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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The
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. Researchers worked on
computers
,
radar
, and
inertial guidance
during
World War II
and the
Cold War
. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under
James Killian
. The current campus opened in 1916 and extends over along the northern bank of the
Charles River basin
.
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