The Matchup is an Internet Online Dating Service provided Free to the students, alumni, and faculty of Boston's most reputable colleges, universities, and institutes. It is made possible through research funding from the MIT Media Lab's eRationality group and volunteer effort.

Over the years, students have sporadically organized matchmaking services at both MIT and at Harvard, but there has little effort to connect students on an ongoing basis or bring students from different schools together. There was still a real need to link people from Boston's academic communities and to do so with a robust professional website.

In the spring of 2004, student organizers planned to build a completely new online dating/communication website for Boston's most reputable colleges, universities, and institutes called The Matchup. Those plans were acted upon in the summer of 2004. On July 23, 2004, The Matchup was launched with a very reliable structure, flexible implementation, and professional design. Please let us know what you think. Thanks and enjoy.