List of MIT graduate dormitories
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All of MIT graduate student housing is co-educational and set up for single graduate students, except for Eastgate and Westgate, which are set up for small families. All apartments are furnished, except those in Edgerton House, Eastgate, and Westgate.
In 2006 MIT announced plans to relocate Ashdown House by building another new graduate dormitory (Building NW35) southeast of the then-new Sidney-Pacific grad dormitory. The newer dorm, which carries over the name "Ashdown House," was opened in August 2008. The new Ashdown was designed with the first graduate student dining hall and dining plan at MIT; the previous Ashdown House, originally named Graduate House, had a la carte dining service through the early 1970s.
As of June 2011, the previous Ashdown House building will become a new undergraduate dormitory named Maseeh Hall after renovations involving the removal of kitchens and the addition of a mandatory-participation dining hall, enabling MIT to increase its undergraduate capacity. In the meantime, the undergraduate enrollment was increased slightly before the renovations were completed; part of the new Ashdown House graduate dormitory has been used to house up to 50 undergraduates as well as their housemasters temporarily, to establish a dorm government and community before renovations of the old building are finished. Opening of Maseeh Hall is scheduled for September 2011.
Notable former Ashdown residents include Murray Gell-Mann
who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
in 1969 and Elias James Corey
who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
in 1990.
Edgerton House (143 Albany Street) is a mainly-graduate residence located on the north side of the MIT campus, and is named for "Doc" Harold Eugene Edgerton
. It houses approximately 185 students in unfurnished studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments. Starting in 2007, some apartments in Edgerton are co-ed.
The exterior of the main entrance is adorned with an artwork called Blue Poles by Sarah Sze
.
Ashdown House (NW35)
Ashdown House (235 Albany Street) is a graduate dormitory for 483 single students, and is named for Avery Allen Ashdown, the first housemaster. The dorm is currently located in a building constructed in 2008 after having moved occupants and the name from an older building (W1) located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial Drive. (New) Ashdown is the location of the popular Thirsty Ear Pub, as well as Ashdown Dining.In 2006 MIT announced plans to relocate Ashdown House by building another new graduate dormitory (Building NW35) southeast of the then-new Sidney-Pacific grad dormitory. The newer dorm, which carries over the name "Ashdown House," was opened in August 2008. The new Ashdown was designed with the first graduate student dining hall and dining plan at MIT; the previous Ashdown House, originally named Graduate House, had a la carte dining service through the early 1970s.
As of June 2011, the previous Ashdown House building will become a new undergraduate dormitory named Maseeh Hall after renovations involving the removal of kitchens and the addition of a mandatory-participation dining hall, enabling MIT to increase its undergraduate capacity. In the meantime, the undergraduate enrollment was increased slightly before the renovations were completed; part of the new Ashdown House graduate dormitory has been used to house up to 50 undergraduates as well as their housemasters temporarily, to establish a dorm government and community before renovations of the old building are finished. Opening of Maseeh Hall is scheduled for September 2011.
Notable former Ashdown residents include Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann is an American physicist and linguist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles...
who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
in 1969 and Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey is an American organic chemist. In 1990 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis...
who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
in 1990.
Eastgate Apartments (E55)
The Eastgate Apartments (60 Wadsworth Street) is a 29-story residence tower for 201 mostly-graduate students plus their families, on the far east side of MIT's campus.Edgerton House (NW10)
Edgerton House (143 Albany Street) is a mainly-graduate residence located on the north side of the MIT campus, and is named for "Doc" Harold Eugene Edgerton
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
. It houses approximately 185 students in unfurnished studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments. Starting in 2007, some apartments in Edgerton are co-ed.
Green Hall (W5)
Green Hall (350 Memorial Drive) was a small women-only graduate dormitory located on Dorm Row, close to the former Ashdown House (W1). It closed along with W1 in Summer 2008, and was reopened Fall 2008 to exclusively house members of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.Sidney-Pacific (NW86)
Sidney-Pacific (70 Pacific Street) is a graduate dormitory for 688 single students, located at the intersection of Sidney Street and Pacific Street (hence the name). It is sometimes referred to as "S&P" or "SidPac" (the latter term is mostly used by MIT undergraduate students). The dormitory holds 749 students and four housemasters, making it the largest dormitory at MIT. The dorm has two music rooms, an exercise room, many TV lounges, and laundry facilities. Completed in August 2002, it is currently one of the newer graduate dorms at MIT.The exterior of the main entrance is adorned with an artwork called Blue Poles by Sarah Sze
Sarah Sze
Sarah Sze is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York City. Sze uses ordinary objects to create sculptures and site-specific installations.-Early life:Sze graduated Summa Cum Laude from Yale University in 1991...
.