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Hands down, MIT is the best school in the world for a STEM based education. While we have significant financial resources, by far our most coveted resource is our people. We have spectacular faculty members and equally spectacular students.

One of the greatest strengths of our student body is its diversity. At MIT, we are diverse along a number of different lines; Gender, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, cultures, religions, and many other identities help to make MIT a rich and supportive community for students of a variety of backgrounds. No matter who you are or where you come from, you can make MIT feel like home.

Some of our students choose to maintain affiliations with activities, clubs, and organizations that highlight particular aspects of their identity. Others choose not to affiliate themselves in that particular way. Regardless of which way you choose to craft your educational experience, you have the freedom to define who you are and how you want to experience MIT.

Below are a partial list of the student clubs and organizations in which our students participate. For a more exhaustive list, check out clubs @ MIT.

Asian American Cultural Affinity Groups

• Asian American Association
• Asian Baptist Student Koinonia
• Asian Baptist Student Koinonia Graduate Division
• Asian Christian Fellowship
• Asian Dance Team MIT
• Chinese Students Club
• The Korean Students Association
• The Association of Taiwanese Students
• Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers
• South Asian American Students
• Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network
• Swara MIT
• Syncopasian

Black Students Cultural Affinity Groups

• African Students Association
• Black Graduate Student Association
• Black Students Union
• Black Womens Alliance
• Caribbean Club
• Chocolate City
• MIT Haitian Alliance
• National Society of Black Engineers MIT Chapter
• Nigerian Students Association
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Latino Students Cultural Affinity Groups

• The Association of Puerto Rican Students at MIT
• La Union Chicana por Aztlan
• Mexican Student Association at MIT
• Mujeres Latinas
• Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists MIT chapter
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers MIT chapter
• La Casa Spanish House
• Latino Cultural Center
• Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sorority

LGBT Affinity Groups

• GaMIT
• LGBT Issues Group
• QWiLLTS
• Rainbow Coffeehouse
• Sloan LGBT
• ULC (Undergraduate LBGT Community)

Native American Cultural Affinity Groups

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• The Native American Student Association

Religious Life @ MIT

• The Impact Movement at MIT
• MIT Hillel
• The United Christian Fellowship
• Asian Baptist Student Koinonia
• Asian Christian Fellowship
• The Hindu Student Council
• The Buddhist Community of MIT

Diversity Resources

• Religious Life
• Office of Minority Education
• LGBT

More Information

If you have more specific questions about diversity at MIT, email diversity-questions@mit.edu.