Provost

Cynthia Barnhart

Office Phone 617-253-3815

Email cbarnhar@mit.edu

Room 3-208

Staff directory

Website

Units reporting to the provost
- Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology
- Institutional Research
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research
- MIT Solve
- Key local collaborators
  - Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  - Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
- Department of Architecture
- Program in Media Arts and Sciences
- Department of Urban Studies and Planning
- Art, Culture, and Technology Program
- MIT Center for Real Estate
- MIT Media Lab
- MIT Mobility Initiative
  
  Reports jointly to the dean, School of Engineering
- MIT Morningside Academy for Design
- Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
- Centers, labs, and programs
  - Art, Culture, and Technology Program
  - MIT Center for Real Estate
  - MIT Media Lab
  - MIT Mobility Initiative
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, School of Engineering
  - MIT Morningside Academy for Design
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, School of Engineering
  - Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Dean, School of Engineering
- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Department of Biological Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  
  Reports jointly to the dean, MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs
  - Leaders for Global Operations
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, Sloan School of Management
  - Program in Polymers and Soft Matter
  - Supply Chain Management
    
    Based in the Center for Transportation and Logistics
  - System Design and Management/Integrated Design and Management
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, Sloan School of Management
- School Programs
  - Center for Transportation and Logistics
  - Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
  - Lemelson-MIT Program
  - MIT AI Hardware Program
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
  - MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
  - MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science
  - MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works Center
    
    Reports jointly to the director, Lincoln Laboratory
  - MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows Program
  - MIT Professional Education
  - MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program
  - MIT School of Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence
  - Microsystems Technology Laboratories
    
    Primary reporting relationship is the vice president for research
  - New Engineering Education Transformation
  - Programs in Technical Leadership and Communication
    - Bernard M. Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program
    - Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program
    - MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab
    - Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program
- Initiatives
  - MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology
  - MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
  - MIT InnovationHQ
    
    Reports jointly to the provost and the dean, Sloan School of Management
  - MIT Mobility Initiative
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, School of Architecture and Planning
Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- Anthropology Program
- Comparative Media Studies/Writing Program
- Department of Economics
- Global Languages
- History Section
- Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
- Literature Section
- Music and Theater Arts Section
- Department of Political Science
- Program in Science, Technology, and Society
- Women’s and Gender Studies Program
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
  
  Based in the Department of Economics
- Center for International Studies
  
  Based in the Department of Political Science
  - MISTI
  - Security Studies Program
- Knight Science Journalism Fellows Program
  
  Based in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Interim Dean, Sloan School of Management
- Academic degree programs in management
- MIT Sloan Executive Education
- MIT Sloan Management Review
- Centers and initiatives
  - Consumer Finance Initiative
  - Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan
  - Food Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing Initiative
  - Golub Center for Finance and Policy
  - Health Systems Initiative
  - Institute for Work and Employment Research
  - Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
  - MIT Behavioral Research Lab
  - MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
  - MIT Center for Information Systems Research
  - MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab
  - MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
  - MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
  - MIT Leadership Center
  - MIT Sloan Neuroeconomics Lab
  - Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan
  - Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Dean, School of Science
- Department of Biology
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Centers and labs
  - Laboratory for Nuclear Science
  - MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
  - Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
  - Simons Center for the Social Brain
Dean, MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  
  Reports jointly to the dean, School of Engineering
- Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
  - Technology and Policy Program
- Centers, labs, and programs
  - Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health
  - Center for Computational Science and Engineering
  - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  - Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
  - MIT AI Hardware Program
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, School of Engineering
  - MIT Quest for Intelligence
  - MIT-IBM Watson AI Laboratory
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, School of Engineering
  - Operations Research Center
    
    Reports jointly to the dean, Sloan School of Management
  - Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
Vice Provost for the Arts
- List Visual Arts Center
- MIT Museum
- Office of the Arts
  - Council for the Arts at MIT
  - MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology
  - Student Art Association
  - Student Arts Program
Vice Provost for Campus Space Management and Planning
Vice Provost for Faculty
Vice Provost for International Activities
- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Center
Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Research Administration

Also has a secondary reporting relationship to vice president for research
- Office of Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer
  - OSATT Core
    - Alliance Management
    - Catalysts
    - Strategic Transactions
  - Corporate Relations
    - Industrial Liaison Program
    - MIT Startup Exchange
  - Technology Licensing Office
- Research Administration Services
- Research Development
- Research Systems and Support
Director of Libraries
- MIT Libraries
- MIT Press
Vice President for Finance

Primary reporting relationship is to the executive vice president and treasurer
- Budget and Financial Analysis
- Controllership
  - Accounts Receivable
  - Financial Accounting and Reporting
  - Property Office
  - Sponsored Accounting
  - Tax and Global Operations
- Financial Operations
  - Accounts Payable
  - HR/Payroll
  - Merchant Services
  - Procurement Services
  - Travel and Card Services
- Financial Systems
- Office of the Recording Secretary
- Office of Insurance
- Strategic Sourcing and Contracts
- Treasury and Planning
Vice President for Human Resources

Primary reporting relationship is to the executive vice president and treasurer
- Benefits
- Compensation
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Employee and Labor Relations
- HR Communications
- HR Projects and Compliance
- HR Technology and Operations
- Policy and Compliance
- Strategic Talent Management
Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Research Computing and Data

Primary reporting relationship is to the vice president for research
- Office of Research Computing and Data
  
  Also reports to the vice president for research
Director, Lincoln Laboratory

Primary reporting relationship is to the vice president for research
- Lincoln Laboratory
  - Technical divisions
    - Advanced Technology
    - Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology
    - Biotechnology and Human Systems
    - Communication Systems
    - Cyber Security and Information Sciences
    - Engineering
    - Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Control
    - ISR and Tactical Systems
    - Space Systems and Technology
  - Service departments
    - Contracting Services
    - Facility Services
    - Financial Services
    - Human Resources
    - Information Services
    - Security Services