MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
麻省理工学院（Massachusetts Institute of Technology），简称MIT，是位于美国马萨诸塞州剑桥市的一所世界顶级研究型私立大学。麻省理工学院无论在美国还是全世界都有非常重要的影响力，培养了众多对世界产生影响的人士，是全球高科技和高等研究的先导力量。经过麻省理工学院几代人坚持不懈地努力奋斗，时至今日，但凡有人提起“世界理工大学之最”，人人皆首推麻省理工学院。麻省理工已成为世界各地莘莘学子心向神往的科学圣殿，在国际自然科学及工程学领域亦享有极佳的声誉，其管理学、经济学、哲学、政治学、语言学等人文社科也同样优秀.
麻省理工学院是爱国者联盟盟校。除麻省理工学院之外，该联盟由包括乔治敦大学（Georgetown University）、理海大学（Lehigh University）、西点军校和美国海军学院（USNA）在内的其他12个精英学府组成。这些学府的共同特点是规模小和高度精英化。麻省理工学院是美国一级国家级大学。
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. Researchers worked on computers, radar, and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus opened in 1916 and extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.
MIT, with five schools and one college which contain a total of 32
departments, is traditionally known for its research and education in
the physical sciences and engineering, and more recently in biology, economics, linguistics, and management as well. The "Engineers" sponsor 31 sports, most teams of which compete in the NCAA Division III's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference; the Division I rowing programs compete as part of the EARC and EAWRC.
MIT is often cited as among the world's top universities.As of 2014, 81 Nobel laureates, 52 National Medal of Science recipients, 45 Rhodes Scholars, 38 MacArthur Fellows, 34 astronauts, and 2 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT. The school has a strong entrepreneurial culture, and the aggregated revenues of companies founded by MIT alumni would rank as the eleventh-largest economy in the world.
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