental Go to an area with coverage and launch Mission Statement Engineering (founded as Civil and a browser. (Buildings and locations are Topographical Engineering); The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students listed below.) A network registration in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will • Course 2: Mechanical Engineering; page should automatically load, and a series of prompts will assist you in best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. • Course 3: Materials Science and carrying out the registration process. Engineering (founded as Geology You should have access to the campus The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and Mining; Geology is now a part network within approximately 15 and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s great of Course 12, Earth, Atmospheric minutes after successfully registering. challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that and Planetary Sciences); combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the • Course 4: Architecture (founded The following buildings have support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek complete wireless coverage: to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to as Building and Architecture); and 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 2, 24, 26, 3, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 4, 41, 44, 48, 5, 50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 6, work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind. • Course 5: Chemistry (founded 62, 64, 66, 68, 7, 8, 9, E17, E18, E19, E2, E23, E25, E28, E32, E33, E34, E38, E39, E40, E48, E51, as Practical Chemistry). E52, E53, E55, E56, E60, E70, N42, N51, N52, NE47, NE48, NE49, NW13, NW14, NW15, NW30, The Institute admitted its first students in development of the teaching laboratory. NW61, NW62, NW86, OC1, W1, W11, W13, W16, Each class—or course, with a lower-case W2, W20, W31, W34, W35, W4, W5, W51, W61, 1865, four years after the approval of its Today MIT is a world-class educational c—in each department also is designated W7, W70, W71, W79, W85, W91, W92, WW15 founding charter. The opening marked institution. Teaching and research— by a number. Hence, the introductory the culmination of an extended effort by with relevance to the practical world calculus class in Mathematics (Course 18) The following buildings have William Barton Rogers, a distinguished as a guiding principle—continue is known as 18.01. Similarly, an advanced partial wireless coverage: natural scientist, to establish a new kind to be its primary purpose. MIT is Bldg 34, Rms: 101, 301, 302, 303, 304 astrophysics course in the Physics Bldg 36, Rms: 112, 144, 153, 155, 156, 372 of independent educational institution independent, coeducational, and department (Course 8) is called 8.971. Bldg 38, Rms: 136, 166 relevant to an increasingly industrialized privately endowed. Its five schools NE25 NW12 America. Rogers stressed the pragmatic and one college encompass numerous In addition, every building on campus and practicable. He believed that academic departments, divisions, and is designated by a number. MIT’s Great professional competence is best fostered degree-granting programs, as well as Help Desk: Windows (617) 253-1102, Dome sits atop Building 10. The I.M. Mac (617) 253-1101 by coupling teaching with research and by interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, Pei-designed Chemistry laboratory is focusing attention on real-world problems. and programs whose work cuts across Building 18. Certainly, the buildings Toward this end, he pioneered the traditional departmental boundaries. also have names—Building 10 is the

