Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies | MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives | Exchange Scholar Program | Cambridge-MIT Institute | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology | Other interdisciplinary study and research
MIT’s partnerships and exchange programs include the Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies, MISTI, the Exchange Scholar Program, Cambridge-MIT Institute, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, and other interdisciplinary areas of study and research.
Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
The Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies (GCWS) is a cooperative effort by faculty at Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Simmons College, Tufts University, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Admissions decisions are based on the student’s background and brief statement of interest. For more information, view the website.
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives
The MISTI regionally oriented programs are one part of the Center for International Studies. MISTI prepares students, faculty, and industry leaders to pursue new knowledge wherever it’s being created across the world. Through innovative curriculum development, MISTI internships, international research collaborations, and public education and outreach, those who are interested in such an enterprise (students, scientists, technologists, and managers) learn to live and work in an era where new discoveries in science, technology, and industry are not confined by national boundaries.
MISTI includes programs in China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore and Spain.
Exchange Scholar Program
The Exchange Scholar Program enables a graduate student enrolled in a doctoral program in one of the participating institutions to study at one of the other graduate schools for a limited period of time in order to take advantage of particular educational opportunities not available on the home campus. The academic experience, including courses taken and/or research conducted with particular faculty at the visited institution, will be registered on the academic record maintained by the student’s home institution.
At MIT, students can register for no more than two courses per term, or for a research subject, but not both, and only for the term(s) indicated on the application form. The incoming student may register for a minimum of one semester and a maximum of two semesters plus one summer.
For the exchange scholar: To pursue research, the student must contact the professor with whom he or she wishes to work; to pursue course work, contact the department administrator to ensure that the proposed plan is feasible. Once the request is approved, the student contacts the department administrator to arrange logistics.
For the administrator: The Office of the Dean for Graduate Education sends signed copies of the application to the participating university; the Registrar’s Office; the department accepting or sending an exchange scholar; and the International Students Office (if applicable). The department is responsible for admitting the student through the Admissions Office and for registering the student for courses or thesis.
Further details include a list of participating institutions and an application.
Cambridge-MIT Institute
The Cambridge-MIT Institute Ltd. (CMI) is a strategic alliance between the University of Cambridge (CU) and MIT. Bringing together two of the world’s great universities to build on the complementary strengths of each, CMI undertakes programs covering research, education, and educational networks. Its mission is to provide a catalyst to improve competitiveness and productivity, while working with UK universities to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit in higher education.
The four program areas of CMI include: integrated research in the areas of future technologies and competitiveness, productivity and entrepreneurship; undergraduate and graduate student education and exchange; professional practice programs; and the National Competitiveness Network.
For more information, e-mail CMI at enquiries@cmi.cam.ac.uk.
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) brings engineering as well as the physical and biological sciences to the solution of problems in biology and human health. As one of the largest biomedical and physician-scientist training programs in the United States, HST embodies the longest functioning collaboration between MIT, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston-area teaching hospitals, and research centers.
HST offers programs that focus on varied aspects of engineering and the biomedical sciences: the program in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics leads to the PhD or ScD degree from MIT or the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; the Medical Sciences program leads to the MD degree from Harvard Medical School; both the Radiological Sciences Joint Program, and the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program lead to the PhD degree from MIT. The Biomedical Enterprise Program leads to the SM in Health Sciences and Technology through HST and the SM in Management of Technology through the Sloan School of Management. The Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering from MIT is offered in conjunction with the Division of Biological Engineering. The Medical Informatics Training Program offers several predoctoral and postdoctoral options from MIT and Harvard. The Clinical Investigator Training Program trains postdoctoral physicians in patient-oriented research, and fellows in this program have the option to pursue a Master of Medical Sciences degree from Harvard.
Other interdisciplinary study and research
Additional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and research for graduate students are described in the MIT Bulletin.
