Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yes, on campus housing is guaranteed at MIT, but only for full-time registered undergraduate students & incoming transfer students.

MIT offers guaranteed housing for all four years of UG studies.

It is mandatory to live on campus for first year students, unless they possess a valid special waiver request from the MIT authorities.

Priority is also given to housing PG students, however, due to limited availability, all PG students are unable to avail housing services, therefore, applicants are advised to apply ASAP.

Yes, the MIT campus is home to a number of dining halls known to offer quality Indian food.

The Maseeh dining hall is a popular destination for quality Indian food on campus, which also serves vegetarians.

The place offers all kinds of foods, including main courses & snacks (pizza, burger, pasta, etc.).

Other than that, students can also visit the McCormick Hall, which also serves popular Indian dishes such as Chicken Tikka Masala, Aloo Palak, Pulau, & Naan among others.  

Yes, MIT is home to The Association of Indian Students, which runs a number of clubs & groups for Indian students.

Among them, MIT Sangam is the most popular one, which is known to organize a number of cultural events & fests over the course of the academic year such as: Diwali party, Indian DJ Nights, karaoke, & more.

MIT Bhangra, MIT Nritya, MIT Mirchi, MIT Hindu Student Council are some other popular clubs for Indian students to join.

Yes, it is possible to pay your fees in instalments, via the MIT's Student Financial Services (SFS).  Students can pay their fees on a monthly basis, without paying an interest.

Bills are made available to students around the 10^th of each month via the MITPay portal.

As for ISAs (Income Share Agreements), MIT does not offer them, & follows the traditional approach of standard aids & loan structures.

Yes, it is possible for students to change their majors at MIT. Students can declare their major by the end of the first year.

To change your major, contact your new department's undergraduate academic officer, to gain information about how to transfer your completed work, from your previous department.

Further, students must also submit a Change of Major form, which takes immediate effect if submitted during the summer or week 8 of a term.

Form submitted after that comes into effect at the start of next term.

The MIT Athletics team: MIT Engineers, is part of the NCAA Division III.

The institute's sports team has won 20+ Team National Championships & 40+ Individual National Championships over its history.

The team competes across 33 varsity sports against other universities in the USA, which includes: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Open Sailing, Softball, Squash & Tennis.

Yes, former American Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is a notable alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Aldrin was part of the first cohort of humans to have stepped foot on the moon, along with Neil Armstrong & Micheal Collins, as part of the Apollo 11 space mission of 1969.

Buzz earned a Doctor of Science degree in astronautics from MIT in 1963. 

Yes, MIT is the #1 university in the world, per the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Rankings 2026.

The institute has retained its throne, which it also held over the last 3 years, beating the likes of Imperial College London (#2) & Stanford University (#3) to the top spot.

Mentioned below are the details of the fees (investment) and salary (return) of an MBA at Massachusetts Institute of Technology:

For 2024-25 MBA graduates,  MIT USA the highest package was recorded to be USD 273,420 (INR 2.37 Cr).

Conversion Rate: 1 USD = INR 86.78

Yes, Silicon Valley based tech giant, Apple, is one of the top companies known to hire MIT graduates.

Apart from Apple, the likes of Amazon, Google, Samsung, Deloitte, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Microsoft & Morgan Stanley are some other top companies known to hire graduates from the institute.