Financial Times ranks MIT Sloan No. 1 in 2026 Global MBA Ranking
The school tops the list for the first time as MIT Sloan is recognized for preparing students to navigate today’s tech-driven workplaces.
Discovering the joy of future-forward electrical engineering
One year in, MIT’s hands-on 6-5 (Electrical Engineering With Computing) degree program is already one of the most popular majors among first-year students.
3 Questions: Fortifying our planetary defenses
MIT astronomers are developing a new way to detect, monitor, and mitigate the threats posed by smaller asteroids to our critical space infrastructure.
2026 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
MIT professors Amos Winter and Nikolai Zeldovich are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
MIT undergraduates help US high schoolers tackle calculus
The MIT4America Calculus Project is a growing source of tutoring support on a topic that’s a “gateway” to many STEM careers.
Personal tech, social media, and the “decline of humanity”
In Compton Lecture at MIT, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns of dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, and civic life, and urges curbs to tech use.
For one learner, online MIT courses are “like getting a Ferrari for the price of an electric scooter”
Senior engineer Badri Ratnam has enhanced his education and career with 40 courses offered by MITx at MIT Open Learning.
Engineering confidence to navigate uncertainty
In 16.85 (Design and Testing of Autonomous Vehicles), AeroAstro students build software that allows autonomous flight vehicles to navigate unknown environments.
Les Perelman, expert in writing assessment and champion of writing education, dies at 77
The longtime MIT faculty member and former dean established an influential writing program at the Institute and was known for his fierce criticism of automated essay grading.
Turning curiosity about engineering into careers
A collaboration between MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations, Boeing, and Engineering Tomorrow brings aspiring engineers from the classroom to the factory floor.
How MIT OpenCourseWare is fueling one learner’s passion for education
Gustavo Barboza’s learning journey took him from his native Colombia to the French military, and now back to the classroom. MIT’s free resources have helped guide him as he studies electrical engineering.
Bringing the stage to the classroom
21T.100 (Theater Arts Production) gathers MIT students, faculty, staff, and other professionals to produce feature-length performances.
T. Alan Hatton receives Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education
Former Chemical Engineering Practice School director recognized by the National Academy of Engineering for decades of leadership advancing immersive, industry-centered learning at MIT.
Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
He joins Nikos Trichakis in guiding the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence
As AI technology advances, a new interdisciplinary course seeks to equip students with foundational critical thinking skills in computing.