Dean's Message

In a world of rapidly changing knowledge and markets, MIT remains a global leader in science and technology education. The application of engineering knowledge has been at the heart of MIT since its founding 150 years ago, and today we continue to generate the inventions and innovations that fuel our collective future. Our scope is vast – from energy technologies to deep-space telescopes, nanotechnologies that deliver targeted cancer medications to new advances in aviation and rocket propulsion.

MIT Professional Education is the MIT School of Engineering’s outreach program for professionals worldwide who wish to share in this innovation journey. MIT Professional Education's programs offer windows into the world of MIT for professionals in technical fields, as well as those who manage technological and scientific enterprises. One of my goals as dean is to enhance opportunities to translate successful science into practice so that the greatest benefits to society are realized as quickly as possible. This means working closely with industry and government to learn from practical experience and to fuel innovation on the ground with MIT's best ideas.

Increasingly, the challenges of engineering and science exist on a global scale – so any proposed solutions must embrace a similar range of inputs. MIT's global reach has expanded tremendously in recent years, and MIT Professional Education is now expanding its reach as well. Whether through our award-winning program that trains engineering and operations managers for one of the world’s largest energy companies, or our training program for the IT solutions workforce of a global technology services company, that includes MIT faculty lectures for hundreds of their employees based in Asia and South America - MIT Professional Education wants to bring the best of MIT to any place our skills, talents, and insights can be useful.

We invite you to join us on the exciting frontier of new knowledge and fresh practical solutions that will support a sustainable future for us all.

Subra Suresh
Dean of Engineering
Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering
MIT