Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( USA )

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. The institute has a European polytechnic university model and emphasized laboratory instruction in science established and applied engineering. MIT's early emphasis on applied technology at the undergraduate and graduate levels led to close cooperation with industry. The curricular reforms under Karl Compton and Vannevar Bush in the 1930s emphasized basic science. MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934. Researchers working on computers, radar, and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Postwar defense research contributed to the rapid exp

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( USA )

ansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current campus of 168 acres (68.0 ha) was opened in 1916 and extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern banks of the Charles River Basin.