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Happy Birthday, MIT!

Official charter granted 154 years ago today

By mit-admin on April 10, 2015 in Archives & MIT history

MIT birthday cakeMIT was founded on April 10, 1861. While there are documents written earlier that led to MIT’s incorporation, its official charter was granted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on April 10, 1861 (two days before the Civil War began).

Over the next several years, plans were made and funds raised, with the first classes beginning in 1865.

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