The School of Engineering has a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, a Faculty Gender Equity Committee, and a Staff Advice and Implementation Committee. The School has made a deep commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and aims to enable and foster a deeply inclusive, respectful and caring community, where each community member feels enabled and supported to thrive and contribute fully. 

Visit the websites for MIT’s Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO), and Institute Discrimination and Harassment Response Office (IDHR) for more resources and information on these topics. 

Deep technology and science-based engineering are at the heart of what we do and who we are. Quantum computing, self-healing materials, programming bacteria to fix atmospheric nitrogen, and autonomous vehicles require rigor, passion, and a breakthrough, or two, or three. We also provide a strong residential living and learning environment: More than 130,000 square “maker spaces”; dynamic research experiences for students; integrated study abroad and co-ops; and on-ramps and varied paths for innovation and entrepreneurship. A thriving arts and humanities scene, athletics (20 percent of undergrads play varsity), and, of course, hacks, round out student life.

Through K–12 programs, professional learning opportunities, digital tools, and personalized learning, we are also committed to opening up engineering to everyone — and transforming teaching through evidence and student input. In that sense, we are, in the words of MIT President Reif, “restlessly reinventing” ourselves to make a better world.

After all, we are the kind of place that doesn’t just talk about “moon shots,” but one that helped accomplish the real thing. The notion of making a better world is not sloganeering. It’s what we do. It’s what we have always done.

The MIT School of Engineering is home to eight academic departments, two institutes — and a HUGE collection of research laboratories, centers, co- and extracurricular programs, professional and interdepartmental education initiatives, and more. Advances in 3D printing, nanofabrication, robotics, and other technologies happen here every day.

Roughly half of all MIT students are enrolled in an engineering degree program. About a third of the Institute’s faculty are in the School, and their research accounts for 54 percent of MIT’s total annual sponsored projects.

The MIT School of Engineering is committed to increasing diversity by fostering a community of opportunity and by providing the intellectual stimulation of a diverse school and campus environment, both in the classroom and where we work and live.