- MIT School of Science
The MIT School of Science is one of the five schools of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , located in Cambridge,Massachusetts ,USA . The school is composed of 6 academic departments and grants S.B., S.M., and the Ph.D. or Sc.D degrees. The current Dean of Engineering is ProfessorMarc A. Kastner . With approximately 300 faculty members, 1200 graduate students, 1000 undergraduate majors, the school is the second largest at MIT. 16 faculty members and 16 alumni of the school have wonNobel Prizes .cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/science/about/index.html |title=About MIT's School of Science |accessdate=2007-08-13 |publisher=MIT]Biology
The [http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/ Department of Biology] (Course VII) began as a department of natural history in 1871.
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
The [http://web.mit.edu/bcs/ Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences] (Course IX) began as the Department of Psychology in 1964.cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/bcs/aboutbcs/history.shtml |title=About BCS/History |accessdate=2007-08-13 |publisher=MIT]
Chemistry
The [http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/index.html Department of Chemistry] {Course V) was one of the original departments when MIT opened in 1865.cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/about/history.html |title=MIT Chemistry: History of the Department |accessdate=2007-08-13 |publisher=MIT]
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
The [http://eapsweb.mit.edu/ Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences] (Course XII) was formed from the 1983 merger of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, the former tracing its origins back to the first geology courses taught at MIT in 1865.cite web|url=http://eapsweb.mit.edu/about/history.html |title=MIT EAPS: History |accessdate=2007-08-13 |publisher=MIT]
Mathematics
The [http://www-math.mit.edu/ Department of Mathematics] (Course XVIII)
Physics
The [http://web.mit.edu/physics/index.html Department of Physics] (Course VIII)
Affiliated laboratories and centers
Bates Linear Accelerator
Center for Cancer Research
Center for Global Change Science
Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL)
Experimental Study Group
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
pectroscopy Laboratory
George R. Wallace, Jr. Astrophysical Observatory
References
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