More than 50 Short Courses offer MIT Insights
Short Programs offers more than 50 courses in one to five day sessions, primarily in the summer. These intensive courses combine MIT’s breakthrough research with insights from industry, government, and academic participants. These courses sharpen each participant’s ability to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
Time: 2-5 days
Delivery: Classroom teaching by MIT faculty and industry experts
Location: MIT campus, Cambridge, MA
Offerings: More than 50 professional short courses; 5 Professional Certificate Programs
Attendees: 65% U.S., 35% international; mid-career technical, scientific, business, and government professionals; age 20s-50s
Calendar: June, July, and August (and occasional other months); most courses offered once yearly
Admission: Open enrollment
Credits: Continuing Education Units and MIT Professional Education Certificate of Completion
Fees: From approximately $900 to $1,000 per day or $1,050 to $5,850 per course (housing and meals not included)
Key features: Learn the fundamentals and industry applications of advanced topics by leading MIT Faculty and Researchers
Learning Opportunities
Courses are designed to allow participants to absorb working knowledge fast. Classes may involve lectures, discussions, readings, interactive problem-solving, or laboratory work. Participants learn from leading faculty and collaborate with peers. Some participants come to acquire the fundamentals of topics such as fermentation technology, radar, or tribology. Some come to learn about advances in renewable energy, cyber security, urban mobility, or manufacturing. Others delve into crisis management, data modeling & analysis, or high-speed imaging. All participants can leave Short Programs with new career tools and insights about the impact of evolving technologies.
Snapshot
Short Programs, founded in 1949 as the MIT Summer Institute and then called the Professional Institute through 2008, brings more than 1200 participants to campus each year. Recent students have come from Amgen, Biogen Idec., the Canadian DND, Genentech, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Los Alamos National Lab, MITRE, Motorola, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Defense, and Volkswagen of Mexico.