Department's mission statement highlights what makes MIT different. Our traditional world-wide preeminence in education originates, in no small measure, from that educational philosophy. Participation in research is central to our graduate education. Much of our research activity is sponsored by public and private sector organizations and spans a wide variety of topics.
Research is education of the most personalized nature.
Normally students and faculty work in teams, as colleagues . Wisdom and process are learned as well as concepts and techniques. Students are encouraged to publish their results . A compilation of data from the Citation Index indicates that the Department leads in published papers in comparison to other equivalent academic units across the nation. Research offers many rewards .