Facilities

An infrastructure that supports innovation
The work of the MIT Sloan community is supported by a leading-edge infrastructure of resources and facilities within MIT Sloan and across the Institute. Each component of this infrastructure strives to be the best of its kind in the world.

The halls of business
At MIT, you can feel the world changing. Virtually every building has been the birthplace of a major innovation. The buildings of MIT Sloan are no exception. Two of MIT Sloan's landmark buildings, in fact, are part of corporate legend. MIT Sloan's hub, E52, housed the U.S. headquarters of Unilever Corporation before Alfred P. Sloan purchased it for MIT in 1950. Unilever's owner commissioned the lobby's historic murals. Next door, in building E51, National Research Corporation made beverage history during World War II. The company's attempts to freeze-dry blood using low-temperature physics yielded an unexpected result: freeze-dried orange juice and the now-famous brand, Minute Maid. Each building on the MIT Sloan campus is consistently upgraded to respect its origins while providing the resources the community needs to continue shaping corporate history.

The evolving campus
Under the Evolving Campus Project, MIT is in the process of reinventing the concept of university life with an unprecedented building boom that will increase the campus by more than one million square feet. Internationally respected architects like Frank Gehry and Stephen Holl are working with MIT to create living and working spaces that promote interaction, innovation, and collaboration. Extensive renovations to many campus buildings, streets, and green spaces will reinforce these goals. This massive infrastructure project is also being used as a model for environmentally-responsible building.

Leading-edge computing environment
Always at the vanguard of high-technology, the Institute provides its community with a sophisticated computing environment and access to a powerful network of resources and applications, including a high speed wireless network. With such extensive resources — human and electronic — at its disposal, MIT Sloan is perpetually developing path-breaking technologies, from an authentic stock market trading room to an open source platform for collaboration and e-learning.

An extensive library network
The MIT Sloan community has access to the Institute's extensive library system, which includes five major libraries (including one focused on management and social sciences), five smaller specialized libraries, the Institute Archives, 2.6 million printed volumes, 17,000 journal subscriptions, a digital collection of MIT theses, 325 online databases, and more than 3800 electronic journal titles licensed for access on the MIT network. Also available is DSpace, a revolutionary digital repository created to preserve the intellectual output of MIT.

State-of-the-art athletics
MIT's athletic complex consists of ten buildings and 26 acres of playing fields. Facilities include the state-of-the-art Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, the Johnson Athletic Center, Rockwell Cage, and the David Flett duPont Athletic Center. Outdoor facilities range from fields for softball, baseball, and track and field to 16 tennis courts. Seasonal facilities include the Sailing Pavilion, Pierce Boathouse, and Johnson Ice Arena.

A vibrant arts community
MIT houses museums, galleries, dance troupes, and musical groups — including the venerable MIT Symphony. The faculty include Pulizer Prize winners and MacArthur fellows, best selling authors and celebrated playwrights. The fabric of the arts at MIT has also been shaped by the fact that MIT is both a community of innovators and a community of exceptional diversity. Not surprisingly, this climate of invention has nurtured new media like holography, electronic music, and interactive cinema.

A responsive health care system
MIT Medical offers an extensive scope of services to keep the community healthy and to provide expert care for the sick. A large multi-specialty group practice with 24 full-time physicians, more than 50 part-time physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, psychologists, and other health professionals, MIT Medical brings together more than 40 services and offers workshops and support systems for health issues large and small.