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.

  • 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