Since its incorporation in 1861, MIT has upheld its abiding commitment to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and related areas of scholarship. Teaching and research—with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle—continue to be the Institute’s primary purpose as it serves the nation and the world.
Education Sanjay Sarma, the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was appointed MIT's first director of digital learning...
The first MITx prototype course, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics, runs free of charge for students worldwide. Modeled after...
MIT announces OpenCourseWare, a web-based publication of the educational materials from the MIT faculty's courses, open for...
MIT and Cambridge University in England establish The Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI), a program that includes integrated research...
The faculty revises MIT's programs in the humanities and social science in order to strengthen and broaden students' work in these subjects...
MIT hosts the Navy V-12 program and ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program) to provide technical training for U.S. military officers during World War II...
Education MIT's charter, the "Act to Incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology," is passed by the legislature and approved...
