Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni

International Students

29.2

% of international students in the university

3465

Total International Students in the university

Take a look at some well-known people who studied at MIT. They’ve gone on to do great things in different fields around the world.

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement/Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Kofi Annan

Former UN Secretary-General

MS

1972

Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 astronaut

PhD

1963

Richard Feynman

Nobel laureate in Physics

PhD

1942

Ilene S. Gordon

Former CEO of Ingredion

MS

1976

Shirley Ann Jackson

Physicist and university president

PhD

1973

Jonah Peretti

Co-founder of BuzzFeed

MS

2001

Drew Houston

Co-founder of Dropbox

BS

2005

Amar Bose

Founder of Bose Corporation

PhD

1956

William Clay Ford Jr.

Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company

MS

1984

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel

SB

1975

Carly Fiorina

Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard

MS

1989

Ray Kurzweil

Inventor and futurist

BS

1970

Andrea Wong

President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television

SB

1988

Richard Lindzen

Atmospheric physicist

PhD

1964

Noam Chomsky

Linguist and political activist

PhD

1955

Robert Metcalfe

Co-inventor of Ethernet

PhD

1973

Ivan Getting

Co-inventor of GPS

PhD

1933

Robert Langer

Biomedical engineer

ScD

1974

Ellen Swallow Richards

First woman admitted to MIT

SB

1873

Katharine McCormick

Suffragist and philanthropist

SB

1904

John Thain

Former CEO of Merrill Lynch

SB

1977

Charles Koch

CEO of Koch Industries

MS

1960

Richard Stallman

Founder of the Free Software Foundation

SB

1974

Andrea Wong

President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television

SB

1988

Richard Lindzen

Atmospheric physicist

PhD

1964

Noam Chomsky

Linguist and political activist

PhD

1955

Robert Metcalfe

Co-inventor of Ethernet

PhD

1973

Ivan Getting

Co-inventor of GPS

PhD

1933

Robert Langer

Biomedical engineer

ScD

1974

Ellen Swallow Richards

First woman admitted to MIT

SB

1873

 

Students

353

Yocketers Applied

20

Yocketers Admitted

5,704

Yocketers Interested

Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted student profiles

GRE

320

TOEFL

96

Profiles that got Into Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Rama Subramanian
fall 2024
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Aritra Roy
spring 2024
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GRE 325

TOEFL 110

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