Gather Together,
Live Better
MIT’s graduate residences are special places where ideas are exchanged, friendships are forged, and families are embraced. With expanded availability, a variety of layout options, and unparalleled convenience, on-campus living is the ideal way to enhance your time at MIT.
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Choice
MIT offers a variety of housing options to give graduate students and their families more choices. Select from an array of buildings, unit types, locations, and views.
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Convenience
One bill for everything: Our on-campus rental costs include all utilities such as electricity, heat, and hot water, plus access to the MIT network and internet. Front desk service, maintenance support, in-house laundry, and some flexible licensing options round out the benefits.
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Community
Our residential house system offers a unique feel with live-in faculty heads of house and house governments led by students. In addition, each residence has communal spaces like fitness centers and study lounges to foster connectivity.
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Cost
MIT is focused on providing a range of housing options and price points to meet student budgets. License fees for on-campus residences are below area market rates. Unlike off-campus properties, we do not require up-front first month, last month, and security deposit payments. MIT also offers financial support for graduate students with children.
Residences
MIT has taken significant steps to expand on-campus residence options. 2024 brings more housing, wider availability of units, and a streamlined application system to make the housing selection process easy.
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70 Amherst
Details
Located on the east side of campus, 70 Amherst is mostly comprised of furnished single bedrooms with shared kitchens and community bathrooms, as well as some unfurnished one-bedroom apartments for couples. It features a well-equipped gym, piano room, and courtyard with heaters.
Recommended for individuals & couples
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Ashdown House
Details
Located in the northwest corridor, Ashdown House features a mix of furnished apartment and suite-style units for one, two, or three occupants. The courtyard is home to an active community garden that allows residents to maintain their own green space outdoors.
Recommended for individuals
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Edgerton House
Details
Edgerton House is a converted factory that features a range of unfurnished apartment-style units for one, two, three, or four occupants. Every room in every unit is distinct. It is located in the northwest section of campus.
Recommended for individuals & couples
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Graduate Tower at Site 4
Details
Grad Tower at Site 4 is one of the newest graduate residences. The tower’s mix of units includes partially-furnished two-bedroom apartments for families and furnished one-bedroom and efficiency apartments for individuals. It features an array of amenities and a prime location in Kendall Square.
Recommended for individuals, couples, & students with children
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Sidney-Pacific
Details
Located in the northwest section of campus, Sidney-Pacific features a mix of furnished apartment- and suite-style units for one, two, or four occupants. Some units are designated for couples. It is divided into four wings and features an outdoor courtyard and a large patio with barbecue grills.
Recommended for individuals & couples
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Tang Hall
Details
This living community features furnished apartment-style units for two, three, and four occupants. Located on the west end of campus, many of the rooms at Tang Hall offer sweeping views of the Charles River, the Boston skyline, and the Cambridge cityscape.
Recommended for individuals
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The Warehouse
Details
The Warehouse features single-occupant, furnished efficiency apartments. First-year graduate students are prioritized in this building. Every apartment possesses at least one wall of exposed brick. The building is located in the northwest section of campus.
Recommended for individuals (first year only)
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Westgate Apartments
Details
Located on the west end of campus, Westgate is a five-building complex featuring a range of mostly unfurnished apartment-style units to accommodate couples and graduate students with children.
Recommended for couples & students with children
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Graduate Junction
Graduate Junction offers furnished efficiencies, 1-, 2-, and 4-bedroom units along with lounges, study spaces, a fitness center, and indoor bike storage. Managed by American Campus Communities (ACC), Graduate Junction has an on-campus location but is not licensed by MIT's Housing and Residential Services.
Recommended for individuals, couples, & students with children
Graduate Junction Website
Neighborhood
See what the MIT campus has to offer in the map below.
- The Main Group
- 70 Amherst
- Ashdown House
- Edgerton House
- Graduate Tower at Site 4
- Sidney-Pacific
- Tang Hall
- The Warehouse
- Westgate Apartments
On-Campus Graduate Residences
- Graduate Junction
MIT Affiliated Residences
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- Za Cambridge 350 Third St
- Tatte Bakery & Cafe 101 Main St
- Dunkin' 1 Broadway
- Shy Bird 390 Third St
- EVOO 350 Third St
- Glass House 450 Kendall St
- Catalyst 300 Technology Square
- Area Four 500 Technology Square
- Cafe Luna 612 Main St
- Flour Bakery 190 Mass Ave
- Roxy's 292 Mass Ave
- Fuji at Kendall 300 Third St
- Clover Food Lab 5 Cambridge Center
- Starbucks 120 Broadway
- Flour Bakery 40 Erie St
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- Charles River Canoe and Kayak 15 Broad Canal Way
- Seager Trailhead Memorial Drive
- MIT Sailing Pavilion 134 Memorial Dr
- Killian Court 222 Memorial Dr
- Saxon Tennis Courts Ames St
- Alumni Pool and Wang Fitness Center 32 Vassar St
- MIT Outdoor Tennis Courts 133 Amherst Alley
- Briggs Field 250 Vassar St
- Johnson Ice Rink 77 Mass Ave
- Rockwell Cage 120 Vassar St
- Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center 120 Vassar St
- DuPont Athletic Gymnasium 120 Mass Ave
- Hockfield Court Main St & Ames St
- Kendall Square Roof Garden 325 Main St
- Loughrey Walkway And Bike Path Between Broadway & Binney St
- Danny Lewin Park 130 Broadway
- Charles River Bike Path Charles River
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- Brothers Marketplace 1 Broadway
- MIT Chapel 48 Mass Ave
- Kendall Flower Shop 96 Ames St
- MIT Cooperative 80 Broadway
- MIT Federal Credit Union Technology Square
- USPS 84 Mass Ave
- Cambridge Trust 415 Main St
- Eastern Bank 287 Third St
- Clevergreen Cleaners 314 Third St
- Trader Joe's 748 Memorial Dr
- Whole Foods Market 115 Prospect St
- Whole Foods Market 340 River St
- Walgreens Pharmacy 625 Massachusetts Ave
- CVS Pharmacy 624 Mass Ave
- Target 564 Mass Ave
- H Mart 581 Mass Ave
- MIT Furniture Exchange 350 Brookline St
- FedEx 600 Technology Square
- Cambridge Bicycle 259 Mass Ave
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- Kendall/MIT MBTA Station Main St
- Zipcar 84 Grove Ave
- Zipcar 43 Vassar St
- Zipcar 81-99 Audrey St
- Zipcar 282R Vassar St
- Zipcar NW86, Pacific St
- Zipcar Endicott St
- Zipcar 131 Amherst St
- Zipcar Ames St
- Zipcar 60 Wadsworth St
- Bluebikes One Kendall Square
- Bluebikes MIT at Mass Ave
- Bluebikes MIT Stata Center
- Bluebikes Ames St at Main
- Bluebikes Kendall T
- Bluebikes One Broadway
- Bluebikes Kendall St
- Bluebikes Ames St at Broadway
- Bluebikes Mass Ave at Albany
- Bluebikes Sidney Research Campus
- Bluebikes MIT Vassar St