Women's Technology Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About the Women's Technology Program:
Our goal: To spark interest in the future study of engineering among high school rising seniors who are unsure about their future plans.
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The MIT Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a rigorous four-week summer academic experience to introduce high school students to engineering through hands-on classes, labs, and team-based projects in the summer after 11th grade.
WTP is designed for students who are excited about learning, have demonstrated their ability to excel at math and science in their high school classes, and who have no prior background (or very little) in engineering with few opportunities to explore these fields. This program is designed for students unsure about their future studies to help them explore the world of engineering and see if it's the right fit.
Program Details:
- 4-week program in Mechanical Engineering
- Sat June 28 - Sat July 26, 2025
- Housing provided in MIT dorms
Application:
- FREE TO APPLY
- Application for 2025 is CLOSED
- Admissions decisions were emailed April 16
NOTE: The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) track of the Women's Technology Program is on hiatus so will not be offered in the summer of 2025. High school students who already have experience in engineering, or who are interested in exploring computer science or other fields of engineering: check our Resources page.
Learn More
Please explore our web site by clicking on the links to the left.
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Application - details about who should apply and how to apply.
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Calendar - program dates and deadlines.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Please look through our FAQ before contacting us.
Still have questions? Email us at wtp@mit.edu
Further Information About WTP
WTP is a women-focused collaborative community aimed at empowering young women and other students who are underserved in engineering, including students who attend high schools with limited access to STEM classes and activities, will potentially be the first family member to attend college, come from low socioeconomic means (which may be indicated by qualifying for free/reduced school lunch), or who have otherwise been discouraged from pursuing their interest in STEM because of their background or who they are. We strongly encourage applications from students who are African American, Hispanic, or Native American; however, all applicants will be reviewed equitably, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
We accept students for whom our curriculum will be a new experience. The WTP-ME curriculum focuses on the engineering design process as used in mechanical engineering, so if you have taken an engineering class or had extensive experience with engineering design, you will not be considered for admission to WTP. Please refer to our FAQ question on prior experience for more details.
MIT graduate students design and teach the classes, assisted by MIT undergraduate students. WTP is not a "summer camp" but an intense academic experience; however, WTP classes do not earn academic credit from MIT. WTP is not an internship (you cannot get research internship credit).
We expect to select twenty participants for WTP from an
applicant pool of the top 11th grade math and science students able to attend a four week residential program at MIT.
In 2024 we receved 320 applications for the 20 WTP-ME spots.
We encourage students to apply who are not yet certain about their future college majors, who may have felt discouraged from STEM activities, and who would like to explore mechanical engineering to determine whether this field might be of interest.
NOTE: WTP is not connected in any way to MIT undergraduate admissions. WTP has very different acceptance criteria than MIT. Acceptance or non-acceptance to WTP has no bearing whatsoever on a student's chances of future acceptance by MIT.