MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Type	Private land-grant research university
Established	March 9, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-03-09)
Academic affiliations	AAU AITU COFHE NAICU[1] URA Sea grant Space grant
Dean	Agustín Rayo
Academic staff	170[2]
Students	355 (2023–24)[3]
Undergraduates	53 (2023–24)[3]
Location	Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States 42°21′35″N 71°5′31″W / 42.35972°N 71.09194°W / 42.35972; -71.09194
Campus	Midsize city[5], 166 acres (67.2 ha)[4]
Mascot	Tim the Beaver[6]
Website	shass.mit.edu

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. The school includes 11 academic areas and works alongside six departments, labs, and programs. SHASS grants SB, SM, and PhD degrees. Major fields of study include anthropology, comparative media studies and writing, economics, history, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, science, technology, and society, and theater arts.^[7] Other programs include the Center for International Studies; Knight Science Journalism; Science, Technology, and Society; Security Studies; and HyperStudio (digital humanities).^[7]

As of 2022^[update], the Dean of the School is Professor Agustín Rayo.^[8] With dozens of faculty members, hundreds of graduate students, 109 undergraduate majors, and 161 minors, the school is the fourth largest at MIT. All MIT undergraduates must take at least eight semesters of courses (approximately 25% of total classroom time) in SHASS as part of the General Institute Requirements for a diploma, and those minoring or majoring within the School undertake additional studies and projects.^[9]