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MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2025-26

MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2025-26

Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.

Breakerspace image contest showcases creativity, perseverance

Breakerspace image contest showcases creativity, perseverance

The undergraduate lab’s first microscope competition highlights stunning images and student ingenuity.

Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible

Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible

Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs.

Preparing for a career at the forefront of the aerospace industry

Preparing for a career at the forefront of the aerospace industry

In a new class, students design, build, and test an electric rocket engine turbopump, facing challenges they will experience as practicing engineers.

2025 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

2025 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

MIT professors Paloma Duong, Frank Schilbach, and Justin Steil are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.

A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis.

A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis.

Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe

Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe

U.S. Air Force engineer and PhD student Randall Pietersen is using AI and next-generation imaging technology to detect pavement damage and unexploded munitions.

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025

The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas.

A leg up for STEM majors

A leg up for STEM majors

MIT undergraduates broaden their perspectives and prospects through political science.