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MIT Family Weekend 2026

Celebrate MIT Family Weekend October 23–24! 

Registration is open for MIT Family Weekend! We are excited to welcome you and your family to campus to visit your student, experience campus life, and discover what makes MIT such a unique place to live and learn. Sign up by October 14!

Plan Your Weekend

Browse the full schedule to find programs that match your interests, from open classes and faculty presentations to department receptions, lab tours, concerts, and campus tours. Build a schedule that works for your family and check in regularly to see newly added events.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

  • Open classes
  • Campus Conversations with MIT leadership and students
  • Dining on campus
  • Department receptions, lab tours, and campus tours
  • MIT Wind Ensemble and MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble concert
  • Athletic events
  • Fraternities, Sororities, & Independent Living Group (FSILG) community events
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

  • Campus tours
  • Campus dining experience
  • Athletic events
  • Student group events
  • MIT Family Weekend a Capella concert
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Family Weekend Tour Center

Looking for a deeper look at campus life? The Family Weekend Tour Center offers opportunities to explore MIT’s labs, makerspaces, museums, and other unique spaces that help make MIT a remarkable place to learn, create, and discover. Many tours provide behind-the-scenes access and are led by members of the MIT community.

Past tours have included   

  • MIT Glass Lab 
  • Morningside Academy for Design makerspace 
  • Feng Lab (Brain and Cognitive Sciences) 
  • MIT Huang-Hobbs BioMaker Space 
  • MIT Museum 
  • Campus tours 
  • Tunnel tours 

Before You Register for Family Weekend

All Family Weekend registrations are managed through MIT's secure online registration system. To access registration, parents and family members must first create an account. Learn more. 

Your account allows you to:

  • Register for Family Weekend
  • Manage your registration information
  • Access future family event registrations

Registration Deadline:
October 14