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MIT in Maryland

1,538

MIT students from Maryland since 2020

3,485

MIT alumni in Maryland

28,330

MITx learners in Maryland

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A large rocket lifts off from a launch pad in a burst of flame and billowing smoke against a cloudy sky.

Lincoln Laboratory laser communications terminal launches on historic Artemis II moon mission

For NASA’s Artemis II mission, MIT and Goddard Space Flight Center developed a communications system for HD video transmission from lunar orbit to Earth.

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An artistic rendering of a quantum chip with glowing red connections and orange particle-like elements illustrating entanglement across a grid of circuit components.

MIT scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubits

Scientists at MIT and the University of Maryland advanced quantum computing by tuning the entanglement structure within an array of qubits.

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A man with curly hair and a beard smiles at a brown dog with a red harness seated beside him in a cluttered office.

Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose

MIT researchers, in collaboration with scientists at Johns Hopkins University, developed a disease-detection device inspired by the olfactory abilities of dogs.

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Annapolis, Maryland harbor waterfront with colorful colonial storefronts reflected in calm water, and the Maryland State House dome rising above the hilltop.

MIT works with Maryland employers 

MIT is engaged with these employers that have a significant presence in Maryland:

  • Accenture
  • Amazon
  • AstraZeneca
  • Boeing
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Lockheed Martin
  • NASA
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • National Institutes of Health
  • University of Maryland
  • US Department of Defense
  • US Air Force
  • US Army
  • US Marine Corps
  • US Navy
  • Walmart
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MIT alumni make a difference in Maryland

Maryland organizations where MIT alumni hold key positions include Howard Hughes Medical Institute; the University of Maryland; Qualcomm; Brightview Senior Living; and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.