Administrative Organization

The Institute's chief executive officer is the president. The provost, chancellor, executive vice president and treasurer, vice president for Institute affairs and secretary of the Corporation, vice president for external affairs, vice president for resource development, and vice president and general counsel report directly to the president. The vice president for research, the associate provosts, the deans of the Institute's five schools, and the director of the MIT Libraries report to the provost. The deans for graduate students, undergraduate education, and student life report to the chancellor. The vice presidents for finance, human resources, and information services and technology report to the executive vice president and treasurer.

The MIT Faculty determines the Institute's educational policy. The Faculty meets monthly and conducts much of its business through elected standing committees.

The Institute's board of trustees, known as the Corporation, includes approximately 70 distinguished leaders in education, industry, science, engineering and other professions, and (ex officio) the MIT chairman, president, treasurer, secretary of the Corporation, president of the Alumni Association, and three representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Corporation also includes approximately 30 emeritus members.