Meal Plans
All MIT students are welcome to enroll in a meal plan—including graduate students! Residence halls with a required plan include: Baker House, Maseeh Hall, McCormick Hall, New Vassar, Next House, Simmons Hall.
2025-2026 MIT Dining Meal Plans
Investing in a meal plan guarantees easy access to healthy, nutritious meals seven days a week, with four meal periods a day.
All MIT students (including graduate students!) are welcome to enroll in a meal plan.
Undergraduates living in a residence with an in-house dining program are required to enroll in a meal plan.
Those residence halls include: Baker House, Maseeh Hall, McCormick Hall, New Vassar, Next House, and Simmons Hall.
For specific questions about our meal plans, email foodstuff@mit.edu.
Key Dates & Reminders:
2025-2026 Meal Plan enrollment period is June 5, to July 6, 2025.
Deadline to change/cancel meal plan for Fall ’25 semester is September 12, 2025
Meal Plan Options
Students have an option of 6 meal plans. Our meal plans come in two formats: ANY21 & block plans.
What is the difference between ANY 21 & a block plan?
ANY 21: 3 meals/day, 7 days/week. Meals reset at the beginning of each week (Sunday).
Block plans have a set number of meals to be used throughout the entire semester. The balance will decrease every time you swipe for a meal, and you can use any number of meals per day.
Students can check their block meal counts by logging into MyCard.
| Meal Plan | Semester Cost | Guest Passes | Dining Dollars | Average Meals / week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANY 21 | $3,824.25 | 8 | Optional | 21 |
| Block 225 | $3,824.25 | included* | $150 | 14 |
| Block 190 | $3,332.60 | included* | Optional | 11 |
| Block 160 | $2,947.20 | included* | Optional | 10 |
| Block 90 | $1,719.90 | included* | Optional | 6 |
| Block 60 | $1,174.20 | included* | Optional | 3 |
*Block plans do not come with reserved ‘guest passes.’ Students with a block plan are welcome to swipe in guests; the additional swipe will be deducted from the existing meal block total.
| Meal Plan Options | Available to class years living in a dining hall residence | Available to class years living in a cook-for-yourself residence |
| ANY 21 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Block 225 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Block 190 | 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Block 160 | 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Block 90 | N/A | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Block 60 | N/A | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Choosing a meal plan:
First-year students living in a dining hall residence must choose either Any 21 or the Block 225.
Students living in a cook-for-yourself residence have the option to choose any of our offered meal plans.
Please review the table above to learn more about which meal plan is available to each class year.
Selecting the best meal plan for you, is an individual choice. Please review the Average meal/week column in the table above, to help choose the best meal plan for your schedule.
The Block 225 (our most popular plan) comes with $150 dining dollars. Dining dollars are a flexible form of payment that can be used at any food space on campus.
All students with a meal plan have the option to add dining dollars to their plan at any time during the academic semester. Students without a meal plan are not eligible to purchase dining dollars.
Dining Dollars come with a 5% discount (each $1.00 in purchase costs equals $0.95 in Dining Dollars) at on-campus dining locations.
Unused Dining Dollars roll over from the fall to the spring semester, as long as a spring meal plan is purchased. If there is no spring meal plan, a credit goes to your account for remaining fall dining dollars. All Dining Dollars expire after Commencement during the academic year in which the Dining Dollars were added. Dining Dollars will be the default tender, followed by TechCash, in campus retail dining operations.
Per-Meal Door Rates
We welcome you to enjoy a meal in one of our in-house dining areas, even if you’re not enrolled in a meal plan. Please see below for details regarding the per-meal rate that you can pay when visiting the dining area.
- Breakfast: $10.85
- Lunch: $17.00
- Dinner: $19.95
Note: Dining Dollars, TechCASH, and cash are accepted. No meal charge for toddlers ages three and younger. Half-priced meals for children ages three to twelve years.
Your Health & Nutrition Are Our Priority
MIT wants to ensure that no student is struggling with food security, and we have established several resources that can help you easily access food.
Please visit MIT’s DoingWell website for additional food resource information. Also, searching for food and grocery options on campus just got easier. Check out the MIT food and grocery map, a tool meant to showcase a wide range of local dining and shopping options for members of the MIT community. Explore these local options and discover which are best for you and your needs!
If you are struggling at all with accessing food, please contact Student Support Services. All students can also reach out to the Accessing Resources MIT (ARM) Coalition whose mission is to alleviate financial hardship by connecting students to campus resources.
Meal Plan Terms and Conditions
Plan holders should read this document periodically to understand minimum meal plan requirements, dining hall policies, and important dates.