Global Connections
“Today, we need to prepare our students for their inevitably global careers. In the great MIT tradition of learning by doing, we believe that means making sure that they gain direct experience of the world beyond.” - Susan Hockfield
When Zi Peng “Hunter” Zhao was five years old, he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up: an aerospace engineer. “You see a rocket launch, and that to me was the coolest thing ever. You’re sending...
“After less than a week here, I can confidently say everyone with the slightest fancy for the new and who are friendly to change should study or live abroad at some point.”
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Nepalese doctor Aditi Giri spent last month shadowing several physicians at MIT Medical and gaining first-hand knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system. Of her journey from Katmandu to Cambridge, she...
When Bernd Widdig first experienced the international dimension of academia, in 1983, the world was a very different place. Widdig had just graduated from the University of Bonn, in his native...
When Bernd Widdig first experienced the international dimension of academia, in 1983, the world was a very different place. Widdig had just graduated from the University of Bonn, in his native...
When Bernd Widdig first experienced the international dimension of academia, in 1983, the world was a very different place. Widdig had just graduated from the University of Bonn, in his native...
MIT has been ranked the No. 5 university in the world in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, which were released today.
In rankings by discipline, MIT was ranked first...
In rankings by discipline, MIT was ranked first...
For years now, the chief strategy for curtailing North Korea’s ability to build more nuclear weapons has entailed attempts to block access to critical technologies needed by its nuclear program....
For years now, the chief strategy for curtailing North Korea’s ability to build more nuclear weapons has entailed attempts to block access to critical technologies needed by its nuclear program....
This week has produced an important development concerning the situation in Syria: The United States, which has been weighing a potential military strike against government forces in the Syrian civil...
This week has produced an important development concerning the situation in Syria: The United States, which has been weighing a potential military strike against government forces in the Syrian civil...
In a small village deep in the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula — a day’s drive from any source of clean, drinkable water — researchers from MIT are testing a system that purifies water with the help...
The ongoing civil war in Syria has focused global attention on the use of chemical weapons — and the long-running efforts by the international community to ban them. Christopher Capozzola, an...
The ongoing civil war in Syria has focused global attention on the use of chemical weapons — and the long-running efforts by the international community to ban them. Christopher Capozzola, an...
Amidst the sounds of a tolling bell and the applause of students, faculty, staff and administrators, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) launched its first classes on its...
Amidst the sounds of a tolling bell and the applause of students, faculty, staff and administrators, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (...
Mark Jarzombek, MIT Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture, is already deeply familiar with the concepts behind global architecture—he has authored and co-authored two highly regarded...
On the long, bumpy drive to her grandmother’s house in Accra, Ghana, seven-year-old Sarah Dimson began to notice some stark disparities between her home in Norman, Okla., and the country of her...
The MIT School of Architecture + Planning has recently signed an agreement with Malaysia's leading engineering and science school — the Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) — to develop new...
The MIT School of Architecture + Planning has recently signed an agreement with Malaysia's leading engineering and science school — the Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) — to develop new...
In recent decades, Afghanistan has been a notoriously difficult place for women to participate in civic matters. But a new study co-authored by an MIT political scientist, which assessed Afghanistan’...
The judges for the Fourth Edition of Building Global Innovators have selected 20 semi-finalist teams that will compete for the Track Finalist and Grand Finalists awards. These teams will also compete...
Wandering through his university’s library in São Paulo one day in 2002, Rafael Nonato noticed a book titled “Language.” Curious, he pulled it off the shelf.
The book was written in 1921...
The book was written in 1921...
Professor Daniel Hastings, who last month completed a seven-and-a-half-year tenure as MIT’s dean of undergraduate education, has been appointed to a three-year term as director of the Singapore-MIT...
Professor Daniel Hastings, who last month completed a seven-and-a-half-year tenure as MIT’s dean of undergraduate education, has been appointed to a three-year term as director of the Singapore-MIT...