| LC control no. | n 79006591 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Variant(s) | M.I.T. MIT Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Tech |
| See also | Hierarchical subordinate: MIT Alumni/ae Association Hierarchical subordinate: MIT Museum Hierarchical subordinate: MIT Press Hierarchical subordinate: M.I.T. Symphony Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: MIT Wind Ensemble |
| Biography/History note | Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded in 1861. |
| Beginning date | 1861 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Boston (Mass.) Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139-4307 |
| Field of activity | Technology--Study and teaching (Higher) |
| Special note | AACR 1 form: Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Found in | LCCN 49-3986: Gilliland, E.R. High pressure processes, 1949 (hdg.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; variant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Diccionario elemental del ulwa (sumu meridional), 1989: t.p. (Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts) The Spectrum, 1873: t.p. (Institute of Technology; Boston) Its website, October 16, 2015: home page (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT; 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307) <http://web.mit.edu/> Wikipedia, October 16, 2015 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering; incorporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed by the governor of Massachusetts on April 10, 1861; was informally called "Boston Tech"; in 1916, MIT moved to a spacious new campus largely consisting of filled land on a mile-long tract along the Cambridge side of the Charles River; MIT is chartered as a non-profit organization and is owned and governed by a privately appointed board of trustees known as the MIT Corporation) |
| Associated language | eng |
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