“Given MIT's reputation, I expected a lot from the course - and you exceeded my expectations,” said an engineer from MITRE Corp. who took the Cryptography and Computer Security course.

Learn from Leaders at MIT’s Professional Institute

Executives, managers, and practitioners worldwide come to Professional Institute (PI) short courses at MIT to gain crucial knowledge and return with applicable skills. PI students learn from renowned MIT faculty who are top experts in their fields from applied nanotechnology to energy to transportation systems. Spend five days studying controlled-release drug delivery with the biomedical engineering professor who invented it. Spend a week learning cryptography or network coding with pioneers in the field. Let MIT’s Professional Institute help you take the lead in your organization.

Professional Institute attendees come from across the US and around the world. About 30% are international. Another 20% come from New England states. Most are mid-career technical, scientific, business and government professionals in their 20s through 50s who seek new skills for the purposes of a promotion, career advancement or professional standing.

Check our list of courses by date to see what is coming up or download a PDF brochure including dates of all of our short courses for this year.

Download the 2008 Course Schedule

New short courses for 2008 include topics in energy, computing / networks / communications, supply chain, and systems engineering. Download PDF brochure