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Campus Art number (for calls originating within Massachusetts) is (800) 439-2370 (TTY). Public Art Collection We invite you to take a walk around MIT’s MIT Museum public art collection, which includes works from Alexander Calder, Pablo The MIT Museum is located at 265 Picasso, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Massachusetts Avenue, Building N52. In Jacques Lipchitz, Matthew Ritchie, and addition to the world’s largest collection Frank Stella. View the public art collection of holography, the museum features map at http://listart.mit.edu/map, or Kismet and other MIT robots, the make arrangements for a group tour by interactive sculpture of Arthur Ganson, calling Mark Linga at (617) 452-3586. and “Doc” Edgerton’s famous stop-motion photography, as well as programs and List Visual Arts Center activities for all ages. Hours and visitors’ The List Visual Arts Center is at 20 tips are available at the museum’s website, Ames Street (Building E15), atrium level. http://web.mit.edu/museum, as are the Photograph by Tom Gearty It houses a collection of contemporary hours of the Compton Gallery in Bldg art in all media, in addition to managing 10 and the Hart Nautical Gallery in Bldg the Artists-in-Residence and Percent- 5. All facilities at the Museum and its What to Do On Campus for-Art programs. Hours and directions galleries are wheelchair accessible, and are available on the List website: http:// sign language interpretation and disability listart.mit.edu. Admission to all exhibitions assistance are available through Visitors’ is free and open to the general public Services by calling (617) 253-5927. The MIT Information Center: Start Here most popular areas of the campus, during regular gallery hours. These Enter the doors at 77 Massachusetts including the Stratton Student Center, tours are led by curatorial and education MIT Events Calendar Avenue, and immediately on your the Zesiger Athletic Center, Kresge staff. To make arrangements for a tour, right (room 7-121) is your source for Auditorium, the MIT Chapel, the contact Mark Linga at (617) 452-3586. On the MIT Events Calendar (http:// maps, directions, and answers to Infinite Corridor, and the Stata Center. events.mit.edu), you can find lectures, everything MIT. The Information Center There is no charge and no reservation The galleries and Bartos Theatre performances, and other events also organizes the campus tours. needed for parties of seven or fewer. (20 Ames Street, lower level) are throughout the year. Departments are wheelchair accessible. Other assistive not required to submit information to Campus Tours Holidays and Institute events affect the accommodations (listening devices, ASL the calendar; if you are looking for the tour schedule periodically throughout interpretation) may be arranged two location of an event that is not listed, MIT’s campus vision is to create the year. Please check the MIT Events weeks in advance by calling (617) 253- please call the department directly. infrastructure that fosters the cross- Calendar (http://events.mit.edu) for 4400. The Massachusetts Relay Service fertilization of ideas, with architecture that summer tour departure locations reinforces the vital, forward-thinking spirit and holidays when tours may not of the community it serves. Such modern be offered. Contact the Information masters as Alvar Aalto (Baker House), Eero Center for questions about campus Saarinen (MIT Chapel, Kresge Auditorium), tours Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 I.M. Pei (Wiesner Building, Green Building, p.m. by calling (617) 253-4795. Dreyfus Building, Landau Building), Steven Holl (Simmons Hall), and Frank Self-guided Tours Gehry (The Ray & Maria Stata Center) Tour the campus on your own using have all designed buildings for MIT. the map available at the Information Center, room 7-121, or stop by the info Organized Tours desk at the Ray & Maria Stata Center for Campus tours depart from the lobby of a map of the public areas of this iconic Building 7, located at 77 Massachusetts building. The info desk can be identified Avenue. The student led tours last by its giant, lighted question mark. 75-90 minutes and cover some of the

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Majors & Minors Schools, Departments, Divisions, Sections, and Programs

MIT is organized into academic departments, or Courses, which are School of Architecture and Planning School of Humanities, Arts, often referred to by their Course • Architecture (Course 4) and Social Sciences numbers or acronyms. These academic departments offer various • Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) • Anthropology (Course 21A) undergraduate degrees and minors. • Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11) • Comparative Media Studies (CMS) • Economics (Course 14) When students apply to MIT, they apply to School of Engineering the entire university, not to a specific major • Foreign Languages and or school. All first year students begin MIT • Aeronautics and Literatures (Course 21F) with undeclared majors. During freshman Astronautics (Course 16) • History (Course 21H) year, MIT provides academic fairs, • Biological Engineering (Course 20) lectures, seminars, and other programs to • Humanities (Course 21) help students determine which major will • Chemical Engineering (Course 10) • Linguistics and Philosophy best suit them. At the conclusion of the • Civil and Environmental (Course 24) first year, students are free to choose from Engineering (Course 1) any of MIT’s majors, without any additional • Literature (Course 21L) requirements or admissions procedures. • Electrical Engineering and • Music and Theater Arts Computer Science (Course 6) (Course 21M) Students must declare their majors prior • Engineering Systems Division (ESD) to their junior year, though most students • Political Science (Course 17) • Materials Science and do so by the end of freshman year. Data • Science, Technology, Engineering (Course 3) on how many students choose each and Society (STS) major is available from the Registrar’s • Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) Office. Approximately 15 percent of our • Writing and Humanistic students choose to double-major; they • Nuclear Science and Studies (Course 21W) may also choose up to two minors. Engineering (Course 22)

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Sloan School of Management 2012-2013 • Management (Course 15)

