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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jest prywatnym uniwersytetem położonym w Cambridge w Massachusetts w Stanach Zjednoczonych. MIT składa się z pięciu szkół i jednego college'u posiadającego 32 wydziały.[1] Priorytetem uczelni jest silny nacisk na teorię, przykłady i interdyscyplinarne naukowe oraz technologiczne badania.
Data założenia |
1861 | ||
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Adres |
Cambridge (Massachusetts) | ||
Rektor |
Phillip Clay | ||
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MIT was founded by William Barton Rogers in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. Although based upon European models of an institute of technology, MIT's founding philosophy of "learning by doing" made it an early pioneer in the use of laboratory instruction,[2] undergraduate research, and progressive architectural styles. As a federally funded research and development center during World War II, MIT scientists developed defense-related technologies that would later become integral to computers, radar, and inertial guidance. After the war, MIT continued to have a high profile throughout the Space Race and Cold War and its reputation expanded beyond its core competencies in science and engineering into the social sciences including economics, linguistics, political science, and management.
MIT's endowment and annual research expenditures are among the largest of any American university.[3] MIT graduates and faculty are noted for their technical acumen (63 Nobel Laureates and 29 MacArthur Fellows[4] as of October 2006), entrepreneurial spirit (a 1997 report claimed that the aggregated revenues of companies founded by MIT affiliates would make it the twenty-fourth largest economy in the world),[5] and irreverence (the popular practice of constructing elaborate pranks, or hacking, often has anti-authoritarian overtones).