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Program Dates:

June 14 - July 27, 2013

Selection decisions will be released in mid-April.

Eligibility: Students must apply during their junior year to attend the MITES Program.

Citizenship: Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents and will be asked for documentation upon acceptance.

Criteria: All eligible applicants are welcome to apply. MITES strongly encourages students who are truly passionate about learning and willing to spend their summer doing course work to apply.

Cost: All programs are completely free of charge. Participants only have to provide their transportation to and from the program.

Housing: Simmons Dormitory at MIT

Courses: Calculus, Physics, Humanities, Bio/Chem/BioChem, & hands-on elective

Course Credit: Students are given qualitative final evaluations, instead of credit for courses.

MITES 2013 will take place June 14 - July 27. The application deadline has passed, and selection decisions will be released in mid-April.

MIT's Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (OEOP) in the School of Engineering (SOE) runs seven core programs for middle and high school students. In 1975, the SOE launched the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) Program to address the low numbers of minority students pursuing advanced technical degrees. Now through the MITES program, OEOP offers three rigorous residential and online academic enrichment programs for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science and engineering. These programs include MITES, E2@MIT (Engineering Experience @ MIT), and MOSTEC (MIT Online Science, Technology, & Engineering Community). These national programs stress the value and reward of pursuing advanced technical degrees and careers while developing the skills necessary to achieve success in science and engineering. The programs are rooted in MIT's belief in the importance of students from diverse populations to pursue higher education and careers in these fields.

Selected students build self-confidence in their ability to be successful in a demanding academic atmosphere, and have a chance to work with and befriend individuals of different racial, ethnic and other backgrounds. Although admission to MIT is not the focus of the MITES program, for its graduates, there is a strong record of successful admission to MIT and to other engineering and science universities.

Your support will allow us to continue offering MITES free of charge. The amount of funding that we secure each year directly determines the number of students we are able to serve.