| A |
(after subject number) Subject approved for graduate degree |
| AA |
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of |
| AA |
Affirmative Action |
| AA |
Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT |
| AA |
Athletic Association |
| AAAS |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AAC II |
Administrative Advisory Council II |
| AACR |
American Association for Cancer Research |
| AACSB |
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business |
| AACU |
Association of American Colleges and Universities |
| AAM |
American Association of Museums |
| AAMIT |
Arab Alumni of MIT |
| AAP |
Affirmative Action Plan |
| AAS |
American Astronomical Society |
| AAU |
Association of American Universities |
| ABD |
Artists Beyond the Desk (formerly Artists Behind the Desk) |
| ABET |
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
| ABS |
Applied Biological Sciences (no longer a department) |
| AC |
Academic Council |
| ACAT |
Administrative Computing Advocacy Team (part of Administrative Computing) |
| ACCESS MIT |
An information product of the Industrial Liaison Program |
| ACCORD |
Academic Computing Coordinating Group |
| ACDL |
Aerospace Computational Design Lab |
| ACE |
American Council on Education |
| ACH |
Automated Clearing House |
| ACM |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| ACME |
Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers |
| ACS |
American Cancer Society |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| ACSA |
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture |
| ACSP |
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning |
| ACSR |
Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility |
| ACST |
Academic Computing Support Team |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADONIS |
The name of the gifts database |
| ADP |
Administrative Development Program (old) |
| ADP |
Airline Data Project |
| ADP |
Alpha Delta Phi |
| ADSCMD |
Associate Dean for Student Conflict Management and Discipline |
| A.E. |
Aeronautical Engineer (degree) |
| AEPhi |
Alpha Epsilon Phi |
| AEPi |
Alpha Epsilon Pi |
| Aero-Astro |
(Department of) Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| AFMIT |
Adoptive Families at MIT |
| AFROTC |
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps |
| AGREA |
Analysis Group for Regional Electricity Alternatives (in MIT's Laboratory for Energy and the Environment) |
| AGS |
Alliance for Global Sustainability |
| AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
| AIA |
American Institute of Architects |
| AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| AID |
Association for India's Development-MIT |
| AI Lab |
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory |
| AIM |
Not an acronym. It's a group of senior administrators in central administrative departments who meet informally for mutual edification, group problem solving, and to serve as a link between their peer group and the Administrative Advisory Council II. |
| AIP |
American Institute of Physics |
| AISES |
American Indian Science and Engineering Society |
| AITI |
African Internet Technology Initiative |
| AJAS |
American Junior Academy of Science |
| AKA |
Alpha Kappa Alpha |
| ALC |
Alumni Leadership Conference |
| AMITA |
Association of MIT Alumnae |
| AMPS |
Academic Media Production Services |
| AMSL |
Active Materials and Structures Laboratory |
| AMT |
Anonymous Medical Transport |
| AMT |
Arts and Media Technology |
| ANMI |
Amsterdam New Media Institute |
| ANS |
Alumni Network Services |
| AO |
Administrative Officer |
| AO Query |
An email list of administrators, maintained by the Administrative Advisory Council II (AAC II) |
| AP |
Accounts Payable |
| APDA |
American Parliamentary Debate Association |
| APhi |
Alpha Phi |
| APL |
Affiliates Program in Logistics |
| APMT |
Aviation Portfolio Management Tool (in PARTNER) |
| APO |
Alpha Phi Omega |
| APR |
Association of Puerto Rican Students |
| APT |
Automatically Programmed Tools |
| ARA |
MIT food services vendor, ARAMARK |
| ARC |
Academic, Research, and Careers (committee) of the Graduate Student Council |
| Arcade |
Assisting Recurring Cultural and Diversity Events |
| ARCTAN |
American Red Cross Team and Network |
| ARMIT |
AIDS Response at MIT (student group) |
| AS |
Aerospace Studies (subject designation) |
| ASA |
Acoustical Society of America |
| ASA |
African Students Association |
| ASA |
Association of Student Activities |
| ASAP |
After School Astronomy Project |
| ASC |
Architecture Student Council |
| ASCB |
American Society For Cell Biology |
| ASCI |
American Association for Clinical Investigation |
| Asean |
Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASPCC |
Administrative Systems and Policies Coordinating Council |
| Aspen |
Automated Speech Exchange Network |
| ASRL |
Aeroelastic and Structures Research Laboratory |
| ASTRA |
Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America |
| ATHENA |
A campus-wide, networked computing environment that grew out of the original Project Athena. |
| ATIC |
Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing (Lab) |
| ATL |
Automated Tape Libraries |
| ATO |
Alpha Tau Omega |
| ATP |
Advanced Technology Program |
| AUTM |
Association of University Technology Managers |
| AUV |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
| AV |
Audio-Visual (Services) |
| AV Lab |
Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory |
| AVU |
African Virtual University |
| AWIS |
Association for Women in Science |
| AWM |
Association for Women in Mathematics |
| AWS |
Association of Women Students |
| AXO |
Alpha Chi Omega |
