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Partner of the GEE-Study and the Global Engineering Internship Program The mission of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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. The institute admitted its first students in 1865, four years after the approval of its founding charter. Today MIT is a world-class educational institution. MIT is independent, coeducational, and privately endowed. Its five schools and one college encompass 34 academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs, as well as numerous interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries.MIT faculties instruct undergraduate and graduate students, and engage in research. There are 983 faculty members (professors of all ranks), including 178 women. MIT employs about 9,780 individuals on campus. In addition to faculty, there are research, library and administrative staff, as well as many others who directly or indirectly support the teaching and research goals of the institute. 73 current faculty and staff members belong to the National Academy of Engineering, 72 to the National Academy of Sciences, 27 to the Institute of Medicine, and 139 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 59 present and former members of the MIT community have won the Nobel Prize, including eight current faculty members. During the academic year 2004–2005, 4,136 undergraduate students were enrolled at MIT. Admission to undergraduate studies at MIT is based on academic potential, general personal qualifications, and outstanding interests, activities, and achievements. In 2004, 10,466 candidates submitted final applications for the freshman class, and 1,665 (16 percent) were offered admission. 6,184 graduate students were enrolled at MIT during the same period. Applicants for graduate degree programs are evaluated for previous performance and professional promise by the department in which they wish to register. In 2004, 15,327 candidates applied for graduate study. Of the 3,471 candidates who received offers of admission, 2,021, or 58 percent, registered in advanced degree programs at MIT. Women have attended MIT since 1871. In fall 2004, 1,765 women were enrolled as undergraduates (43 percent) and 1,836 as graduate students (30 percent). There are 2,724 international students registered at MIT—348 undergraduates and 2,376 graduate students. About 1,500 international scholars from over 80 different countries visit MIT every year. The Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT provides programs and services for over 100,000 former students to stay in touch with one another and continue their MIT connections. Nearly 7,000 alumni and alumnae volunteer their services for the institute each year, with many serving as class and club officers, as educational counselors, and as members of the MIT Corporation and its Visiting Committees. During 2004–2005 MIT had operating expenditures of about $1,838 million. It had operating revenues of $1,832 million. Among the different revenue sources, MIT received $517 million from research revenues on campus and $287 million as investment return on operating funds. For further information visit:
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