MIT Italy

"I had the good fortune to spend two months working for one of the most exciting companies on the planet - Ferrari - in Maranello, a small town in the hills near Modena, through MIT-Italy. Ferrari believes in excellence, and I was surrounded by it. I learned about the company's vision, leadership, attitude toward employees, how they operate, and how they make decisions. It was important to participate and to experience the soul of the company."
— Patrick Kunzler, Master in Arts and Science

The MIT-Italy Program facilitates creative partnerships and collaborations between members of the MIT community and their counterparts in Italy. Through internships, workshops, classes, faculty collaborations, and student fellowships, we bring more of MIT to Italy and more of Italy to MIT in ways that enrich both communities. Drawing from our extensive network of companies, research institutes, and universities, the MIT-Italy Program aims to be as inventive and resourceful as the country it represents.

Through the MIT-Italy Program, MIT students have

researched DNA in Sardinia
worked at a top robotics lab in Genoa
learned about technology and policies at ENEL
studied at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Frascati

Italy's genius has always been expressed through integrative invention — combining, for example, old and new, science and fashion, taste and technology, beauty and performance. In keeping with this tradition, we make integrating Italian culture into the MIT community an important part of our business. The MIT-Italy Program sponsors lectures, Italian language classes, and in-depth cultural orientations.

See what EECS graduate student Heather Knight worked on during her 2008 MIT-Italy internship:

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