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MIT in Virginia

1,579

MIT students from Virginia since 2020

3,990

MIT alumni in Virginia

40,731

MITx learners in Virginia

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Official NASA portrait of an astronaut candidate in a blue flight suit with arms crossed, standing in front of an American flag and the NASA seal.

NASA selects Adam Fuhrmann ’11 for astronaut training

Virginia native Adam Fuhrmann '11 was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate after earning his aeronautics and astronautics degree from MIT.

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Scientific illustration of a chip-free wireless skin sensor patch made of gold lattice mesh applied to a wrist, with a wireless reader coil transmitting cardiac waveform data shown against a teal background.

Engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin”

Researchers at MIT and the University of Virginia developed an electronic “skin” that senses and wirelessly transmits data on pulse, sweat, and UV exposure.

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Illustration of 3D molecular models of a newly detected organic molecule floating in a red interstellar nebula, with radio telescope dishes in the lower left representing the spectroscopic detection method.

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

MIT teamed up with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville to detect the most complex molecule ever seen in a star-forming region of space.

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Richmond, Virginia skyline along the James River, with a railroad bridge and historic Tredegar Iron Works buildings in the foreground surrounded by lush summer greenery.

MIT works with Virginia employers 

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

  • Amazon
  • Boeing
  • CGI Federal
  • Deloitte
  • General Dynamics
  • MITRE Corporation
  • Northrop Grumman
  • University of Virginia
  • US Department of Defense
  • US Air Force
  • US Army
  • US Coast Guard
  • US Department of Veterans Affairs
  • US Marine Corps
  • US Navy
  • Walmart
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MIT alumni make a difference in Virginia

Virginia organizations where MIT alumni hold key positions include University of Virginia; the US Department of Energy; Azure Summit Technology; Omnispace; Metron; Synovision Solutions; Mobius Logic; Storyblocks; Food Production Solutions Association; Pienso; Genaesis; MEMS & Nanotechnology Exchange; VeriSign; Electra.aero; Olympus Pines; Empower AI; Jobenomics; 247Solar; the US Nuclear Industry Council; DARPA; NASA; the US Army; Northrop Grumman; Accenture; Cisco Systems; MITRE; Virginia Tech; Old Dominion University; the College of William & Mary; George Mason University; Orbital ATK; Capital One; and RAND.