The Birth of MIT
oOn April 10, 1861 the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts approved the charter for the
incorporation of “Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and the Boston Society of Natural
History” founded by William Barton Rogers.
oMIT admitted its first female named Ellen
Swallow Richards in 1870. She became MIT’s
first faculty specializing in sanitary chemistry.
First President of MIT
William Barton Rogers
Vision and Mission:
William Barton Rogers, a natural
scientist, sought to establish a “new”
form of higher education to address
the rapid advances in science and
technology. The “Rogers Plan” as it
was known was rooted in three (3)
principles:
#1. The educational value of useful
knowledge
#2. The necessity of “learning by
doing”
#3. Integrating a professional and
liberal arts education
MIT SEAL
Maps of MIT
o Map of MIT 1905
o Map of MIT 2010
George Eastman
1916:
FOUNDER OF EASTMAN KODAK, DONATED THE FUNDS TO MIT TO PURCHASE A “MILELONG” TRACT OF SWAMP AND INDUSTRIAL LAND ALONG THE CAMBRIDGE SIDE OF THE
CHARLES RIVER. A NEW ERA IN MIT’S HISTORY BEGAN WHEN IT MOVED INTO ITS NEW
CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS IN 1916. IT IS ALSO SAID THAT STUDENTS RUB HIS NOSE FOR LUCK.
5 Schools of MIT and 1 College
School of
Engineering
School of
Architecture
School of
Science
And
Planning
Great
Dome
School of
Humanities,
Arts and
Social
Science
Sloan School
of
Management
Whittaker
College
MIT MASCOT TIM THE BEAVER
Honor and Awards
Recipients:
- 75 Nobel Laureates
-47 National Medal of Science recipients
-31 McArthur Fellows award recipients
Structure:
oLevel 1

1881
2009
Level 2
Students
Faculty
38
Students
302
Faculty
Employees
1025
Professors of all
ranks
Undergraduates
and Graduates
10,385
International
3,150 from 117
countries
Employees
10,500
Our 16th President and First women
Dr. Susan Hockfield
o MIT has a distinctive mission and history that set us apart from other
universities. When the Institute was established almost 150 years ago,
our first President, William Barton Rogers, envisioned a new kind of
academic institution-one that could, as he put it, "serve the times and
the nation's needs."
o Those principles have served us well, and today our work - in
engineering, the natural and social sciences, the humanities and the arts
- reaches people the world over. The Institute community extends far
beyond campus, embracing international partners and more than
100,000 alumni around the globe.
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-Susan Hockfield
Evolution
The first sitting President to visit MIT and we got
the Presidential seal of approval…….