Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA
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    455 faculty · 360 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Mechanical Engineering60 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 41.3 #2 of 70 in Mechanical Engineering
    Sang-Gook Kim, Professor h-index 115
    Notable: “Transcutaneous ultrasound energy harvesting using capacitive triboelectric technology” (2019) · 837 citations
    Ming Guo, Associate Professor h-index 95
    Notable: “Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces” (2010) · 2,289 citations
    Gang Chen, Professor h-index 94
    Notable: “Dopant-induced electron localization drives CO2 reduction to C2 hydrocarbons” (2018) · 1,163 citations
    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, Professor Emeritus h-index 84
    Notable: “Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis.” (1977) · 2,048 citations
    Courses: Designing for the Future: Earth, Sea, and Space · Toy Product Design · Design for Complex Environmental Issues · Introduction to Manufacturing · Introduction to Design · Explorations in Mechanical Engineering +34 more
    Physics60 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 55 #4 of 21 in Physics
    Janet Conrad, Professor of Physics h-index 157
    Notable: “THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THEFERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPEMISSION” (2009) · 4,122 citations
    Long Ju, Lawrence C. Biedenharn Associate Professor of Physics h-index 111
    Notable: “Dietary L-Tryptophan Modulates the Structural and Functional Composition of the Intestinal Microbiome in Weaned Piglets” (2018) · 141 citations
    Wolfgang Ketterle, John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics, 2001 Nobel Laureate h-index 107
    Notable: “Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Gas of Sodium Atoms” (1995) · 5,547 citations
    Erich Ippen, Professor of Physics, Emeritus h-index 96
    Notable: “Theory for displacive excitation of coherent phonons” (1992) · 992 citations
    Courses: Physics I · Physics II · Physics III · Relativity · Quantum Physics I · Statistical Physics I +34 more
    Cognitive Science54 faculty · 14 courses avg h-index 66.3 #1 of 13 in Interdisciplinary Studies
    John D. E. Gabrieli, Grover M. Hermann Professor h-index 156
    Notable: “Rethinking Feelings: An fMRI Study of the Cognitive Regulation of Emotion” (2002) · 2,533 citations
    Nancy Kanwisher, Walter A Rosenblith Professor h-index 116
    Notable: “The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception” (1997) · 7,950 citations
    Robert Desimone, Doris and Don Berkey Professor; Director McGovern Institute for Brain Research h-index 100
    Notable: “Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention” (1995) · 8,336 citations
    Earl K Miller, Picower Professor of Neuroscience h-index 89
    Notable: “An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function” (2001) · 12,805 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Psychological Science · Cognitive Science · Introduction to Sound, Speech, and Hearing · Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science · The Human Brain · Computational Psycholinguistics +8 more
    Computer Science53 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 48.7 #1 of 88 in Computer Science
    Anantha Chandrakasan, Provost; Vannevar Bush Professor of EECS [EE and CS] h-index 116
    Notable: “Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks” (2005) · 14,117 citations
    Hari Balakrishnan, Fujitsu Professor in EECS [CS and AI+D] h-index 107
    Notable: “Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks” (2005) · 14,117 citations
    Regina Barzilay, School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health [AI+D] h-index 92
    Notable: “An Introduction to Variational Methods for Graphical Models” (1999) · 3,778 citations
    Dimitri Bertsekas, Jerry Mcafee (1940) Professor in Engineering (Emeritus) [AI+D] h-index 91
    Notable: “On the Douglas—Rachford splitting method and the proximal point algorithm for maximal monotone operators” (1992) · 2,877 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Programming and Computer Science · Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python · Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science · Introduction to Computer Science and Programming · Fundamentals of Programming · Software Construction +34 more
    Chemistry51 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 71.3 #2 of 21 in Chemistry
    Timothy Manning Swager, John D. MacArthur Professor h-index 215
    Notable: “Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole” (2001) · 8,209 citations
    Stephen Leffler Buchwald, Camille Dreyfus Professor h-index 178
    Notable: “Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions” (2016) · 2,889 citations
    Moungi Bawendi, Lester Wolfe Professor h-index 161
    Notable: “Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites” (1993) · 9,155 citations
    Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor Emeritus h-index 145
    Notable: “Cellular processing of platinum anticancer drugs” (2005) · 3,757 citations
    Courses: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I · Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II · Principles of Inorganic Chemistry III · Principles of Organometallic Chemistry · Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry · Solid-state Materials Chemistry +34 more
    Economics & Computer Science50 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 50.1 #1 of 13 in Interdisciplinary Studies
    Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor h-index 162
    Notable: “The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation” (2001) · 8,283 citations
    Olivier Blanchard, Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics, Emeritus h-index 111
    Notable: “An Empirical Characterization of the Dynamic Effects of Changes in Government Spending and Taxes on Output” (2002) · 2,892 citations
    Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics h-index 104
    Notable: “How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?” (2004) · 10,584 citations
    David H. Autor, Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor h-index 90
    Notable: “The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration” (2003) · 5,859 citations
    Courses: Undergraduate Internship in Economics · Design of Policy Summer Internship · Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy · Economics and Society's Toughest Problems · Principles of Microeconomics · Principles of Macroeconomics +34 more

    Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Partial — enrichment ongoing.

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    About Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA reports an overall acceptance rate of 4.6%, an early-round acceptance rate of 6.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1520–1570, a class size of 1,100, and a yield of 87.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. No legacy preference. Need-blind for all applicants including internationals. Strongest STEM hook.