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Its motto is Mens et Manus, which translates as “Mind and Hand”.</p><p>The university lays claim to 85 Nobel Laureates, 58 National Medal of Science winners, 29 National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners and 45 MacArthur Fellows. Among its impressive alumni is Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the United Nations.</p><p>Scientific discoveries and technological advances accredited to MIT include the first chemical synthesis of penicillin, the development of radar, the discovery of quarks, and the invention of magnetic core memory, which enabled the development of digital computers.</p><p>MIT is currently organised into five different schools: architecture and planning, engineering, humanities, arts and social sciences, management and science.</p><p> </p><p>It is home to around 1,000 faculty members and over 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students. 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