Faculty & Instructional Staff
The MIT faculty instructs undergraduate and graduate students and engages in research. Two-hundred forty-eight faculty (23%) identify as a member of US minority group.
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1,080
Faculty (professors,
all ranks) -
285
Women faculty
US Minority Group Representation among Faculty, October 2022
Group | Female | Male | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Asian | 48 | 117 | 165 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 45 | 56 |
Black or African American | 13 | 31 | 44 |
Native American or other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 1 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Note: Minority group representation is self-identified, and faculty may identify with more than one group.
Distribution of Faculty by School/College, October 2022
School or college | Number |
---|---|
School of Engineering | 393* |
School of Science | 289 |
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | 186 |
Schwarzman College of Computing | 139* |
Sloan School of Management | 116 |
School of Architecture and Planning | 82 |
Other | 11 |
* 136 faculty shared between the School of Engineering and the Schwarzman College of Computing are included in both counts.
Selected awards and honors
- 100 Nobel Laureates
- 81 MacArthur Fellows
- 60 National Medal of Science winners
- 30 National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners
Instructional Staff, October 2022
Category | Number |
---|---|
Professors | 692 |
Associate professors | 218 |
Assistant professors | 170 |
Senior lecturers, lecturers, and professors emeriti | 807 |
Instructors (including technical instructors) | 159 |
Professors of the practice and adjunct faculty | 41 |
Total | 2,087 |