MIT Fact To encourage public transit and reduce traffic in Cambridge, MIT offers a 50% or more T-pass subsidy to all students, faculty and staff.
The Institute's commitment to education extends well beyond its campus. Find out how MIT propagates the devotion to scholarship.
What does MIT do in the community? Learn more about how MIT's people and programs serve its neighbors in Cambridge, Boston, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
As a center for scientific and technological innovation, MIT stimulates the local economy and spawns new businesses. It also employs thousands, spends millions at area businesses, and is a major contributor to Cambridge's revenue stream.
The MIT capital construction program is well underway. The Institute's goal is to keep the impacts of construction to a minimum, to be informative, and to be responsive to community needs and concerns.
MIT contributes to local and national policymaking processes on issues ranging from zoning to immigration. Its representatives engage in discussions with government officials, agency staff, and citizens to solve problems and to advance education and research.