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 7 days a week for 4 meal periods a day.
All MIT students (including graduate students!) are welcome to enroll in a meal plan.
Undergraduates living in a residents with in-house dining programs 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:
Spring semester meal plans end: after dinner on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Note: 2025-2026 Meal Plan enrollment period is June 5, to July 1, 2025.
Deadline to change/cancel meal plan for Fall ’25 semester is September 12, 2025
2025-2026 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.
NOTE: First year students living in a dining hall residence must choose either ANY 21 or the Block 225.
| 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 |
| 190 | $3,332.60 | included* | Optional | 11 |
| 160 | $2,947.20 | included* | Optional | 10 |
| 90 | $1,719.90 | included* | Optional | 6 |
| 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 existing meal block total.
Dining Dollars
Say hello to Dining Dollars – an easy, convenient way to pay for food on campus and at surrounding locations! Campus retail and in-house dining locations, as well as several off-campus locations accept Dining Dollars for food and beverage purchases. Dining Dollars must be connected to an active meal plan.
And who doesn’t like a discount? Dining Dollars come with a 5% discount (each $1.00 in purchase costs you .95 cents in Dining Dollars) at on-campus dining locations.
Unused Dining Dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester, as long as there is a spring contract. If there is no spring contract, a credit goes to your account for remaining fall dining dollars. All Dining Dollars expire after Commencement during the academic year when 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.