MISTI MIT-China Program
 

Internship Program

The MIT-China Program offers MIT undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to participate in innovative team educational technology projects and individual internships at companies and research institutes.

 

Team Internships

Building on its successes over the past ten years in implementing the MIT-China Educational Technology (CETI) teaching model, the MIT-China Program is now training teams of students to introduce and help implement MIT educational technologies at Chinese universities and secondary schools through partnerships with MIT-OpenCourseWare and MIT-iCampus . The MIT student participants bring considerable expertise to these projects: they are either advanced undergraduate or graduate students; they have either taken or taught the courses under discussion; and they have taken preparatory language and cultural courses at MIT.

Requirements

1. 17.551/17.552 HASS
Political Economy of Chinese Reform (spring term)

or

17.547/548 HASS
The Rise of China (fall term)

2. Minimum one semester of university-level Chinese language training

3. MIT grade-point average of "B" or better

Individual Internships

We offer three month (summer) and six month to one year internships in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at a number of host institutions. The internship candidate's qualifications are closely matched to the host organization's work requirements.

Requirements

Participating students are expected to fulfill the following requirements:

1. Two years (minimum) of university-level Chinese language training or equivalent

2. 17.551/17.552 HASS
Political Economy of Chinese Reform (spring term)

or

17.547/548 HASS
The Rise of China (fall term)

3. MIT grade-point average of "B" or better

Host Organization Guidelines

The following are guidelines for host institutions which have proven successful for other MIT international programs. We trust that these guidelines will ensure a mutually productive and beneficial internship for the MIT student as well as the host institution.

Responsibilities of Host Institution

For successful and mutually-beneficial exchanges, orientation to living and working in China should continue after interns arrive in China. We hope that host institutions will provide interns with an on-going introduction to life in China. We have found it helpful for host institutions to assign a particular individual as a "cultural mentor" to help supervise the intern's stay in China. Preferably, this individual would not be a co-worker in the same department as the student, but someone with whom the student can enjoy activities unrelated to work.

Work / Research Environment

Our students go to China with the expectation that they will do "real" science, engineering, and management-related work. As interns, they expect to become as fully integrated into the management team or research group as possible during a limited stay in China. Host institutions and our interns therefore need to establish clear and realistic goals prior to the start of the internships.

Housing

We would be most grateful if host institutions would assist in the location of suitable living arrangements for the interns.

Salary and Compensation

We ask for companies to pay a monthly stipend to the student and provide a round-trip air ticket. Stipend amounts vary according to the highest degree held by the student, their work experience, and the local cost of living. If the intern goes to a university laboratory or public institution, the MIT China Program can assume some of these expenses.

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