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Research at Facebook

We want to understand the world. Why? Because we believe that's the only way to move toward a world that's more open and connected, which is Facebook's mission. From studying the impact of technology on society, to building systems that can connect billions of people and advancing the field of artificial intelligence, Research at Facebook is focused on solving some of the hardest global and engineering challenges of our time.

Our Research

Facebook AI Research

We are looking to understand intelligence and to make intelligent machines.

Data Science

You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.

Systems Research

How do you scale to the next billion users? We are discovering how.

User Experience Research

We are understanding people’s interactions with each other through technology.

Machine Learning

We are helping people connect to the things that matter most to them.

Oculus

We are discovering how to develop progressive new ophthalmic instruments.

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Academic Programs

The Fellowship Program is open to full-time PhD students around the world who are enrolled during the current academic year(s).

Open Academy offers open source project experience to computer science students at top universities around the globe.

Join Us

Do you want to help more than a billion people all over the world connect and share?

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Code

Learn about our open source tools and technologies, our challenging scaling experiences, and more.

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