Institute Professor at MIT

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Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.

Aliases (2)
  • Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT ×1
  • MIT Institute Professor ×1

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf academic rank
faculty title
position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
academicDiscipline various academic fields
affiliatedWith Massachusetts Institute of Technology
canHoldAppointmentsInMultipleDepartments true
country United States of America
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
fieldIncludes engineering
humanities
science
social sciences
grantedBy MIT Corporation
President of MIT
hasCharacteristic lifetime honor
prestigious
selective
hasNotableHolder Alan Guth
Ann Graybiel
Barbara Liskov
Daniel Kleppner
Daron Acemoglu
Frank Wilczek
Henry Jacoby
Isadore Singer
Jerome Friedman
John Harbison
John M. Deutch
Mildred Dresselhaus
Noam Chomsky
Phillip A. Sharp
Robert Langer
Ronald L. Rivest
Sheila Widnall
higherRankThan full professor at MIT
languageOfInstitution English
locatedInOrganization MIT main campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts
mayHaveIncreasedResearchFreedom true
mayHaveReducedTeachingLoad true
notTiedToSingleDepartment true
partOf MIT faculty ranks
rankLevel highest faculty rank at MIT
reservedFor small number of faculty members
selectionCriteria excellence in research
excellence in service to MIT
excellence in teaching
exceptional scholarly distinction
international recognition
outstanding contributions to field

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Avram Noam Chomsky
Jerome Friedman
John Harbison
Mildred Dresselhaus
Sheila Widnall ("MIT Institute Professor")
positionHeld
John M. Deutch
hasAcademicRank
Daniel Kleppner ("Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT")
hasHonorificTitle

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