• Minority group representation among faculty includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, and Asian.

 

Faculty and Staff, as of October 2016

Faculty	1,036
Other academic staff	4,406
Research staff	1,623
Administrative staff	2,528
Support staff	1,543
Service staff	829
Clinical/Medical staff	144
Total	12,109

The MIT faculty instructs undergraduate and graduate students and engages in research.

Teaching Staff

Professors	665
Associate professors	208
Assistant professors	167
Senior lecturers, lecturers, and professors emeriti	647
Instructors (including technical instructors)	152
Professors of the practice and adjunct faculty	33
Total	1,872

Many MIT staff are international scholars (i.e., non-US citizens, non-US permanent residents) from around the world who come to the United States for teaching, research, collaboration, and other purposes. This diverse group of professionals includes visiting scientists, professors, artists, and scholars, as well as postdoctoral fellows and associates, lecturers, instructors, research associates and scientists, and tenure-track faculty. During academic year 2015–2016, MIT hosted 2,436 international scholars (76% men, 24% women) from 96 countries.