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The movement that started it all. Every lecture, problem set, and exam from more than 2,500 MIT courses — published for the world, free forever.

41 courses here1,002 hours of teaching1,237 lectures & chapters2,500+ in their full catalog

Every MIT course

Free, complete, and yours to keep — stream every lecture in our player or download the whole course.

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry

Sadoway's legendary chemistry of real materials — batteries included.

31h47 lec

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MITIntermediate

Linear Algebra

The most-watched mathematics course ever recorded.

28h34 lec

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MITIntermediate

Introduction to Algorithms

Sorting, searching, hashing — the engine room of computer science.

22h27 lec

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MITIntermediate

Signals and Systems

The legendary Oppenheim lectures — Fourier, sampling, and everything after.

22h26 lec

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MITIntroductory

Principles of Microeconomics

Supply, demand, and the logic of markets — from MIT's Economics department.

20h24 lec

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

The gentlest possible on-ramp into computer science.

10h12 lec

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MITAdvanced

Computational Science and Engineering I

Strang beyond linear algebra — the applied math behind simulation.

42h50 lec

Book · PDF & web

MITIntroductory

Calculus

Gilbert Strang's complete calculus textbook — the companion to his famous 18.01 lectures, free from MIT chapter by chapter.

42h read17 ch

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MITAdvanced

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Where 6.006 ends — amortization, randomness, and NP-completeness.

40h34 lec

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MITIntroductory

Single Variable Calculus

Calculus taught the way MIT teaches it to freshmen.

32h39 lec

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MITIntermediate

Economic Applications of Game Theory

MIT's newest game theory course — strategic thinking for economists, from dominance and Nash equilibrium to mechanism design.

32h25 lec

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MITIntroductory

Thermodynamics and Kinetics

The chemistry of energy — MIT's foundational physical chemistry course.

30h36 lec

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MITAdvanced

Performance Engineering of Software Systems

Make programs fast — cache hierarchies, concurrency, and the art of measurement.

30h23 lec

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MITAdvanced

Deep Learning

MIT's graduate deep learning course — from backpropagation foundations to transformers, diffusion models, and the research frontier.

30h24 lec

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MITIntermediate

Public Finance and Public Policy

What governments should tax, spend, and regulate — MIT's applied economics of the public sector, with real policy throughout.

30h24 lec

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MITIntermediate

Multivariable Calculus

Vectors, surfaces, and the geometry of higher dimensions.

29h35 lec

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MITAdvanced

The Early Universe

Cosmology's first three minutes — taught by the man who named inflation.

29h23 lec

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to CS and Programming Using Python

MIT's newest first course — Python for absolute beginners.

28h26 lec

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to Biology

Molecular biology the MIT way — from DNA to developing embryos.

28h35 lec

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MITIntermediate

Statistics for Applications

Mathematical statistics done properly — estimation, testing, and asymptotics.

28h22 lec

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MITIntermediate

Data Analysis for Social Scientists

Statistics with social science questions attached — MIT's data analysis course for economics.

28h23 lec

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MITIntroductory

Principles of Chemical Science

Freshman chemistry taught through the lens of real research.

27h36 lec

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MITIntermediate

Differential Equations

The mathematics of everything that changes — MIT's bridge course.

26h33 lec

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MITIntermediate

Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance

The mathematics of real markets — probability, linear algebra, and optimization, aimed straight at modern finance.

26h22 lec

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MITAdvanced

Finance Theory I

MIT Sloan's canonical finance course — valuation to portfolio theory.

25h20 lec

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MITIntermediate

Principles of Discrete Applied Mathematics

MIT's bridge from computation to proof — induction, graphs, counting, and probability, with the discrete structures CS runs on.

25h20 lec

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MITIntermediate

Perception

How the brain builds a world from light and sound — MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences on the machinery of perception.

25h23 lec

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MITIntroductory

Artificial Intelligence

Patrick Winston's legendary AI course — how to think about representing knowledge.

24h30 lec

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MITIntermediate

Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability

The clearest probability course on earth, taught by its textbook's author.

21h25 lec

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MITIntroductory

Game Design

MIT's studio course on designing games — mechanics, balance, prototyping, and playtesting, taught by building real games.

21h19 lec

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MITIntroductory

Mathematics for Computer Science

Proofs, graphs, and counting — discrete math as a contact sport.

20h25 lec

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to Psychology

How the mind works — the science, not the pop version.

20h24 lec

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MITIntroductory

The Analytics Edge

Data analytics taught through real, messy, high-stakes cases.

20h24 lec

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MITAdvanced

Distributed Computer Systems Engineering

How to build systems that survive failure — from the masters.

20h20 lec

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MITAdvanced

The Human Brain

What makes us human? An fMRI tour of the mind's specializations.

20h17 lec

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MITIntroductory

Classical Mechanics

MIT's OCW Scholar mechanics course — a complete first physics semester, built for self-study.

18h215 lec

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MITIntroductory

Calculus Revisited: Multivariable Calculus

Herbert Gross's beloved 1970s refresher — vectors, partial derivatives, and multiple integrals, humanely taught.

14h26 lec

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

From Python basics to stochastic thinking and machine learning.

12h15 lec

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MITIntroductory

Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

The beloved sequel to MIT's intro CS course — graphs, stochastic thinking, optimization, and statistics, taught through Python.

12h15 lec

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MITIntroductory

Highlights of Calculus

Strang's short course on the big picture of calculus — derivatives in five minutes, truly.

10h18 lec

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MITIntroductory

Dynastic China

Two thousand years of Chinese history in one MIT course — from the Qin unification to the last emperors, taught with primary sources.

5h4 lec