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Partnerships & exchanges
MIT International Science
and Technology Initiatives | Exchange
Scholar Program | Cambridge-MIT
Institute | Harvard-MIT
Health Sciences and Technology | Other
interdisciplinary study and research
MIT’s partnerships and exchange programs include MISTI,
the Exchange Scholar Program, Cambridge-MIT Institute, Harvard-MIT
Health Sciences and Technology, and other interdisciplinary
areas of study and research.
MIT International Science
and Technology Initiatives
The MISTI regionally
oriented programs are one part of the Center for International
Studies. MISTI prepares students, faculty, and industry leaders
to pursue new knowledge wherever it’s being created across
the world. Through innovative curriculum development, MISTI
internships, international research collaborations, and public
education and outreach, those who are interested in such an
enterprise (students, scientists, technologists, and managers)
learn to live and work in an era where new discoveries in
science, technology, and industry are not confined by national boundaries.
MISTI includes programs in China, France, Germany, India,
Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Japan.
Exchange Scholar Program
The Exchange Scholar Program enables a graduate student enrolled in a doctoral program in one of the participating institutions to study at one of the other graduate schools for a limited period of time in order to take advantage of particular educational opportunities not available on the home campus. The academic experience, including courses taken and/or research conducted with particular faculty at the visited institution, will be registered on the academic record maintained by the student's home institution.
At MIT, students can register for no more than two courses per term, or for a research subject, but not both, and only for the term(s) indicated on the application form. The incoming student may register for a minimum of one semester and a maximum of two semesters plus one summer.
For the exchange scholar To pursue research, the student must contact the professor with whom he or she wishes to work; to pursue course work, contact the department administrator to ensure that the proposed plan is feasible. Once the request is approved, the student contacts the department administrator to arrange logistics.
For the administrator The Office of the Dean for Graduate Education sends signed copies of the application to the participating university; the Registrar's Office; the department accepting or sending an exchange scholar; and the International Students Office (if applicable). After the Registrar's Office generates and sends a registration form to the department, the department is responsible for admitting the student through the Admissions Office and for registering the student for courses or thesis.
Further
details include a list of participating institutions and
an application.
Cambridge-MIT Institute
The Cambridge-MIT Institute Ltd. (CMI) is a strategic alliance
between the University of Cambridge (CU) and MIT. Bringing
together two of the world's great universities to build on
the complementary strengths of each, CMI undertakes programs
covering research, education, and educational networks. Its
mission is to provide a catalyst to improve competitiveness
and productivity, while working with UK universities to encourage
the entrepreneurial spirit in higher education.
The four program areas of CMI include: integrated research
in the areas of future technologies and competitiveness, productivity
and entrepreneurship; undergraduate and graduate student education
and exchange; professional practice programs; and the National
Competitiveness Network.
For more information, contact CMI
at 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 8-403, MIT, Cambridge, MA
02139, 617-253-7732, fax 617-258-8539, email at cmi@mit.edu.
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences
and Technology
The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
(HST) brings engineering, science, technology, and medicine
to the solution of problems in biology and human health. As
one of the largest biomedical and physician-scientist training
programs in the United States, HST embodies the longest functioning
collaboration between MIT, Harvard University, Harvard Medical
School, Boston-area teaching hospitals, and research centers.
HST
offers programs that focus on varied aspects of engineering
and the biomedical sciences: the program in Medical Engineering
and Medical Physics leads to the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree from
MIT or the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; the Medical
Sciences program leads to the M.D. degree from Harvard Medical
School; both the Radiological Sciences Joint Program, and
the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program lead
to the Ph.D. degree from MIT. The Biomedical Enterprise Program
leads to the S.M. in Health Sciences and Technology through
HST and the S.M. in Management of Technology through the Sloan
School of Management. The Master of Engineering in Biomedical
Engineering from MIT is offered in conjunction with the Division
of Biological Engineering. The Medical Informatics Training
Program offers several predoctoral and postdoctoral options
from MIT and Harvard. The Clinical Investigator Training Program
trains postdoctoral physicians in patient-oriented research,
and fellows in this program have the option to pursue a Master
of Medical Sciences degree from Harvard.
Other interdisciplinary
study and research
Additional opportunities for interdisciplinary
study and research for graduate students are described
in the MIT Bulletin.
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