The School of Engineering by the numbers
The MIT School of Engineering is home to eight academic departments and one division. There are 368 faculty and approximately 4,700 students. Roughly forty percent of all MIT students are enrolled in engineering degree programs. A wide range of research laboratories, centers, and affiliated programs are also housed in the School of Engineering or its departments.
Faculty 2008-2009 |
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| Full Professors | 255 |
| Associate Professors w/ tenure | 40 |
| Associate Professors w/o tenure | 33 |
| Assistant Professors | 40 |
Faculty distinctions |
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| A. M. Turing Award | 3 |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 56 |
| American Philosophical Society | 3 |
| American Physical Society | 19 |
| American Physical Society Prizes & Awards | 2 |
| Charles Stark Draper Prize | 2 |
| Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award | 68 |
| Franklin Institute Awards | 1 |
| Gairdner Award | 1 |
| Guggenheim Fellow | 20 |
| Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award | 12 |
| Humboldt Research Award | 1 |
| Institute of Medicine | 10 |
| James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award | 5 |
| Japan Prize | 1 |
| Kyoto Prize | 1 |
| Lemelson-MIT Awards | 1 |
| MacArthur Fellow | 8 |
| Millennium Technology Prize | 2 |
| National Academy of Engineering | 105 |
| National Academy of Sciences | 22 |
| National Medal of Science | 3 |
| National Medal of Technology | 1 |
| Optical Society of America | 2 |
Undergraduate enrollment 2008-2009 |
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| Women | 738 |
| International Students | 167 |
| Total Students | 1,851 |
Graduate enrollment 2008-2009 |
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| Women | 711 |
| International Students | 1,177 |
| Total Students | 2,807 |
Degrees granted 2008-2009 |
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| SB degrees | 626 |
| Masters degrees | 719 |
| Doctoral degrees | 302 |
Rankings
MIT's School of Engineering is generally ranked at the top of its fields. The October 2008 Times Higher Education-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings placed MIT first in the subject fields of technology and natural sciences, and the most recent ranking of graduate programs by US News & World Report placed MIT's programs in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechnical Engineering in the number-one spot; also ranked were Nuclear Science and Engineering (2), Civil and Environmental Engineering (4), and our new program in Biological Engineering (6).
Financial Support
The MIT School of Engineering draws on a variety of agencies, foundations, and industries to provide financial support for its academic and research initiatives. The total volume of research expenditures by the School of Engineering in 2007-2008 was $249,445,000. Approximately $169,520,000 of this support originated from federal agencies; $50,475,000 from industry; and $29,450,000 from non-profits, state and local government, and internal sources.
