Facts and Figures

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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 2021-22
Bachelor of Science 771
Master’s Degree 762
Doctoral Degree 389
Undergraduate Major Enrollment 2021-22
Women 1,209
International Students 214
Total Students 2,510
Graduate Enrollment 2021-22
Women 1,109
International Students 1,243
Total Students 3,272
Rankings
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 2023 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 (2), civil engineering (7), environmental/environmental health engineering (8), and nuclear engineering (2). Our programs also ranked highly in most international university rankings.
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 in 2021 was $415,885,399.
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