Thinking globally
Scholar and administrator Bernd Widdig holds a newly created position at MIT: director of international affairs.
Naval aviator powers up his education with MIT OpenCourseWare
Daryle Cardone uses the Institute’s free online course lessons to prepare for future study in physics and math.
Task Force on the Future of MIT Education works toward preliminary report this fall
Hundreds of members of the MIT community — including more than half of the faculty — have weighed in on the topic.
MIT ranks fifth in latest Times Higher Education rankings
Institute places No. 1 in the discipline ranking of engineering and technology.
MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary
Open education site has reached 170 million teachers and learners in 10 years.
MITx introduces ‘XSeries’ course-sequence certificates on edX
EdX also introduces new ID verification service.
EdX announces partnership with Google
Google and edX to collaborate on an open-source learning platform and research, among other things.
Classes launched at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
The Russian university, established in collaboration with MIT, welcomes 52 new graduate students.
U.S. News ranks MIT seventh overall among U.S. universities
Institute’s undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
MITx philosophy course hits the hard questions
24.00x to tackle problems that 'do not have an instruction manual'
A look at the Class of 2017
From a bedroom chemist to a high-flying roboticist, talents abound among MIT’s incoming freshmen.
Startup cofounder discusses entrepreneurship with high schoolers
Rising high-school seniors participate in interactive webinar with MIT Sloan alum
MITx course aims to start worldwide conversation about global architecture
4.605x A Global History of Architecture offers fresh perspective on the principles and forces at play in the discipline.
‘The world needs students with an MIT education’
President Reif welcomes members of the Class of 2017, and their families, at MIT’s annual Freshman Convocation.