Information Sessions: Informal Information Sessions will be scheduled for potential MAP participants on the following dates in 2008: July 2, August 5, and August 13. If you are interested in attending, please let us know by submitting your information session request for details.

A Path to Excellence

MAP is a challenging program that draws on MIT’s faculty, education, intellectual resources, entrepreneurial spirit, and standards of excellence. The program incorporates career and personal development, a technical skills refresher, a semester-long MIT course, and an internship or research project. Students will complete the program with either a job or a strategic plan to find a professional job that matches their abilities and ambition.

Benefits

• MIT faculty-designed educational program for returning professionals
• Access to MIT lectures, conferences, events, and libraries
• Entry to a world-renowned learning community
• Internship or research opportunities
• Networking throughout MIT’s entrepreneurial culture
• Career planning and personal development resources
• Peer and mentor support

The MAP Advantage

MIT is an exciting place to be. "You will quickly discover that you have never before experienced any place like MIT," President Hockfield recently told entering students. "MIT is a uniquely intense environment. That intensity is driven by the curiosity and passion of the people who work and study here." MAP engages professionals in the MIT experience to reenergize their careers.

A plunge into MIT’s fast-paced academic world provides the opportunity to develop the intellectual tools essential for professional success next year—and for the next decade. At MIT, you will learn in a culture that values hard work, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. You will emerge with fresh perspectives and contemporary technical skills that will make you a strong candidate for desirable jobs in business and industry.

Who Should Attend

MAP students arrive with strong academic credentials and professional experience. They have earned bachelor’s degrees from MIT or other universities; some will have graduate degrees as well. Most left demanding professional jobs for personal reasons and now plan to reenter their fields at a professional level. Although they may not be recent students, they have the academic foundation to take full advantage of MIT’s research and education opportunities.

International students traveling to the US to study at MIT must enroll in a full-time program (at least 36 credits per semester) in order to be eligible for a student visa. Since MAP is a part-time, 10-month academic program, it can not sponsor student visas.

International students are encouraged to consider the MIT Advanced Study Program which does support full-time study at MIT. Another alternative is to enroll in a week-long short course at the MIT Professional Institute and travel on a tourist visa.