Overview
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1 hour 10 minutes
Mobile ticket
Meet your guide and group at a location in Cambridge and embark on a 70-minute student-led walking tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Beginning late morning in the heart of Kendall Square, you'll be led onto the campus by a charismatic MIT student. Enjoy the sights of this unique campus while your guide entertains and inspires with tales of MIT history along with their personal experience at the University they call home.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Make sure to wear comfortable shoes
Tour route is less than 1 mile
Street parking and parking garages available
Tour is wheelchair accessible
What To Expect
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
You will see one of the most unique and innovative campuses in the world!
Kendall Square
Kendall Square in Cambridge is right in the middle of innovation and tech.
Options
Public MIT Walking Tour
What‘s Included
Tour ends at the MIT COOP - the best place for souvenirs
MIT Student-Led Tour Guide
Illustrated map of MIT and Kendall Square
Learn about MIT History & Culture, as well as famous MIT Alumni
70-Minute Historic Walking Tour of MIT
See top sites including MIT, Charles River, Strata Center, and Kendall Square
Gratuities
Souvenirs
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
182 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great tour over MIT campus with respect to the hot & sunny weather
mtroi,Jun 16, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00We had a great tour with our guide Lily, who dedicated a lot of time and dedication to guide us. Although it was a very sunny and hot day, she used the spots in the shadows to talk about MIT and was very respectful to the group. Although she is a Harvard-student, she is very knowledgable about MIT and its student life. I can highly recommend her and the tour that she gave. She can also give you great recommendations for other spots to visit!
Amazing experience!
Rmusfeldt,May 31, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience! We were able to see classrooms and the lab areas of MIT!
Fun and interesting experience
TDW KSW,May 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a fantastic tour. Our guide, Austin, was informative, enthusiastic, and full of stories and information. We walked through and around a variety of campus buildings, including some of the classrooms, labs, and creative spaces. It's a big campus, but we saw a lot in the approximately 90 minute tour. The tour was easy to find, and Austin was great.
It is a fantastic...
Chen Y,May 10, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It is a fantastic experience to visit MIT and we luckily had a very amazing tour guide. Highly recommended if one visits Boston Area.
What's hacking😉
da p,May 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Overview of history, buildings and laboratories combined with funny stories while walking through the campus. Very entertaining and interesting.
Tour way overbooked
Linh L,Apr 11, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00Our tour guide was great but this tour was way overbooked. Tours should not be this large—I think we had 40+ ppl. No one could hear anything, it was cumbersome to get around, and I felt we spent more time trying to navigate and figure out how to position ourselves to hear the guide vs actually taking in the tour. Please stop overbooking your tours. It’s not fair to the tour guides or to the visitors.
A useful experience to imagine what the experience at MIT is like.
F4610LXtomasa,Mar 15, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent tour of MIT. The guide, Sebastian, talked all the way through the visit and was available for questions. The anecdotes helped imagine a little more about college life at MIT. Very good!
Dynamic and interesting
Pioneer26515195701,Feb 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The guide had been at MIT for a long time and you could tell he identified with the place a lot. He told us very interesting things and, above all, he allowed us to enter many buildings (in Harvard you can not enter any), and he told us why (besides, the week we did the tour was very cold, so to enter was also a plus for that). Many laboratories are glazed, so you get to see them from the outside (inside the building, outside the laboratory).
Awesome tour!
Vinicius V,Jan 30, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The tour was even better than I’ve imagined it’d be. We get to actually enter the MIT building and see its labs and classrooms. The guide, Austin, was great and gave us so many interesting infos. I recommend it 100%.
Overall a nice tour
Safari51434006241,Jan 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Free education, under certain conditions of course, is amazing for smart kids who do not have the financial means! Kudos for that! Maybe that was intentional, but the classes we visited were so outdated, they threw me back in 90s when I was teaching in university in one of eastern Europe countries. What shocked me was the guide's feedback on AI being useless, given all the AI courses advertised by MIT, kind of making you wonder if teaching is easier than implementing? Overall a nice experience.
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