mit.edu

Mixed

Results vary across mit.edu: of 79 URLs tested, 15 are blocked, 12 are disrupted some of the time, 46 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and breaks its TLS handshake. 1,942 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-12-03, the most recent on 2026-07-28.

79URLs tested
15blocked
1,942tests all-time
2011first tested
2 d agolast tested

The site itself

http://mit.eduIntermittenthttps://mit.eduIntermittenthttp://www.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.mit.eduNot blocked

Pages and subdomains (75)

http://web.mit.eduas of 2025Not blockedhttp://vpn.mit.eduUnresolvablehttp://ocw.mit.eduIntermittenthttp://pgp.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://ist.mit.eduas of 2025Not blockedhttps://vpn.mit.eduUnresolvablehttp://cssa.mit.eduUnresolvablehttp://feed.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://pgp.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://web.mit.eduNot blockedhttps://ocw.mit.eduas of 2026Intermittenthttp://censi.mit.eduUnresolvablehttp://github.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://space.mit.eduNot blockedhttps://raise.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://scratch.mit.eduBlockedhttps://canvas.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://scratch.mit.eduas of 2026Blockedhttps://mirrors.mit.eduNot blockedhttps://whereis.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://thecenter.mit.eduas of 2025Blockedhttp://superurop.mit.eduIntermittenthttps://mastodon.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://mitpress.mit.eduas of 2025Not blockedhttp://getsmarter.mit.eduUnresolvablehttp://appinventor.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.scratch.mit.eduas of 2026Blockedhttps://electionlab.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://appinventor.mit.eduNot blockedhttps://owa.exchange.mit.eduUnresolvablehttp://ocw.mit.edu/index.htmNot blockedhttp://athena.dialup.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.mit.edu/%7EatkinNot blockedhttps://people.csail.mit.eduNot blockedhttps://math.mit.edu/~kehle/as of 2026Not blockedhttps://ocw.mit.edu/index.htmIntermittenthttps://cryptonomicon.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://scratch.mit.edu/aboutas of 2026Blockedhttps://math.mit.edu/%7EkehleNot blockedhttp://ai2.appinventor.mit.eduas of 2026Intermittenthttp://beta.appinventor.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/wwwNot blockedhttp://scratch.mit.edu/downloadBlockedhttps://ai2.appinventor.mit.eduIntermittenthttp://publications.csail.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://google.com.libproxy.mit.eduas of 2026Intermittenthttps://scratch.mit.edu/favicon.icoBlockedhttps://classifier.appinventor.mit.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editoras of 2026Blockedhttp://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttps://exokernel.scripts.mit.edu/submitas of 2026Not blockedhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/new-courses/as of 2026Not blockedhttps://scratch.mit.edu/projects/423426731as of 2026Blockedhttps://scratch.mit.edu/projects/636244032as of 2026Blockedhttp://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/sources.htmIntermittenthttps://scratch.mit.edu/user/Scratchnosekaias of 2026Blockedhttps://scratch.mit.edu/users/ScratchnosekaiBlockedhttps://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1201139861/as of 2026Blockedhttp://scratch.mit.edu/users/princesspandaloverBlockedhttp://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/about-us.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttp://wind.lcs.mit.edu/papers/usenixsec2002.pdfas of 2025Not blockedhttp://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/setup.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttps://economics.mit.edu/people/faculty/david-h-autorNot blockedhttps://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/yasheng-huangNot blockedhttp://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/connect-USB-win.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttps://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/14/14.01SC/MIT14_01SCF11_rttext.pdfas of 2026Intermittenthttp://mirrors.mit.edu/torproject/download/download-easy.html.enas of 2026Not blockedhttps://openlearning.mit.edu/courses-programs/mit-opencoursewareas of 2026Not blockedhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/translated-courses/traditional-chineseas of 2026Intermittenthttp://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=hrw.org&op=index&fingerprint=onas of 2023Blockedhttps://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/unmasking-bias-facial-recognition-algorithmsas of 2026Not blockedhttps://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=annualfundNot blockedhttps://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/sam-altman-believes-ai-will-change-world-and-everything-elseNot blockedhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-390-new-enterprises-spring-2013/video-tutorials/lecture-1as of 2026Not blockedhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-042j-mathematics-for-computer-science-spring-2015/as of 2026Not blocked

About mit.edu and the Great Firewall

Is mit.edu blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across mit.edu: of 79 URLs tested, 15 are blocked, 12 are disrupted some of the time, 46 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and breaks its TLS handshake. 1,942 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-12-03, the most recent on 2026-07-28.

How can I reach mit.edu from mainland China?

A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks mit.edu. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.

Elsewhere on the site

mit.edu is ranked #216 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).

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