{"name":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","slug":"mit","url":"https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/mit","country":"United States","country_code":"US","city":"Cambridge, Massachusetts","type":"Private","founded":1861,"website":"https://www.mit.edu","summary":"MIT was chartered by Massachusetts in 1861 on a plan put forward by geologist William Barton Rogers, held its first classes in Boston in 1865, and moved across the Charles River to Cambridge in 1916. It was built around laboratory-based, applied teaching, reflected in its motto 'mind and hand'. It is now a private research university organised into five schools plus the Schwarzman College of Computing, founded in 2019.","key_facts":[{"id":"rank","value":"#1","detail":"QS 2027","source":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"id":"tuition","value":"$64,310","detail":"per year, 2025"},{"id":"admission","value":"4.6%","detail":"2025"},{"id":"english","value":"IELTS 7","detail":"minimum"}],"sources":[{"label":"rank","url":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"label":"Official website","url":"https://www.mit.edu"},{"label":"Admissions","url":"https://mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/tests-scores/"},{"label":"Financial aid","url":"https://sfs.mit.edu/"},{"label":"Reference","url":"https://www.mit.edu/about/"},{"label":"Official registrar: total enrollment 11,424 (fall term 2026-27)","url":"https://registrar.mit.edu/statistics-reports/enrollment-statistics-year"},{"label":"Official MIT Facts: founded 1861, Cambridge move 1916, motto, campus","url":"https://facts.mit.edu/"},{"label":"Wikipedia cross-check: history, type, motto","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology"}],"note":"Figures are as reported by the linked sources; confirm requirements with the university before applying."}