MIT has a thing for data. We just love it.
The details are below, but in broad strokes: 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.
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.
| Faculty 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Full Professors | 270 |
| Associate Professors with Tenure | 37 |
| Associate Professors without Tenure | 27 |
| Assistant Professors | 56 |
| Degrees Awarded 2020-21 | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor of Science | 737 |
| Master’s Degree | 747 |
| Doctoral Degree | 295 |
| Undergraduate Major Enrollment 2020-21 | |
|---|---|
| Women | 1,107 |
| International Students | 217 |
| Total Students | 2,370 |
| Graduate Enrollment 2020-21 | |
|---|---|
| Women | 1,046 |
| International Students | 1,241 |
| Total Students | 3,162 |
| Rankings |
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| The MIT School of Engineering is generally ranked at the top of its field. U.S. News & World Report has given the top spot to MIT’s undergraduate engineering program since 1983. In the 2022 ranking of graduate programs, U.S. News placed aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, chemical engineering, computer engineering, electrical/ electronic/communications engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering in the number-one spot; also ranked were biomedical engineering/bioengineering (3), civil engineering (7), environmental/environmental health engineering (9), and nuclear engineering (2). Our programs also ranked highly in most international university rankings. |
| Financial Support |
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| 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 in 2021 was $415,885,399. |