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Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

MITdorm room planner.

16 residence halls · 28 room types with real measured dimensions. Pick your building, get a layout that fits to the inch, and a shoppable list that fits your budget.

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Every room type, one scale1 square = 1 ft

The same “double” can be 186 or 221 square feet here. Seeing them side by side is the whole point.

  • MIT
  • 16 residence halls
  • 29 room types
  • 28 published sizes

Residence halls · A to Z

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Open a building for its room types, measured dimensions, bed and closet sizes, and an example layout drawn to scale. Sizes marked ≈ are estimated from similar rooms because the school doesn't publish them. How we measure these rooms

16 of 16 buildings shown

MIT dorms ranked by double size · published sizes

Not all doublesare equal.

The biggest double at MIT is at Simmons: 221 sq ft. The smallest is at New Vassar, 186 sq ft. For comparison, the typical double across 45 colleges is 180 sq ft (average dorm room size). Published dimensions describe room types, not individual rooms, so confirm anything tight on move-in day.

Floor area of double rooms at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, largest first
Halls and sizeFloor area
Simmons · Double17 × 13 ft221 sq ft
McCormick · Double15.5 × 13 ft202 sq ft
Fariborz Maseeh, Burton-Conner · Double15 × 13 ft195 sq ft
Next, East Campus · Double16 × 12 ft192 sq ft
New Vassar · Double15.5 × 12 ft186 sq ft

Your room at MIT,planned.

Your Massachusetts Institute of Technology room, planned to the inch. How we measure these rooms

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