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Undergraduate Studies
Undergrads, take a virtual tour of MIT's Humanities, Arts, and Social Science fields. Discover which options are the most meaningful for your goals.
Tour the Fields of Study
Lighting the Path
Discover the research, dedication, and vision that enables MIT economists to improve life for millions of people across the nation and the world

Student Profile
Creative Writing
Mechanical engineer and storyteller Hannah Gazdus integrates her love of art into all of her projects

Curiosity Unbounded
MIT President Sally Kornbluth talks with Mai Hassan, a newly-tenured associate professor of political science
3 Questions: Global Languages at MIT
Global Languages faculty director Per Urlaub on the growing popularity of language programs at MIT

An AI challenge only humans can solve
In their new book, “Power and Progress,” Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson ask whether the benefits of AI will be shared widely or feed inequality.
- Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens
- MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri named 2023 Udall Scholar
- Using data to write songs for progress
- First-of-its-kind indigenous immersive incubator gathers on MIT campus
- Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2023 Levitan Teaching Awards