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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established on April 10, 1861. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Founded Year
1861 1
Country
United States 1
City
Cambridge, Massachusetts 1
Ownership Type
Private non-profit 1
Classification
Institution Type
University 1
Statistics
Enrollment Size
11,836 2
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Harvard University, Institutions and Systems
Source Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Wikipedia)
Harvard University, Institutions and Systems
Source Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Wikipedia)

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The Court Ruling That Kept MIT Independent From Harvard, Articles
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Barbara Liskov

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Joseph Weizenbaum

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Norbert Wiener

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Ron Rivest

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Shafi Goldwasser

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Cambridge

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Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Sources
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Infobox, Established
    April 10, 1861
  • Infobox, Location
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • Infobox, Location (city)
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • Infobox, Type
    Private research university
  • Description, institution-kind classification
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established on April 10, 1861.
  • Associated With: Harvard University, History section, Harvard merger attempts
    There would be at least six attempts to absorb MIT into Harvard.
  • Associated With: Harvard University, History section, Eliot merger attempts
    MIT faculty and alumni rebuffed Harvard University president (and former MIT faculty) Charles W. Eliot's repeated attempts to merge MIT with Harvard College's Lawrence Scientific School.
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2. Wikidata: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Wikidata Q49108, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q49108, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
  • Wikidata Q49108 P2196 (number of students), latest-time (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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