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Design for the Developing World

In MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale, MIT students work with clients in the developing world to manufacture products in a more cost-efficient and effective way – from ambulances in Tanzania to an irrigation pump in Nepal.

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MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2025-26

U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of its annual rankings, including placing mechanical engineering and five other areas first among individual disciplines.

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26

U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of its annual rankings, including placing mechanical engineering and five other areas first among individual disciplines.