School of Science Enrollment • Biology (Course 7) Undergraduate Enrollment 4,503 • Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9) First-Year* 1,141 • Chemistry (Course 5) Undeclared Second-Year* 8 • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12) Special Undergraduate 26 • Mathematics (Course 18) Students • Physics (Course 8) Major 2nd Major Architecture and Planning 52 3 Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology Engineering 2,178 47 • Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Humanities, Arts, and 129 39 MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Social Sciences Applied Ocean Science and Engineering Management 97 18 Science 872 106 PhotographPhotograph by by Christopher Christopher Brown. Brown Degrees Offered at MIT * MIT students do not enroll in an academic department until the start of their sophomore • Bachelor of Science (SB) year, and may defer decision on a course of study until the end of that year. • Master of Architecture (MArch) • Master of Business Administration (MBA) Graduate Enrollment 6,686 • Master in City Planning (MCP) Master’s Doctoral Special Architecture and Planning 389 185 0 • Master of Engineering (MEng) Engineering 1,070 2,093* 142 • Master of Finance (MFin) Humanities, Arts, and 32 280 2 • Master of Science (SM) Social Sciences • Engineer (each degree designates the field in which it is awarded) Management 1,241 138 8 • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Science 9 1,086 11 • Doctor of Science (ScD) * This number includes 184 students working on Harvard degrees only through the Health Sciences and Technology program

Resources for Academic Success

If students are having trouble in class, they can check out MIT’s Learning to Learn website: http://mit.edu/uaap/learning. This helps students with general academic and time management questions. Each department offers tutoring that is unique to the department. If the students are struggling academically they should talk with their advisor first. The OME offers the TSR Tutorial Services Room as well: http://ome.mit.edu/ programs-services-room. All students find out their advisors name in July each year.

For more information or questions, contact The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programing call (617) 253-6771, or email [email protected].

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Women have attended MIT since 1871. In fall 2012, 2,038 women were enrolled as undergraduates (45 percent) and 2,084 as graduate students (31 percent).

US minority groups were represented by 2,250 undergraduates (50 percent) and 1,338 graduate students (20 percent).

Minority Enrollment Photograph by Christopher Brown Undergraduate Graduate African American 368 165 American Indian or 57 63 Faculty and Staff Alaska Native Asian American 1,182 822 MIT employs about 11,000 individuals on campus. In addition to faculty, there Hispanic 637 282 are research, library, and administrative staff, as well as many others who— directly or indirectly—support the teaching and research goals of the Institute. Native Hawaiian or 6 6 other Pacific Islander MIT students are given the ability to work by his or her willingness to approach closely with MIT’s outstanding faculty them. The faculty at MIT consists at every turn. Students do research in of many of the most respected In 2012–2013, MIT students come from all 50 states, the District the labs of their faculty mentors. All researchers in the world. Luckily for of Columbia, three territories, and 117 foreign countries upperclassmen choose a faculty advisor MIT undergraduates, they are also There are 3,104 international students enrolled in degree programs at MIT—448 who assists them with course selection committed to educating and mentoring undergraduates and 2,656 graduate students—for the current academic year. each semester as well as with graduate the next generation of superstars. Additionally, there are 414 exchange, visiting, and special students on campus. school applications, job searches, and even non-academic topics. On the There are 1,022 faculty members During academic year 2011–2012, MIT hosted 2,175 international home front, each dormitory has a live-in (professors of all ranks), scholars from 90 countries, who engaged in teaching and research Housemaster, usually a senior tenured including 219 women. in 70 different departments, laboratories, and centers. faculty member, who is available as a Minority group representation source of advice and free food for his among faculty includes American or her residential community. Students Indian or Alaskan Native, Black, International Students and Scholars by Region also sit on Institute committees and Hispanic, and Asian. decide MIT educational and social Students* Scholars* policies with faculty members. Asia 51% 45% The student-faculty ratio is 8:1. As of October 2012, the Institute’s Europe 22% 37% With rare exceptions, every class at MIT is taught by a professor—and in total teaching staff includes: Canada 8% 6% most departments, the majority of Latin America and 9% 3% professors teach undergraduates every Professors 659 year. Professors schedule office hours the Caribbean Associate professors 206 when they will be regularly available Middle East 6% 6% to discuss class matters with students. Assistant professors 157 Africa 3% 1% Professors are happy to meet with Senior lecturers, lecturers, 549 Oceania 1% 1% students outside scheduled office and professors emeriti hours, and a quick email is usually all that is required to schedule a meeting. Instructors (including 147 * Percentages are rounded. technical instructors) MIT is a small world; the potential Professors of the practice 35 Photograph by Christopher Brown. for connections between a student and adjunct faculty and faculty members is limited only

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MIT has a long history of entrepreneurship and innovation. From practical inventions to scientific breakthroughs, MIT has contributed greatly to the progress of the world over its 150 year history. Below, find a list of just some of the inventions, breakthroughs, companies, and creations that have come from the MIT community.

