MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences - Great Ideas Change the World

Mission

    

A Home for Great Ideas and Positive Change
The atmosphere of the School attracts many of the world's finest faculty, students, and researchers. Here, we believe deeply in the power of creativity, education, and humanity to bring positive change to the world. 

Educating Leaders and Global Citizens
The School has a central role in international education at MIT, and in preparing students for leadership. Working with the School's scholars, MIT students gain cultural and historical perspective, the capacity to think critically, and to communicate with skill. 

Pioneering Research 

Research is the engine for the School's capacity to effect positive change. Representing 20+ areas of inquiry, the School's research portfolio includes economics and global poverty relief, health reform, literature, theater, music, uses of technology, and safeguarding elections—to name a few.

A Foundation for Success in Every Field
The Institute champions the value of a multi-dimensional education for success in career and life, and provides all undergraduates with a thorough grounding in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. 

 

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