MIT Medical

What MIT Medical does

MIT Medical, doing business as MIT Health, is the on-campus healthcare division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private non-profit research university headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It delivers primary care, urgent care, dermatology, mental health support, and interpreter services (more than 150 spoken languages plus American Sign Language) to MIT students, employees, international community members, and parents/families. Services are provided at no out-of-pocket cost to eligible members and are funded through MIT's general operating budget and student health fees rather than through commercial billing. Two physical locations serve the population: the main Cambridge facility at Building E23 (25 Carleton Street) and a satellite clinic at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA; an urgent care service on the Cambridge campus operates extended hours including weekends.

The provider's digital infrastructure centers on the HealthELife patient portal (an iqhealth implementation) for records access, provider messaging, and appointment management, and on Clockwise MD for online urgent care spot reservation. A dermatology partnership with AP Derm extends specialty coverage into the campus clinic via MIT Health's referral system. Marketing and member engagement are routed through the health.mit.edu website, Facebook (@healthatmit), Instagram (@mit.health), MIT's institutional communications channels, and an "Ask Our Digital Navigator" service for service navigation. The entity is structured as a non-profit operating division under MIT's institutional governance; it has no outside investors, no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A history, and no separate corporate ownership beyond the parent university.

As a captive, institutionally funded health service, MIT Medical's commercial profile is limited: it does not operate in open commercial markets, does not pursue third-party payer revenue at scale, and reports no revenue figures. Its growth surface is therefore service-level (extended hours, additional languages, digital tools, specialty partnerships) rather than geographic or vertical, and any investor-relevant financial signal must be inferred from parent-university disclosures that are not present in this dataset.

Name

MIT Medical

Legal name

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Website

https://medical.mit.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

MIT Medical is the on-campus healthcare division of MIT, providing primary care, urgent care, dermatology, mental health, and 150+ language interpreter services to MIT students, employees, internationals, and family members at no out-of-pocket cost.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Service Delivery: MIT Health provides comprehensive healthcare services to MIT students, employees, and their dependents at no out-of-pocket cost. The program is funded through MIT as an employee and student benefit, operating as an on-campus health center.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MIT Medical (operating as MIT Health) provides comprehensive on-campus healthcare services for MIT students, employees, and affiliated family members, including primary care, urgent care, dermatology, mental health support, and interpreter services in 150+ languages, delivered at no out-of-pocket cost to eligible members.

Product overview

MIT Health is a university health services provider offering comprehensive on-campus healthcare for MIT students, employees, and affiliated individuals. The service portfolio includes primary care, dermatology (via partner AP Derm), urgent care with online scheduling, and interpreter services spanning 150+ languages. Digital access is provided through the HealthELife patient portal. Services are delivered at two physical locations in Cambridge and Lexington, MA, with urgent care operating extended weekend hours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dermatology Services Dermatology services provided through MIT Health's partner AP Derm, treating symptomatic, acute, and chronic skin conditions for MIT students, employees, and eligible family members.
• Urgent Care Service Walk-in urgent care available Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m.–4 p.m., with online spot reservation through Clockwise MD at the Building E23 location.
• Interpreter Services Language access service providing interpretation for office visits or phone calls in more than 150 spoken languages and American Sign Language (ASL), supporting MIT's international community and patients with hearing impairments.
• HealthELife Patient Portal Online patient portal that enables MIT Health patients to access health records, communicate with providers, and manage appointments online.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AP DermcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAP Derm is MIT Health's dermatology partner that provides treatment for symptomatic, acute, and chronic skin conditions. This partnership extends specialized dermatology services to the MIT community through MIT Health's referral system.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Boston University Student Health Services: BU's on-campus student health service offering primary care, behavioral medicine, and specialty referrals to BU students. Local Boston-area peer with a similar captive university-clinic structure and comparable service scope.
• Vaden Health Services (Stanford University): Stanford's on-campus student health service providing primary care, mental health, and specialty referrals to the Stanford community with university-funded coverage. Highly comparable captive university clinic model on a peer elite-research campus.
• Harvard University Health Services (HUHS): Harvard's on-campus health service delivering primary care, urgent care, and mental health to students, faculty, and employees with university-funded coverage. Operates the same captive university-health-services model in Cambridge, MA, making it the closest structural peer to MIT Health.
• UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center: UCLA's campus-based student health and wellness center delivering primary care, urgent care, mental health, and specialty services to UCLA affiliates with university-subsidized coverage. Comparable service mix and captive university model.
• Columbia Health (Columbia University): Columbia's campus-based health service providing medical, mental health, and wellness services to students and affiliates with university-subsidized access. Comparable in scope, captive funding model, and integration with student life services.
• Tufts University Health and Wellness Services: Tufts' campus-based health and counseling service delivering primary care, mental health, and wellness programming to students and employees. Comparable service portfolio and captive Boston-area university model.
• University Health Service (University of Michigan): U-M's on-campus health center offering primary care, specialty services, and mental health to students and employees. One of the larger university health services by patient population, with a comparable integrated service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• CVS MinuteClinic (CVS Health): National retail-based walk-in clinic chain providing urgent care, preventive services, and vaccinations across the U.S. Represents a broad ambulatory competitor for the urgent care and primary care segments that MIT Health also serves.
• Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners HealthCare): The dominant integrated health system in the Boston/Cambridge market, operating major hospitals and an extensive ambulatory network. A broad incumbent whose primary care and urgent care footprint overlaps with the same patient geography as MIT Health.

Emerging players

• One Medical (Amazon One Medical): Membership-based primary care platform with a technology-forward patient experience and digital portal, now part of Amazon. Comparable to MIT Health on the dimensions of patient portal, on-demand scheduling, and integrated primary care delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/healthatmit
• Instagraminstagram.com/mit.health
• Xx.com/mitmedical

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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