 MIT 's proximity to Harvard University ( " the other school up the river " ) has led to a substantial number of research collaborations such as the Harvard @-@ MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and the Broad Institute . In addition , students at the two schools can cross @-@ register for credits toward their own school 's degrees without any additional fees . A cross @-@ registration program between MIT and Wellesley College has also existed since 1969 , and in 2002 the Cambridge – MIT Institute launched an undergraduate exchange program between MIT and the University of Cambridge . MIT has more modest cross @-@ registration programs with Boston University , Brandeis University , Tufts University , Massachusetts College of Art , and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . 
