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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Services and Facilities

Address

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

Website

http://web.mit.edu/

Admissions E-mail

admissions@mit.edu

Student Services

Basic services offered:

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance

Remedial learning services offered:

N/A

Counseling services offered:

minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious, other

Career Center

Career services include:

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Graduates who enter job market in field related to major:

Within six months of graduation:

68%

Within one year of graduation:

N/A

Within two years of graduation:

N/A

Firms that most frequently hire graduates:

A123 systems; AQR Capital Management; ARES; Accenture; Agency for Science; Analysis Group; Apple; Applied Predictive Technologies; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; Arizona Diamondbacks; Athena Health; Avalere; Avenue A|Razorfish; BNP Paribas; Bain & Company; Baltimore; Bank of America; Bear Stearns; Beth Israel Deaconess; Bloomberg; Bluefin Robotics Corporation; Booz Allen Hamilton; Bose; Boston Consulting Group; Boston Public School System; Boston Teaching Residency; CRA International; CYTYC Corp.; Children's Hospital; Citadel; Citigroup; Cordis Corporation; Credit Suisse; Cushman & Wakefield; D.E. Shaw; DC Energy; DE Shaw Research and Development; Dagli Trading Ltd.; Deloitte Consulting LLP; Deutsche Bank; Digitas; Dominion Engineering, Inc; E*TRADE Financial; ENVIRON; Electronic Arts; Endeca; FactSet; Fannie Mae; Fidelity Investments; Formulatrix Inc.; Funded Software Startup; GZA Geoenvironmental, Inc; General Electric Global Research Center; Global Prior Art Inc.; Goldman Sachs; Google; Guidant; HMMH Inc; HP; HSBC; Health Advances; Heller Manus Architects; Hitachi Consulting; IBM; IBM Business Consulting; IDEO; Inductis, Inc.; J and F Technologies; JP Morgan Chase; Jane Street Capital; Jet Propulsion Laboratories; Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; KLA-Tencor; Kwangju Foreign School; Langan Engineering; Langer Lab; Lehman Brothers; Lexmark International; Linear Technology Corporation; Liz Claiborne Inc.; Lockheed Martin; MATCH (Media and Technology Charter High School); MGH; MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Malcolm Pirnie; Massachusetts General Hospital; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mayo; McKinsey & Company; Mercer Oliver Wyman; Metis Design Corp.; Microsoft; Milliman; Monitor Group; Moody's Investors Service; Morgan Stanley; NBC (National Broadcasting Company) part of General Electric; NERA; National Institutes of Health; NetCracker; Northrop Grumman Space Technology; Novellus; Old North Church; Oracle; Orbital Sciences; PA Consulting; Pinnacle West; Pixel Liberation Front; Putnam Associates; Pyramis; Raytheon; Raytheon IDS; SH&E Consulting; SIG; SKP; Sensor Technologies; Shell Oil Company; Steve and Barry's University Sportswear; Stormforge Software / BiogenIdec; Stroud Consulting; Suffolk Construction; Susquehanna International Group; Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.; Teach For America; Technology and Research; Teradyne; The Boeing Company; The Hudson River Group; TriTek Solutions; U.S. Government; UBS Investment Bank; UCLA; United States Air Force; United States Marine Corps; United States Navy; United States Navy - Naval Reactors; University of Maryland; Vecna Technologies Inc; Wachovia; Wyoming.com

Library

School has a library on campus?

Yes

School is a member of library consortia?

Yes

Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:

2,807,568

Number of current serial subscriptions:

22,332

Number of microforms:

2,401,703

Number of audiovisual materials:

610,651

Number of E-books:

21,087

Additional library facilities:

The MIT Libraries support the Institute's programs of study and research. Five major subject libraries, for Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Humanities, Science, Management and Social Science, as well as four specialized libraries and the Institute Archives, offer access to a wide range of materials, both print and electronic, and services.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:

Dedicated undergraduate teaching laboratories in many departments are complemented by the facilities of numerous interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers-list available at http://web.mit.edu/research/; arts facilities include not only the List Visual Arts Center, The MIT Museum, and the Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Gallery, but also the Berenice Abbott Photography Laboratory, the Lewis Music Library, and performance and practice spaces.

Computer Resources

Students required to take a computer course?

Yes

Students required to lease/own a computer?

No

Number of computers available to all students:

1,100

Internet access available to all students?

Yes

E-mail accounts available to all students?

Yes

Computers available for student use in:

computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of open, wired network connections available to students:

In the library (excluding computer labs):

50

In classrooms:

1,200

In computer labs:

100

Elsewhere in the school/university:

7,000

Does the school have a wireless network?

Yes

Areas where wireless network is available:

in all the libraries; in all classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing; in all school buildings and on all school property

Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:

20,000

Recommended computer operating system on campus:

N/A

Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:

100%

Student webpages permitted?

Yes

Is online registration for classes available?

Yes

Campus Safety

Campus safety and security services offered:

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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