Move In

Once you’re on campus, check into your assigned residence hall at the front desk using your Mobile MIT ID barcode in the MIT Atlas mobile application (Menu>Profile>MIT ID Barcode) to receive your keys. Staff are available at residence hall front desks between 8:00 am and 12:00 am, though we strongly encourage you to arrive between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm if possible. 

If you are not approved for an early arrival by HRS, you cannot move into your room/residence hall early.

Housing staff is unable to provide access to your room/residence hall until the returning student move-in date.

All unauthorized early arrivals will be charged an early return penalty and a daily housing charge.

No exceptions will be made to this policy.

There is no MIT shuttle service to campus from the airport. Instead, students typically utilize taxis, rideshare services, or the MBTA ("The T") public transportation system.

MBTA Directions from the Airport

Driving Directions from the Airport

Free on-campus parking will be available during Welcome Week (August 23-29) at the following locations, unless noted otherwise:

• Westgate Parking Lot
• Amherst Street (E51) Lot
• 139 Massachusetts Avenue Parking Lot
• 66 Albany Street Parking Lot (N10)
• 600 Memorial Drive Parking Lot (W98)
• Albany Street Parking Garage
• 33 Amherst Street entrance of Hayward Garage (paid parking)

If the lot is staffed, please let the parking attendant know that you are temporarily parking your vehicle for student move-in. Overnight parking is not allowed.

Vehicles will have access along Amherst Alley for resident drop-off—please follow the posted signage. Additionally, designated areas outside of Random Hall (NW61), Simmons Hall (W79), and New Vassar (W46) have been reserved for resident drop-off on August 19, August 23, and August 29-31. If you have any questions about on-campus parking, please email mitparking@mit.edu.  

Professional movers will be on campus to assist first-year students with their move-in during the following times:

• FPOP move-in (August 19): 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
• First-year move-in (August 23): 8:00 am to 3:30 pm 

If you plan to have a PODS or other storage unit delivered to campus, you must pre-register to place it in a designated parking space by contacting MIT Parking & Transportation at (617) 258-6510 or mitparking@mit.edu.

As part of the Eversource Greater Cambridge Energy Project (GCEP) construction, traffic patterns around East Campus will be modified during move-in. Given the unpredictability of construction schedules, vehicles will be routed one of two ways: by navigating a loop around East Campus (Plan A) or exiting the same way you entered (Plan B). For reference, a map of each move-in plan is included below. Please follow all signage to be routed to the correct place.

To unload your vehicle:

• Please enter Wadsworth Street from Main Street or Memorial Drive.
• Travel down Amherst Street, and make a right on Ames Street.
• Access East Campus by turning left between building 66 and building 64.
• A loading zone will be set up to unload your vehicle. Please park perpendicular to accommodate multiple vehicles in the space.
• After you have finished unloading, please follow the signs to A.) exit around the building, onto Gray Way, and make a left on Ames Street, or B.) exit the same way you entered.

Please do not block the fire lane and follow all instructions of the police details on site. 

Plan A

Plan B