Women and Gender Services (WXGS)

Single Gender Swim, Women’s only open swim, Swim test (Interphase), SCUBA.

MIT Open Recreation

Find up-to-date information on all currently available campus lactation rooms

Lactation Rooms

There is a prayer room (Musalla) for use by the MIT-MSA community in the Institute’s Religious Activity Center (W11).

The address for the building is:

40 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

This is not a comprehensive list; please visit MIT Engage to discover more students and opportunities.

• The CRWN: The CRWN is designed for sophomore and above undergraduate women, though participation is open to all students. Students may remain in the program until graduation. Women include transgender women, cisgender women, and non-binary women
• Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT): A student-led organization focused on the personal and professional development of women graduate students.
• Graduate Womxn in Biology (GwiBio): A group focused on the needs of women graduate students in Biology.

• GWAE (formerly WGA3): The Graduate Women in Aerospace Engineering group, focused on building community and encouraging relationships between graduate students, faculty, and women’s group.

• HST Women’s Group: A group for women in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.

• MEGA Women: The Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association of Women, dedicated to fostering friendships, mentorship, and supporting graduate women in the Mechanical Engineering department.
• Sloan Women in Management (SWIM): A club at MIT Sloan that aims to empower women in management through professional development, networking, and social events.
• Taara: Taara (meaning: Star) aims to provide a dynamic platform that empowers and elevates the voices of South Asian women, femme, and gender non-conforming students at MIT.
• TransMIT: TransMIT is to support the trans and gender expansive (i.e. identities including but not limited to: transgender, transsexual, gender non-conforming (GNC), genderqueer, two-spirit, agender, non-binary, and gender questioning) community at MIT
• Women in Chemistry: A group for women in the Chemistry department.
• Women in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: A group for women in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department.
• Women in Math: A group for women in the Math department.
• Women in Nuclear Science: A group for women interested in nuclear science.
• Womxn in Physics: A group for women in the Physics department.

The MIT Housing Office currently handles student housing

• Gender Inclusive Housing
• Juniper
  • Juniper is an undergraduate living group centered on the celebration of the achievements of Black women and non-binary people by providing a residential environment that fosters community
• McCormick Hall
  • The only all-female residence hall for undergraduate students at MIT

•  Women’s Independent Living Group (WILG):
  • WILG is an independent living group run by its residents.

Enter the elevator in Building 2 and take it up. When you exit, turn left and walk through Building 2 until you reach Building 4. Take a right and continue down the hallway until you reach a set of steps.Turn left, and continue walking until you enter Building 3. The Margaret Cheney Room will be on your left.

Enter Lobby 7. To your left, you’ll see large green doors—go through them and head up to the 3rd floor.
Take a left, walk toward the hallway, and continue through Building 7 until you reach Building 3. The Cheney Room will be on your right. Alternatively, you can take the elevator in Lobby 7 to the 3rd floor and follow the same path.

Take the elevator to the 3rd floor. Walk straight until you reach the corner, then make a right.
Continue walking until you reach Building 3. The Cheney Room will be on your left.