Northeastern University vs University of Massachusetts - Boston

The campus is located near to Museum of Fine Arts and Symphony Hall. It is situated in the heart of Boston and is filled with greenery. Northeastern University lies in the neighborhood of Huntington Avenue.  

• Location: Cambridge, MA USA
• Size: 168 acres (0.68 km2)
• Student residences: 19
• Playing fields: 26 acres (0.11 km2)
• Gardens + green spaces: 40+
• Publicly sited works of art: 60+

32 intramural sports, 18 varsity sports, and 43 club sports. Additionally, campus offers Fall Fest, Afro Flow Yoga workshop, Field hockey, volleyball, soccer games, Night at the student center, and First pages. 

• With 500+ student organisations, nearly 40 Greek-letter and independent living groups, chaplains for 20+ faith traditions, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, MIT offers a welcoming place for every student or faculty member. 
• To complement their academics and research, students choose their own extracurricular adventures, like participation in music, dance, and sports, to various groups that savour and celebrate cultures globally. 
• To help students navigate various challenges, MIT offers a strong support network.
• MIT students are a part of more than 450 organisations, clubs, and associations. The associations and clubs are run entirely by the students. These include the Solar Electric vehicle team, Debate team, Outing Club, MIT Society for Women Engineers, and Student Art Association. 
• The students can participate in the glorious competitions and events of the college to build their co-curricular profile. 
• The students can also spend their time in the facilities surrounding the premises of the school, like restaurants, cafes, and more. 
• To ensure health and wellness, MIT’s network of physical and mental support resources aims to keep the student community happy, healthy, and active. And through initiatives like MindHandHeart, they are always looking for ways to engage students, faculty, and staff to make MIT stronger than ever.

Shawn Fanning (Computer programmer), Wendy Williams (TV host), Reggie Lewis (basketball player), Jane Curtin (actress), James Franklin Jeffrey (American Diplomat), Jeff Clarke (Executive Chairman of FTD), Albert Sacco (Dean Whitacre College of Engineering), Yale Patt (professor), Mo Cowan (former US Senator). 

MIT Sloan has strong, supportive and proactive alumni—entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers, and leaders. Some of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology notable alumni are John W Thomson (Chairman of Microsoft since 2014), Brian Halligan (CEO and co-founder of Hubspot), and Robin Chase (Co-founder and Former CEO of Zipcar). From 3-D printing to bionic prostheses, many products and services have sprung from the intelligent/ creative minds and hands of MIT’s brilliant alumni community.