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Education in Cambridge (Massachusetts)
Education in Cambridge (Massachusetts)
Many visitors to Cambridge are there to see its two major universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, either as tourists or as prospective students. Both universities have extensive information for visiting prospects. As this typically varies with type of student (graduate, undergraduate) and program of study (for graduate students), prospectives are best advised to visit the school websites that interest them.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Phone: +1 617-253-4795, . At MIT's main entrance. Tours leave weekdays at 10:45AM and 2:45PM.
Harvard Events and Information Center, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Phone: +1 617-495-1573, Fax: +1 617-495-0905, . Student-led free tours of campus originate from here. It also has interactive computer displays, a print library, a video room, and you can pick up flyers for all of the free lectures, films, and classes at University museums, such as the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and the Harvard Art Museum.
Harvard Yard, located right by the Harvard stop on the Red Line subway, is the center of Harvard College and a favorite of tourists, who can be often seen taking pictures of each other at the statue of John Harvard, located in front of Massachusetts Hall.
In the shadows of these two giants are other fine schools.
Lesley University, 29 Everett Street, Phone: +1 617-868-9600, .
Hult International Business School, 1 Education St., Phone: +1-617-746-1990, .
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