Laboratories, Centers, and Programs
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Early Labs and Lab and Project Predecessors
- The Rogers Laboratory of Physics, 1869
- Women’s Laboratory, 1876-1883
- Laboratory for Computer Science
- Project Whirlwind
- Servomechanisms Laboratory
The Green Building (Home of Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences; Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, & Climate; Center for Global Change Science; and more)
Current Programs (as of 2010)
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
- Aerospace Controls Laboratory
- Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
- Bates Linear Accelerator Center
- BioInstrumentation Laboratory
- Biotechnology Process Engineering Center
- Building Technology Program
- CAD Lab
- Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
- Center for Advanced Visual Studies
- Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
- Center for Biological and Computational Learning
- Center for Biomedical Engineering
- Center for Biomedical Innovation
- Center for Bits and Atoms
- Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy at MIT and KFUPM
- Center for Collective Intelligence
- Center for Computational Engineering
- Center for Computational Research in Economics and Management Science
- Center for Educational Computing Initiatives
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences
- Center for Global Change Science
- Center for Information Systems Research
- Center for International Studies
- Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology
- Center for Materials Science and Engineering
- Center for Ocean Engineering
- Center for Real Estate
- Center for Theoretical Physics
- Center for Transportation and Logistics
- China Educational Technology Initiative
- Comparative Media Studies Program
- Computation for Design and Optimization
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
- Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
- Digital Design Fabrication Group
- Division of Comparative Medicine
- Earth Resources Laboratory
- Engineering Systems Division
- Experimental Study Group
- Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
- Gas Turbine Laboratory
- Glenn Laboratory for the Science of Aging
- Global Airline Industry Program
- Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
- Haystack Observatory
- Industrial Liaison Program
- Industrial Performance Center
- Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
- Institute for Work and Employment Research
- Intelligent Transportation Systems Program
- International Motor Vehicle Program
- Joint Program in Oceanography/Ocean Science and Engineering
(MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) - Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
(formerly the Center for Space Research) - Knight Science Journalism Fellows Program
- Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
(merged with the Research Laboratory of Electronics in 2009)
- Laboratory for Financial Engineering
- Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems / Web site
- Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science
- Leaders for Global Operations
- Lean Advancement Initiative
- Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
- Lemelson – MIT Program
- Lincoln Laboratory
- Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
- Materials Processing Center
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research
- Media Laboratory
- Microsystems Technology Laboratories
- Middle East Program at MIT
- MIT @ Lawrence
- MIT Catalyst Clinical Research Center
- MIT Center for Digital Business
- MIT Energy Initiative
- MIT Enterprise Forum
- MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
- MIT Portugal Program
- MIT Professional Education
- MIT Sea Grant College Program
- Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing
- Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
- Operations Research Center
- Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering
- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Productivity from Information Technology Initiative
- Program in Art, Culture and Technology
- Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
- Program in Polymer Science and Technology
- Program in Women’s and Gender Studies
- Research Laboratory of Electronics
- Rohsenow Laboratory
- Security Studies Program
- Seminar XXI Program
- Singapore-MIT Alliance
- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)
- Sloan Automotive Laboratory
- Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
- Space Nanotechnology Laboratory
- Spectroscopy Laboratory
- System Design and Management
- Technology and Development Program
- Technology and Policy Program
- Transportation@MIT
- Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
- Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology
(Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology) - Workplace Center
- Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel