MIT Russia

 

MIT-Russia Program

One of MISTI’s newest programs, launched spring 2012, connects MIT students & faculty with companies and research opportunities in Russia

We offer a variety of internships and research opportunities for qualified candidates. All-expenses paid internships at leading companies, universities and research institutes.

A few of the possibilities:

  • Develop software for analyzing seismic data and image processing used in technologies for oil and gas production
  • Do editorial work at a leading national news agency
  • Conduct research at the National Research Nuclear University (NRNU MEPhI)
  • Research the transformations in the urban design of public realm forms (plazas, public housing, monuments and open spaces) that have occurred with the transition from Communist to Post-Communist political regimes

...and much more!

Some new 2013 opportunities at:

GE will offer students internships in

- Marketing Research/Business development
- Engineering (Energy)
- Finance
- IT

Sberbank will offer students internships in

- Big data, including data mining and data analysis;
- Digital banking
- ARG – Augmentation Reality Games
- Security IT
- Reliability and fault tolerance
- Highly scalable platforms and low latency platforms

Yandex company, the leading internet company in Russia, was the host for MIT-Russia IAP 2013. The course took place in Moscow on Yandex company premises.

Partners

While MIT-Russia works with many institutions to send MIT students to Russia, a select group of companies and foundations choose a deeper partnership with MIT by sponsoring the program. Every corporate partner relationship is customized to meet the specific, intersecting needs of the organization and MIT.

Faculty

The MIT-Russia Seed Fund provides funding for MIT faculty and their Russian counterparts to jump-start projects.