Key Facts
History
Incorporated
1861
Motto
“Mens et manus” (“Mind and hand”)
Campus
Location
Cambridge, MA USA
Size
166 acres (0.67 km2)
Student residences
18
Playing fields
26 acres (0.11 km2)
Gardens + green spaces
20+
Publicly sited works of art
50+
Admissions (Class of 2021)
Applicants
20,247
Admits
1,438
Selected Honors
Nobel laureates
89
National Medal of Science
winners
58
National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners
29
MacArthur Fellows
48
A. M. Turing Award winners
15