List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name Noble Prize Year Role in MIT
Mario Capecchi Physiology or Medicine 2007 Capecchi was an undergraduate student at Antioch College , which had work-study program ; as a student of Antioch , he spent several quarters at MIT . This program was not a degree program and is equivalent to a student-exchange program
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Physics 1997 Visiting professor in 1976 ( classified under special lecturer in his C.V . )
William A. Fowler Physics 1983 Visiting professor in March-May 26 , 1966 ; he delivered a series of lectures Nuclear Astrophysics and Geophysics
Ernst Otto Fischer Chemistry 1973 Arthur D. Little Visiting Professor ( Spring 1973 )
Derek Barton Chemistry 1969 Arthur D. Little Visiting Professor ( Spring 1958 ; he held the professorship for five weeks )
Edward Victor Appleton Physics 1947 Arthur D. Little Memorial Lecturer ( 1946 )
Inclusion criteria -- General rules
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The affiliations of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in this list include all the official academic affiliations such as official academic employment and degree programs of the university . The official academic affiliations include alumni ( graduates and attendees ) , long-term faculty members , and short-term academic staff . Graduates are defined as those who hold bachelor 's , master 's , doctorate , or equivalent degrees from MIT , while attendees are those who studied at the institute , but did not complete the degree program or obtain a formal degree . All MIT degrees has been earned by academic labor , in that MIT has never awarded honorary degrees in any form . [ 4 ] Summer attendees , exchange students , and auditing students are excluded from this list . Those who hold certificates or studied as non-degree students at MIT are also excluded . The long-term faculty members consist of tenure or tenure-track and equivalent academic positions , while short-term academic staff consist of lecturers ( without tenure ) , postdoctoral researchers ( postdocs ) , visiting professors or scholars ( visitors ) , and equivalent academic positions . At MIT , the specific academic title solely determines the type of affiliation , regardless of the actual time the position was held by a laureate .
This list of Nobel laureates affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) comprehensively shows the alumni, faculty members as well as researchers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology who were awarded the Nobel Prize or the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prizes, established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, are awarded to individuals who make outstanding contributions in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine. An associated prize, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics), was instituted by Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, in 1968 and first awarded in 1969.
, 96 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with MIT. Among the 96 laureates, 95 are the laureates of the scientific Nobel Prizes and the Nobel Prize in Economics; 39 are MIT alumni (graduates and attendees) and 37 have been long-term academic members of the MIT faculty; and, subject-wise, 34 have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, more than any other subject. No MIT Nobel laureate has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. This list considers Nobel laureates as equal individuals and does not consider their various prize shares or if they received the prize more than once.