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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Author: Blystsiv Ostap

MIT was founded in 1861 in Boston by William Barton Rogers to address advances in science and technology. The campus spans 168 acres across the Charles River, divided by Massachusetts Avenue. Academically, MIT focuses on graduate and professional programs and operates on a 4-1-4 calendar. Traditions include meritocracy, no honorary degrees or athletic scholarships, and upperclassmen wearing a large distinctive class ring known as the Brass Rat. Student activities encompass various clubs and organizations.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Author: Blystsiv Ostap

MIT was founded in 1861 in Boston by William Barton Rogers to address advances in science and technology. The campus spans 168 acres across the Charles River, divided by Massachusetts Avenue. Academically, MIT focuses on graduate and professional programs and operates on a 4-1-4 calendar. Traditions include meritocracy, no honorary degrees or athletic scholarships, and upperclassmen wearing a large distinctive class ring known as the Brass Rat. Student activities encompass various clubs and organizations.

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Massachusetts Institute of

Technology
Author: Blystsiv Ostap
Agenda

1. History
2. Campus
3. Academics
4. Traditions
5. Student activities
History
In 1859, a proposal was submitted to the Massachusetts General Court to use newly
filled lands in Back Bay, Boston for a "Conservatory of Art and Science", but the
proposal failed. A proposal by William Barton Rogers led to a charter for the
incorporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, signed by the governor
of Massachusetts on April 10, 1861.
Rogers wanted to establish an institution to address rapid scientific and technological
advances. He did not wish to found a professional school. The Rogers Plan reflected
the German research university model, emphasizing an independent faculty engaged
in research as well as instruction oriented around seminars and laboratories.
Campus
MIT's 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus spans
approximately a mile of the north side of the
Charles River basin in the city of
Cambridge. The campus is divided roughly
in half by Massachusetts Avenue, with most
dormitories and student life facilities to the
west and most academic buildings to the
east. The bridge closest to MIT is the
Harvard Bridge, which is known for being
marked off in a non-standard unit of length –
the smoot.
Academics
MIT is a large, highly residential, research university with a majority of
enrollments in graduate and professional programs. MIT operates on a
4–1–4 academic calendar with the fall semester beginning after Labor
Day and ending in mid-December, a 4-week "Independent Activities
Period" in the month of January, and the spring semester beginning in
early February and ending in late May.
Traditions
The faculty and student body highly value meritocracy and technical
proficiency. MIT has never awarded an honorary degree, nor does it
award athletic scholarships, ad eundem degrees, or Latin honors upon
graduation. However, MIT has twice awarded honorary professorships:
to Winston Churchill in 1949 and Salman Rushdie in 1993.
Many upperclass students and alumni wear a large, heavy, distinctive
class ring known as the "Brass Rat". Originally created in 1929, the
ring's official name is the "Standard Technology Ring."
Student activities
The undergraduate ring design (a separate graduate student version exists
as well) varies slightly from year to year to reflect the unique character of
the MIT experience for that class, but always features a three-piece
design, with the MIT seal and the class year each appearing on a separate
face, flanking a large rectangular bezel bearing an image of a beaver.
The initialism IHTFP, representing the informal school motto "I Hate This
Place" and jocularly euphemized as "I Have Truly Found Paradise,"
"Institute Has The Finest Professors," "It's Hard to Fondle Penguins," and
other variations, has occasionally been featured on the ring given its
historical prominence in student culture.
Thank you for attention!

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