Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT students can avail of the MBTA Public Transit Pass. Using this, the students get flexibility, ease, and variety of transport at the centre. With this, MIT subsidises 50% of the cost of an MBTA pass. Further, this pass is available for the students either for a month or even as a semester bus or subway pass. The Access MIT Pass is available for students, staff, and faculty members, allowing free, unrestrained travel in the bus networks and MBTA subway. This Public Transit Pass help users avail of additional benefits such as subsidised parking and reimbursements on private commutations. Its types are as follows:

• Monthly Local Bus Pass
• Monthly Link Pass (Local Bus and Subway)
• Monthly Express Bus Pass (Local Bus, Express Bus and Subway)
• Semester Pass (Local Bus and Subway)
• Monthly Commuter Rail Pass
• Monthly Commuter Boat Pass

Following are the services offered by MIT to its students. 

• The campus of MIT Sloan university is furnished with amenities such as music, art, theatres, and other entertainment choices.
• The institution runs its exhaustive research centre called Martin Trust Centre for MIT Entrepreneurship.
• The MIT school is surrounded by numerous tech giants, startups, biotech companies, and research centres. 
• Some activities available around the campus include an art museum, sporting events, cultural shows, and art exhibitions. 

The MIT Sloan's campus is situated along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT’s collaborative, hands-on, curiosity-driven philosophy in the classroom and lab extends across the campus. MIT is an institute where brilliant, committed, and creative students come together to learn, work, live, experiment, and play on the stage/field, in maker spaces, living communities, and the surrounding area.

Diverse in every sense of the word, the community at MIT explores various opportunities at the heart of this global innovation hub. Just 364.4 smoots across the Charles River from Boston—one of the best cities in the world for students—this 166-acre riverside campus brims with impeccable artists, talented athletes, and numerous clubs. The campus includes 19 residencies, has a playing field of 26 acres, 40+ Gardens and Green Spaces, and 60+ Publicly Cited Works of Art.

• With 500+ student organisations, nearly 40 Greek-letter and independent living groups, chaplains for 20+ faith traditions, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, MIT offers a welcoming place for every student or faculty member. 
• To complement their academics and research, students choose their own extracurricular adventures, like participation in music, dance, and sports, to various groups that savour and celebrate cultures globally. 
• To help students navigate various challenges, MIT offers a strong support network.
• MIT students are a part of more than 450 organisations, clubs, and associations. The associations and clubs are run entirely by the students. These include the Solar Electric vehicle team, Debate team, Outing Club, MIT Society for Women Engineers, and Student Art Association. 
• The students can participate in the glorious competitions and events of the college to build their co-curricular profile. 
• The students can also spend their time in the facilities surrounding the premises of the school, like restaurants, cafes, and more. 
• To ensure health and wellness, MIT’s network of physical and mental support resources aims to keep the student community happy, healthy, and active. And through initiatives like MindHandHeart, they are always looking for ways to engage students, faculty, and staff to make MIT stronger than ever.

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan), international students are offered on-campus accommodation within the 19 residential halls of the school. Every undergraduate and graduate house offers a unique social network, a distinct environment and a student lifestyle. In partnership with Residential Education, HRS staff work collaboratively with students and their house teams/ house governments to ensure they have the infrastructure and resources required to build strong communities. 

HRS provides housing operations for all MIT graduate and undergraduate residential facilities, including housing assignments, repair/ maintenance, communications, summer conference housing, and residential security.

• MIT Sloan accommodates housing for students looking to stay alone or with family. 
• The residence halls are assigned to students on a priority basis. 
• The campus also accommodates an all-female hall reserved for females. 
• Students are given all the necessary residential needs at the premises, like laundry facility, food, water, etc. 
• 91% of MIT students live on the campus. 
• The average accommodation expense at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) costs; Housing and Meals—USD 18,100/ INR 14.92 lakhs and Books/personal expenses—USD 3,042/ INR 2.5 lakhs. 
• The students can look for off-campus accommodations as well with the guidance and assistance of the MIT department.