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* * The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)麻省理工学院 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. MIT is one of two private land-grant universities and is also a sea-grant and space-grant university. Founded by William Barton Rogers in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the university adopted the European university model and emphasized laboratory instruction from an early date. MIT researchers were involved in efforts to develop computers, radar, and inertial guidance in connection with defense research during World War II and the Cold War. In the past 60 years, MITs educational disciplines have expanded beyond the physical sciences and engineering into fields like biology, cognitive science, economics, philosophy, linguistics, political science, and management. MIT enrolled 4,232 undergraduates and 6,152 graduate students for the Fall 2009–2010 term.It employs about 1,009 faculty members. Its endowment and annual research expenditures are among the largest of any American university. History Foundation and early years (1861–1915) As early as 1859, the Massachusetts State Legislature was given a proposal for use of newly opened lands in Back Bay in Boston for a museum and Conservatory of Art and Science. In 1861, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved a charter for the incorporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Society of Natural History submitted by William Barton Rogers. MITs Building 10 and Great Dome overlooking Killian Court A 1905 map of MITs Boston campus. Rogers sought to establish a new form of higher education to address the challenges posed by rapid advances in science and technology during the mid-19th century with which classic institutions were