� Ethernet - Robert Metcalf ’68 � Hypertext - Prof. Vannevar Bush PhD ’16 � The Supreme Court building � Technicolor - Herbert Kalmus 1903 - Cass Gilbert 1880 � Evidence of quarks - Professors Henry � Campbell Soup - John Dorrance 1895 Kendall and Jerome Friedman � Theory of the inflationary � Disposable-blade safety razors universe - Prof. Alan Guth ’68 - William Nickerson 1876 � GPS (Global Positioning � Plan for Canberra, Australia - System) - Ivan Getting ’33 Marion Mahony Griffin 1894 Photograph by Tom Gearty. � Lego Mindstorms - MIT Media Lab � Fax Machine - Shintaro Asano SM ’61 � Texas Instruments Inc. - Cecil Green ’23 � Spacewar, the first computer game - Steve Russell ’60 � Artificial Skin - Ioannis Yannas SM ’59 Department of Athletics, � rock and Roll Hall of Fame Building - I.M. Pei ’40 � Inertial guidance system - Charles Stark Draper ’26 Physical Education, � Analog Devices, Inc. - Raymond Stata ’57 � Discovery of human oncogenes and Recreation - Prof. Robert Weinberg � The Internet Archive - Brewster Kahle ’82 � Modern linguistics - Prof. Noam Chomsky MIT’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation, also known as � Doppler radar - Bernard Gordon ’48 DAPER, offers opportunities for sports instruction and participation at all levels. � Voice recognition technology - Ray Kurzweil ’70 Athletics are filled with graduate students who � The field of Marketing Science - Prof. John Little have the urge to compete at a high level, faculty and staff that enjoy the diversity of � “Car Talk” - Tom ’58 and Ray ’72 Magliozzi At MIT, exceptional students apply to athletics the same passion, drive, and membership, alumni who are refining their � Credit card holograms - Prof. Stephen Benton ’63 work ethic as they do in academics to skills, and undergraduates learning how � khan Academy - Sal Khan ’98, MEng ’98 reach their complete potential. Intensity to lead, organize, and manage a team. and commitment to excellence fill � rockman amplifier - Tom Scholz ’69 the rosters of MIT’s 33 intercollegiate “For students by students” is the motto � The World Wide Web - Senior Research Scientist Tim Berners-Lee sports, one of the largest programs of MIT’s intramural sports program, but faculty, staff, and alumni also join � Biogen Inc. - Prof. Phillip Sharp in the nation. In the past 10 years, the Engineers have received 464 All-America undergraduate and graduate students � The “butterfly effect” - Prof. Edward Lorenz honors, and sponsored individual in spirited competition. Through � Bose stereo - Professor Amar Bose ’51 national champions in seven sports. participating in the intramural executive � Dropbox - Drew Houston’05 council, managing a league, and & Arash Ferdowsi’08 MIT also features one of the nation’s most organizing teams, students receive � Spreadsheets - Daniel Bricklin ’73 expansive club sports programs with valuable lessons in leadership and team more than 30 different activities. Rosters building while engaging in rivalries

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between residences, labs, fraternities, sororities, and departments in 18 different sports throughout the year.

Physical Education

Physical Education provides students with the instruction and skills necessary to lead healthy, active lifestyles and is a critical component of the educational mission at MIT. Courses are offered to the entire MIT community, regardless of skill and experience, and range from traditional programs such as introduction to tennis and beginning golf to emerging activities like backpacking and snowboarding to innovative academic/athletic partnerships.

