Resources
Access extraordinary assets
Get acquainted with the assets at MIT Sloan and in the greater MIT community. From speakers to academic research centers, career development to writing support, and recreation to housing, you have access to extraordinary resources.
Use the links below to explore what's available to you as an MIT Sloan student.
Academic, Research, and Learning Support
Research Centers: Interdisciplinary think tanks, bringing together researchers from a range of fields to solve complex problems. Groups such as the MIT Center for Digital Business and the MIT Entrepreneurship Center are writing the rules of the road for emerging businesses.
Finance and Economics: The latest discussion, news, articles, lectures, and research on finance, economics, and economic policy.
Global MIT Sloan: A rich array of internationally focused initiatives aimed at giving people and organizations knowledge to conduct business productively in every corner of the global marketplace.
MIT World: More than 800 on-demand videos and podcasts of events at MIT.
OpenCourseWare (OCW) Initiative: This bold initiative makes a broad selection of MIT Sloan's course materials available online at any time of the day or night. A free, virtual educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world, OCW advances knowledge and education everywhere the Internet is available.
The MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative: This Initiative is changing the way businesses, NGOs, and nonprofits view, use, and manage resources and their role in society.
Dean’s Innovative Leader Series: Provides students with the rare privilege of engaging in candid and meaningful discussions with the most dynamic movers and shakers of our day. These talks bring more than 400 of the world’s finest leaders to campus every year.
MIT Libraries: A wide range of print and electronic materials at five libraries: Architecture & Planning, Engineering, Humanities, Science and Management, and Social Science.
Information Services & Technology: Everything you need to be fully connected and computing at MIT.
Writing & Communication Center: Free consultation in the preparation of written materials of any kind, for students and other members of the MIT community.
Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (The Coop): The official bookstore at MIT and Harvard.
MIT Press Bookstore: Books and journals published by The MIT Press, as well as an intriguing selection of titles about science, technology, society, and more.
Relocation
The Newcomers’ Guide: Contains a wide range of information about an array of subjects, including language classes, places of interest for children, housing, schools for children, and much more; created by volunteers of the spouses&partners@MIT website.
MIT Housing Office: Advice about finding housing in Cambridge and Boston as well as information regarding on and off campus rentals, real estate listings, and links.
Massachusetts Housing Guide: Helpful information for those moving within or to the Commonwealth.
Boston.com: The Boston Globe online.
Family
MIT Work-Life Center: A connection to resources for everything from summer camps to child care centers to parenting information of all kinds.
MIT FamilyNet: An online community for MIT families, where members network and can ask questions about potential family activities, finding baby sitters and parenting in general.
Spouses&partners@mit: A club of more than 400 wives, husbands, and significant others of MIT students and staff from around the world.
Cultural Resources
Arts at MIT: MIT is well-known in Boston for its vibrant arts community; this is the guide to arts at MIT.
MIT Activities Committee (MITAC): Discount tickets to athletics and events as diverse as sleigh rides, shopping sprees, music, and theater.
Boston Museums: A collaborative organization of more than 40 Greater Boston area museums and zoos.
Boston Symphony Orchestra: One of the great orchestras of the world, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, South America, and China.
Boston Pops: Known as “America’s Orchestra” and beloved for its famous Independence Day concert, which can be experienced firsthand on Boston’s Esplanade.
Financial Aid
We anticipate that you may require financial assistance, and in partnership with MIT's Student Financial Services, will guide you through the financial aid process.
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