Faculty and Staff

The MIT faculty instructs undergraduate and graduate students and engages in research. As of October 2012, the Institute's total teaching staff included:

MIT's Total Teaching Staff
Professors	659
Associate professors	206
Assistant professors	157
Senior lecturers, lecturers, and professors emeriti	549
Instructors (including technical instructors)	147
Professors of the practice and adjunct faculty	35

• MIT employs approximately 11,000 individuals.
• There are 1,022 faculty members (professors of all ranks), including 219 women.
• Minority group representation among faculty includes American Indian or Alaskan Native, Black, Hispanic, and Asian.
• The student-faculty ratio is 8:1.

Seventy-eight present and former members of the MIT community have won the Nobel Prize, including nine current faculty members (recognized individually or as part of a team).

Thirty-nine current and former members of the MIT faculty have received the National Medal of Science.

Three present and former members of the faculty have been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Eleven current and former members of the faculty have won the John Bates Clark Medal.

Four present and former members of the MIT community have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Two current faculty members have won the Millennium Technology Prize.

There are 68 Guggenheim Fellows, six Fulbright Scholars, and 20 MacArthur Fellows among current MIT faculty and staff.

Seventy-seven current MIT faculty and staff are members of the National Academy of Sciences, 65 are members of the National Academy of Engineering, and 33 are members of the Institute of Medicine.

The title of Institute Professor is the highest honor awarded by the faculty and administration at MIT.

* Faculty awards are updated when announced. Last updated: 1/3/2013.