Schools Information Presentations How to Apply Online Application MIT Department of Biological Engineering MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering Dr. Ed Fujita Bring Women's Initiative to Your Area The deadline for the January 2009 application for schools is Friday, September 26, 2008. For instructions on how to apply for your school district, go here. Women's Initiative is a unique program aimed at getting more high school and middle school girls excited about pursuing careers in engineering and computer science. Each January, enthusiastic women from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Engineering are selected to go to middle and high schools nationwide to speak with young women about the excitement of careers in engineering. The presentations include activities to engage students in thinking about engineering concepts, demonstrations of projects on which the presenters have worked, and information about the fields of engineering and the life of an engineering student. Our program emphasizes the importance of creating personalized interactions between school-aged women and college women. School-aged students can identify more closely with college students than with college recruiters and industry professionals. The enthusiasm shown by MIT women often reveals a new and different side of engineering to younger girls. The MIT Women's Initiative Program is run entirely by students at MIT. Through the support of our generous sponsors, we offer our presentations completely free to as many schools as we can afford to visit. To learn more about our presentations, go here. Please contact us if you have questions about the program.

Last Updated: August 26th, 2008