Recreation

Fitness, aquatic, and other programming is offered through the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center and the Wang Fitness Center to serve the needs of the MIT community. The intense education curriculum is balanced by the physical fitness and stress relief provided by DAPER’s recreational sport offerings. The facilities feature three swimming pools, international squash courts, a skating rink, 10 acres Photograph by David Silverman. of playing fields, and sailing on the Charles River.

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MIT Dining offers abundant options and variety, resulting in one of the most diverse campus dining operations in Photograph by Sandra Malilleau. the nation. With over 28 on-campus locations consisting of house dining halls, restaurants, cafés, food trucks, convenience stores, student-run pubs, Housing and delivery options, students are never too far from a meal or a snack. Eligibility offered as space becomes available. The Our partnership with over 17 different second avenue is the December and food service providers allows us to MIT students are eligible for eight April switch lotteries. These are binding offer a wide variety of ethnic cuisines, consecutive semesters of housing. lotteries held for on campus students vegetarian choices and vegan offerings. Students have the option to remain on only that allow students to obtain a switch campus for all eight semesters, living in for the upcoming academic semester. While some students choose to eat their initial building or choosing another. Room to room switches within buildings all meals in campus venues, others If they wish, students can experience are handled within the houses. choose to cook for themselves. Many a new living group each year. At the Students should consult House students also choose a combination end of each year, students will be Managers, Housemasters, and Room of on-campus meal purchasing and given information about confirming or Assignment Chairs to proceed with a cooking to get the best of both worlds. cancelling their on-campus housing. room switch in the same building. For those students who choose to cook, there are shuttles available that travel Students who move off-campus or to an Housing During Breaks from MIT to local grocery stores. FSILG (Fraternity, Sorority or Independent Living Group) can request to move back Students at MIT are permitted to stay in All MIT Community members are welcome on campus, but if they choose to return their housing for both the winter break in all on-campus cafés and house to campus, that can only be satisfied (known as the Independent Activities dining halls, with the exception of the through a waitlist. Students who travel Period or IAP) and summer break. IAP Faculty Club (which is open exclusively abroad, but were in enrolled in on- housing is simply an extension of a to faculty and their invited guests) campus housing when they left, are student’s fall assignment. Students who and the pubs (which are open only to guaranteed housing upon their return. will be graduating or leaving housing community members age 21 and over). after the first semester must vacate Switching by January 15. Students remaining in Students living in residences with dining housing do not need to leave and are not halls – Baker, Maseeh, McCormick, Next, MIT Housing is dedicated to student billed for IAP housing. Summer housing and Simmons – are required to enroll in satisfaction and will make every effort to begins on the Saturday after final exams. a meal plan. Students who live in other place students in their desired locations Students may sign up for summer housing residences or in a Fraternity, Sorority or as quickly as possible. Students have at an additional cost and will be granted Independent Living Group (FSILG) are not two ways of obtaining new housing: (1) continuous housing through spring and required to participate, but they can enroll from openings in the academic term wait summer and into their fall assignment. on a voluntary basis under the same terms list or (2) a switching lottery. In the first and conditions as required participants. option, students must complete a housing For more information please Meals are offered seven days a week and request form and indicate their preferred visit MIT Housing’s website: feature all-you-care-to-eat service. building(s). During the term, moves are http://housing.mit.edu. Photograph by Christopher Brown.

