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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
There are over two dozen Engineering courses offered under MIT School of Engineering with a variety of specialisations such as Health, Robotics, and Energy. The aforementioned courses are offline courses, MIT also offers a vast selection of free online courses through its OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative.
There are over 2,500 online courses available at this university which covers the entire MIT curriculum. These courses have lecture notes, exams, videos and more. The student can download them offline on the go.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
Yes, MIT offers a wide range of courses and is particularly known for the Engineering courses at this university. This university is focused on attracting the best brains of the world to innovate in the world of Engineering.
Below are the postgraduate and undergraduate courses available at this university:
- BSc Science in Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- BSc in Chemical Engineering
- BSc in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- BSc in Engineering
- MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics
- D. or Sc. D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering
- MS in Chemical Engineering Practice
- D. in Chemical Engineering
- D. in Chemical Enginee
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
International students can choose from a variety of courses available at this school. The reasons that make Engineering at MIT special are its state-of-the-art learning infrastructure, pioneering faculties, research university model, diverse community, strong academic reputation, scholarships, and focus on real-world applications.
MIT School of Engineering has over 30 courses under Engineering UG courses:
- BSc Science in Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- BSc in Chemical Engineering
- BSc in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- BSc in Engineering
- BSc
- BE in Mechanics & Materials, Environment or Systems.
- BSc in Climate System Science and E
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, MIT is considered an R1 Research University, i.e. an institution that is known for conducting a high-volume of research activity, & spending at-least a minimum of USD 50 million in research related work over the course of an academic year.
Its research team is known to comprise of a number of Nobel Prize winners, given below is a detailed description of the same:
- Faculty of Physics: 8 Nobel prizes and 3 Wolf prizes for contributions to subatomic and quantum theory
- Faculty of Chemistry: 3 Nobel prizes and 1 Wolf Prize for the discovery of novel syntheses and methods
- Biologists: 6 Nobel prizes for their contributions to Genetics,
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
In 1934, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was elected to the Association of American Universities and, since then is qualified among R1: Doctoral Universities (Very high research activity).
MIT's researchers have invented or developed the following:
- Magnetic-core memory, radar, single-electron transistors, and inertial guidance controls;
- High-speed photography and sonar;
- Modern information theory and discovery of the application of Boolean logic to digital circuit design theory;
- Cybernetics, artificial intelligence, computer languages, machine learning, robotics, cryptography, and much more.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Both Princeton & MIT are among the toughest institutes to secure admissions at. Their low acceptance rate is down to the limited availability of world class resources, that are only accessible to the best qualified candidates.
As far as acceptance rates are concerned, Princeton has an acceptance rate of 4.62%, which suggests it only accepts on average around 4 applications of every 100 it recieves.
The MIT acceptance rate of 4-5%, is not too high than Princeton's & it can said that both are selective to pretty much similar extents.
However, it is marginally easier to secure admissions at MIT than it is at Princeton.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Both Princeton & MIT are among the top ranking higher educational institutions in the United States, with Princeton securing a country-level rank #4, while MIT secures a US-wide rank #2 as part of the latest Shiksha Popularity Rankings.
Choosing between them can be confusing, however, this process can be made easier by taking into account some important parameters such as location, acceptance rate, popular courses, rankings & tuition fees.
Given below is a comparison between them based on the above mentioned parameters:
Criteria | Princeton University | MIT |
|---|---|---|
Location | Princeton, NJ 08544, USA | 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States |
Acceptance Rate | 4.62% | 4-5% |
Popular Programs | Computer Science, Economics | Computer Science, Engineering, MBA |
Tuition Fee (MS) | INR 43.5 L-INR 50.16 L | INR 35.7 L-INR 77.5 L |
Shiksha Popularity Ranking | #4 |
#2
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5 months agoContributor-Level 8
Undoubtedly, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best global universities and offers an extremely rich student experience. Some of the best features of the student life at MIT are as follows:
Clubs & Organizations
- More than 500 student organizations.
- Nearly 40 Greek-letter and independent living groups, chaplains for more than 20 faith traditions, and more.
- Students get to participate in a variety of activities such as academics and research, extracurricular adventures, music, dance, sports, cultural activities, events, etc.
Housing & Dining
- Around 19 residence halls for housing, 6 dining halls, several retail eater
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5 months ago
Contributor-Level 10
No, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology strictly offers only need-based scholarships and none on the basis of athletics, athletic, artistic, or any other extracurricular activities. However, Indian students can avail some scholarships to study in USA, in order to fund the heavy expenses of studying abroad.
- Narotam Sekhsaria's Scholarships
- Hani Zeini Scholarship
- Unimoni Student Stars
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarships
- C. Mahindra Scholarships for Post-Graduate Studies Abroad
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