Location and Living Arrangements

The Economics Department is located in the Sloan Building at the east end of the MIT campus, overlooking the Charles River. The Sloan Building contains the offices of the faculty, thesis writers, and visiting scholars. It is one of a complex of five buildings that also house the Sloan School of Management, the Department of Political Science, the Programs in History and in Science, Technology and Society, the Energy Lab, the Statistics Center, class and seminar rooms, lounges, dining, and computer facilities. The Dewey Library occupies two floors in this complex and contains the social sciences collection at MIT, reading rooms and carrels.

The Sloan Building is located one block from the Kendall Square subway station and public transportation is convenient from Boston and its suburbs. On-campus housing is available for single students, married students, students with a spousal equivalent, and students with children. All interested students must enter the housing lottery. Students who receive a campus housing assignment will be notified in May of their assignment. Students who do not receive a housing assignment in the first round will be placed on a waiting list. Complete information on the housing application process, the residences, and off-campus housing assistance is available at http://web.mit.edu/housing.