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What kind of medical care is available to students on campus? an additional fee, provides coverage for MIT’s health care facility, MIT Medical, inpatient hospitalization, inpatient mental is one of the most comprehensive health and substance abuse treatment, campus health centers in the country. In surgical procedures, emergency addition to primary and urgent care, MIT room services, prescription drugs and Medical offers care in many specialty more. To meet state requirements for areas and has on-site pharmacy, comprehensive health coverage, all laboratory, and radiology services. students are automatically enrolled in (and billed for) the extended plan unless MIT Medical’s walk-in Urgent Care they actively waive it (http://medweb. Service is open 7:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. mit.edu/waive) and can prove they have seven days a week, and students can other qualifying health insurance. call (617) 253-4481 any time, 24 hours a day, to reach a clinician who can help My student is covered by my health assess the situation and give suggestions plan. Why should I get the MIT about what to do next. In emergencies, Student Extended Insurance Plan? MIT’s ambulance service can transport students to a local emergency room. Coverage by a parent’s plan does not always guarantee reliable care What kind of mental health services for students outside the plan’s local does MIT provide to students? area. Often, out-of-state insurers will not approve coverage for students MIT Medical’s Mental Health and to receive recommended care from Counseling Service provides evaluations, Cambridge area providers. To avoid treatment (psychotherapy and these gaps in care, about 70 percent of psychopharmacology), referrals, urgent MIT students purchase the extended care, and consultations. We can help with coverage, which is specifically designed everything from anxiety and depression to coordinate with the care provided on to typical college-life adjustment issues campus through the basic student plan. like homesickness or stress. Students may be seen by appointment or during I still have questions or walk-in hours every afternoon. Clinicians concerns; who can I call? are on call and available 24/7. More information is available on the MIT What health insurance plans are Medical website at http://medweb.mit. available to MIT students? edu. To discuss specific health concerns, contact Kristine Ruzycki, A.PR.N., B.C., MIT offers two student health plans: the Director of Student Health Services, at basic MIT Student Medical Plan and the (617) 258-7068 or [email protected]. Alan MIT Student Extended Insurance Plan. The Siegel, Ed.D., Chief of MIT’s Mental Health basic plan covers most services provided Service, is happy to answer questions at MIT Medical, including primary care, at (617) 253-2916 or [email protected]. urgent care, mental health, and many For questions about insurance coverage, medical specialties. Its cost is included in contact the MIT Health Plans Office at (617) tuition. The extended plan, available for 253-1322 or [email protected].

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Communications & Information Photograph by Tom Gearty. Parents receive many communications throughout the academic year, including directions on how to create an account. a monthly parents e-newsletter, and invitations to events held on campus MIT Parent Connectors and in their regions. Parents who need Parent Connectors across the globe information that only another MIT parent act as ambassadors on behalf of MIT can provide are encouraged to contact a and the Parents Association, sharing volunteer—called a Parent Connector— their knowledge and enthusiasm with near them by using the resources listed current and prospective parents. These on the Parents Association website. individuals contribute significantly to the MIT community, welcoming freshmen Activities & Events parents, participating in campus Events and activities for the MIT events, and attending regional events community are held regionally and on hosted by MIT and MIT clubs. Parent campus. Events include Summer Send- Connectors help connect parents Off activities for incoming students, to the Institute and one another. Parent Orientation, and Family Weekend. Parents are also invited to participate Parents Fund in local alumni club programs. Learn Parent support reinforces MIT’s mission to about the alumni club closest to advance knowledge and educate students home by using PlanetMIT online. in science, technology, management, and other areas of scholarship that will best MIT Parents Online Community serve the nation and the world in the 21st The MIT Parents Online Community: http:// century. Lead the way by making a gift parents.mit.edu was created to serve as a online at http://giving.mit.edu/parents. resource for parents, and an opportunity for parents to connect with each other. Parents Fund Committee members Although most of the content is available raise funding to enhance student life to all, by logging into the website parents and learning at MIT and educate non- are able to access the Parent-to-Parent alumni parents on the significance Directory and receive the monthly parent of gift designation and the four e-newsletter. Both are unique resources fund priorities of the Parents Fund: MIT offers to parents in the hope to unrestricted funds, scholarships, enhance their experience as part of Student Life Now, the Undergraduate the MIT community. To join the parents Research Opportunities Program. online community, email [email protected] today to get your Advance User ID #, and

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Students After Graduation

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During the 2011–2012 academic year, 307 employers recruited in the MIT Global The top employers for bachelor’s degree recipients were MIT, Oracle, Microsoft, Education and Career Development center. Computer technology companies, Apple, Google, McKinsey, and Schlumberger. The top employers for master’s consulting, financial services, investment banking/management, and engineering degree recipients were Oracle, Amazon, Google, the US Navy, the US Air Force, were the top five industries participating in on-campus recruiting and accounted Morgan Stanley, and Apple. The top employers for doctoral degree recipients were for 64 percent of total recruiters. Twenty-three percent of 2012 bachelor’s MIT, Harvard, Stanford University, Princeton University, Massachusetts General degree graduates found jobs through on-campus recruiting; 17 percent had Hospital, Google, Harvard Medical School, and California Institute of Technology. internships that led to a full-time job offer; 13 percent found jobs at a career fair; and 22 percent found jobs through various networking venues, including Average Salaries Earned by MIT Graduates Entering Industry Positions MIT faculty and administrators, GECD contacts, and professional conferences. Internships also figured prominently in students’ career preparations, with Bachelor’s degree $66,874 79 percent of all graduating seniors completing internships while at MIT. Master of science $77,458

