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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (view source)
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The '''Massachusetts Institute of Technology''' ('''MIT''') is a major research university in the United States, located in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (about three miles east of [[Harvard University]]). In 1949 its president James R. Killian described it as "a university polarized around science, engineering, and the arts."
The '''Massachusetts Institute of Technology''' ('''MIT''') is a major research university in the United States, located in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (about three miles east of [[Harvard University]]). In 1949 its president James R. Killian described it as "a university polarized around science, engineering, and the arts."
MIT's business school—the Sloan School of Management<ref>Named for [[Economics_Lecture_Six#Alfred_Sloan|Alfred P. Sloan]]</ref>—is very highly ranked and offers undergraduate and graduate programs.
MIT's business school—the Sloan School of Management<ref>Named for [[Economics_Lecture_Six#Alfred_Sloan|Alfred P. Sloan]]</ref>—is very highly ranked and offers undergraduate and graduate programs.
MIT has no law or medical school, though its biology department is well known. Like many [[liberal]] schools, its biology department teaches the [[theory of evolution]].
MIT has no law or medical school, though its biology department is renowned. Like all serious science schools, MIT's biology department uses evolution as the fundamental paradigm of biology, even their most basic courses.
Among MIT's most well-known professors are Ronald Rivest (of "RSA" fame), Tim Berners-Lee (of World Wide Web fame), Marvin Minsky (a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence) [[Noam Chomsky]] (a pioneer in [[linguistics]], and later an anti-war activist), Frank Wilczek (Nobel prize involving the "standard model" of particle physics), and [[Richard Lindzen]] ([[meteorology]]).
Among MIT's most well-known professors are Ronald Rivest (of "RSA" fame), Tim Berners-Lee (of World Wide Web fame), Marvin Minsky (a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence) [[Noam Chomsky]] (a pioneer in [[linguistics]], and later an anti-war activist), Frank Wilczek (Nobel prize involving the "standard model" of particle physics), and [[Richard Lindzen]] ([[meteorology]]).
It consistently ranks as the top university in the world for science and engineering, as well as the top university overall.<ref>{{cite web|title= QS World University Rankings|work=The Guardian|format=HTML|language=English|url=/higher-education-network/table/2013/sep/10/qs-world-university-rankings-2013}}</ref>
It consistently ranks as the top university in the world for science and engineering, as well as the top university overall.<ref>{{cite web|title= QS World University Rankings|work=The Guardian|format=HTML|language=English|url=http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/table/2013/sep/10/qs-world-university-rankings-2013}}</ref>
Comparable universities with a technological focus include [[California Institute of Technology]] ("CalTech"), [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution]] (RPI, in New York), [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (Georgia Tech), and [[Purdue University]] (in Indiana).
Comparable universities with a technological focus include [[California Institute of Technology]] ("CalTech"), [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution]] (RPI, in New York), [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (Georgia Tech), and [[Purdue University]] (in Indiana).