Because the MIT community is considered an essential part of the MLOG experience, the program is not offered as a distance-learning option. By studying on campus, students enjoy close interaction not only with the program's world-class faculty but also, importantly, with their hand-picked classmates, forming long-term bonds that serve them well throughout their careers.

The program’s affiliation with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, and with its many related programs, expands students’ networking opportunities by putting them in proximity to other faculty, students and researchers throughout MIT.  And the urban context of Boston and Cambridge – along with the regional context of New England, New York and Washington, DC— offers a unique combination of arts, culture, sports and recreation that makes nine-months at MIT a truly transformative experience.

MIT-CTL

The MLOG program is part of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, home to world class logistics and supply chain research programs which give students ample access to major players in the field. Students are part of a small, hand-picked cohort meeting directly with practitioners who are applying cutting-edge concepts in the real world.

In addition to administering the MLOG program, the Center helps coordinate the extensive transportation and logistics research conducted throughout MIT. At any given time, research efforts typically number over 100, ranging from modest projects involving a single faculty member and a few students to large-scale international programs involving scores of people and a full-time research staff.

Over fifty faculty and staff are affiliated with the MIT-CTL through participation in its education, research and outreach programs. The interchange of information, ideas and inspiration among the faculty, students and research staff makes it one of the most dynamic focal points of activity in the transportation and logistics field.

MIT

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a coeducational, privately endowed research university with more than 900 faculty and 10,000 students, both undergraduate and graduate. It is organized into five Schools — Architecture and Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Management; and Science — and the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology.

Within these are twenty-seven degree-granting departments, programs, and divisions. In addition, a great deal of research and teaching takes place in interdisciplinary programs, laboratories, and centers whose work extends beyond traditional departmental boundaries. Fifty-five present and former members of the MIT community have won the Nobel Prize. Eleven current faculty members are Nobel laureates..

In the first national study of the economic impact of a research university, “The Impact of Innovation,” the BankBoston Economics Department found that graduates of MIT have founded 4,000 firms, translating their knowledge into products, services, and jobs. These firms, in 1994, employed over one million people and generated worldwide revenues of $232 billion.

MIT has forged educational and research collaborations with other universities, governments, and companies throughout the nation and the world, and draws its faculty and students from every corner of the globe. The result is a vigorous mix of people, ideas, and programs dedicated to enhancing the world's well-being.

In 2001, for the 14th consecutive year, MIT’s School of Engineering’s graduate program was ranked first in the nation by US News & World Report.  In business and engineering specialties, MIT was ranked first more often than any other school-in six fields of engineering and five fields of undergraduate business.

Boston and New England

MIT is set on the Cambridge bank of the Charles River, facing south to the city of Boston, in one of the nation's leading centers of art, education and medicine.  Within walking distance are world-class museums, music and theater, as well as the Red Sox and Fenway Park and professional hockey and basketball.

An hour or two away by car are the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire, the ocean beaches of Cape Cod and the islands, the fishing villages of the Maine coast, and many historical places of interest. A little further away, New York and Washington DC are both within easy commuting distance by train or plane, or by car.

The four distinct seasons of New England, combined with the varied landscape, offer unlimited possibilities for recreation – skiing, mountain climbing, hiking, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming and camping. 

MIT is one of more than fifty schools in the area, including Harvard, Brandeis, Tufts, Simmons, Wellesley and many specialized professional art and music schools.  The concentration of academic, cultural and intellectual activities in the Boston area is one of the densest in the country, and there is an extraordinary variety of people from all over the country and the world.