The proportion of MIT undergraduates who went on to graduate school Master of engineering $90,786 was 39 percent, while 53 percent took jobs. The top seven graduate school Master of business administration $128,135 destinations were MIT, Harvard, Stanford, University of California at Berkeley, PhD entering postdoctoral positions $53,513 Boston University, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania. PhD entering other positions $104,833

Top Employment Sectors for MIT Graduates Find more services, workshops, and events from GECD online: http://web.mit.edu/ Undergrads Masters geo (Global Education) and http://web.mit.edu/career/www (Career Development). Aerospace/defense 7% 5% Biological science 8% 3% Computer technologies 22% 13% Consulting 17% 20% Energy/utilities 6% 4% Finance 9% 20% Other engineering 14% 13%

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MIT runs on a “4-1-4” calendar: there are two four-month terms per academic year, separated by the month-long Independent Activities Period (IAP) in January. The fall term runs from September through December, the spring term from February through May. During term-time, each month includes at least one three-day weekend—a chance to relax, travel, or catch up on work.

Classes are held on weekdays only, generally between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., though some classes are held between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Students can expect to spend about 12–20 hours per week in class, though they are free to take as many classes as they like (with their advisor’s approval) without incurring extra tuition costs.

Academic Year 2013-2014 (see Academic Year 2014-2015 on p 36)

September 2 Labor Day 2013 3 Registration Day–Fall Term 4 First day of classes 23 Student Holiday October 14, 15 Columbus Day–Vacation 25–26 Family Weekend November 11 Veterans Day–Holiday 28, 29 Thanksgiving Vacation December 11 Last day of classes 16–20 Final Exams January 6 IAP begins 2014 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day–Holiday 31 IAP ends February 3 Registration Day–Spring Term 4 First day of classes 17 Presidents Day–Holiday 18 Monday schedule of classes March 24–28 Spring Vacation April 21, 22 Patriots Day–Vacation May 15 Last day of classes 19–23 Final Exams June 6 Commencement 9 Summer Session begins August 19 Summer Session ends

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September 1 Labor Day 2 Registration Day–Fall Term 2014 3 First day of classes 22 Student Holiday October 13 Columbus Day–Vacation 24–25 Family Weekend November 10, 11 Veterans Day–Holiday 27, 28 Thanksgiving Vacation December 10 Last day of classes 15–19 Final Exams January 5 IAP begins 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day–Holiday 2015 30 IAP ends February 2 Registration Day–Spring Term 3 First day of classes 16 Presidents Day–Holiday 17 Monday schedule of classes March 23–27 Spring Vacation April 20, 21 Patriots Day–Vacation May 14 Last day of classes 18–22 Final Exams June 5 Commencement 8 Summer Session begins August 18 Summer Session ends

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Parents Association Housing (617) 253-8183 (617) 253-2404 [email protected] http://web.mit.edu/housing http://parents.mit.edu Residential Life Alumni Association (617) 253-2404 (617) 253-8200 http://web.mit.edu/reslife/rlp http://alum.mit.edu Student Support Services Admissions (617) 253-4861 (617) 253-3400 http://web.mit.edu/uaap/s3 http://web.mit.edu/admissions Campus Police MIT Medical (617) 253-1212 (617) 253-4481 [email protected] http://medweb.mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/cp/www

MIT Mental Health & Counseling Registrar’s Office (617) 253-2916 (617) 253-4784 http://medweb.mit.edu/mentalhealth http://web.mit.edu/registrar/ records/index.html Card Services/Tech Cash (617) 253-3475 Accounts Payable http://web.mit.edu/mitcard (617) 253-2750 http://vpf.mit.edu/ap Dining (617) 253-2706 http://dining.mit.edu

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