The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering.
Motto: Mens et Manus (Latin)
Motto in English: "Mind and Hand"
Type: Private land-grant research university
Established: April 10, 1861
Founder: William Barton Rogers
Accreditation: NECHE
Academic affiliations: AAU · AITU · COFHE · NAICU · UARC · URA · Sea grant · Space grant