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MIT students and faculty pursue scientific and technological solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. They collaborate with scholars at other universities and international research centers, and partner with government, industry, and non-profit organizations to make a difference.

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Global MIT offers students and faculty opportunities for international study and research, and serves as a resource for potential global partners to engage with MIT.

Students Faculty, Staff, and Scholars Alumni Partners Visiting Delegations

3,417

The number of international students enrolled in degree programs at MIT — 472 undergraduates and 2,945 graduate students from 131 countries.

MIT & the world

MIT & The World

Members of the MIT community are making groundbreaking discoveries on the frontiers of knowledge — wherever those frontiers might be.

Explore the map to see highlights of MIT’s regional activities.

Urbanization: No fast lane to transformation

Associate Professor Noan Nathan talks about Ghana and urbanization in the global South.

A whole new world of learning via MIT OpenCourseWare videos

Emmanuel Kasigazi from Uganda shares how freely available MIT courses online impacted his learning journey.

Celebrating the life of undergraduate Mohamed Magdi Taha

Undergraduate student Mohamed Magdi Taha, from California and Sudan, was passionate about social justice, and loved deeply his family and home country. Read his story.

MIT student club Engineers Without Borders works in Tanzania

Four students from the MIT club Engineers Without Borders spent part of their summer in Tanzania to work on health, sanitation, and irrigation projects.

Learn more.

Bringing hope and transformation to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Read about MIT graduate student Milain Fayulu.

The number of MIT alumni from Africa

See more at MIT Facts: Alumni Association…

Tackling social issues through engineering and theater

MIT mechanical engineering student Susan Su learns to appreciate art in Beijing. Read Susan’s story.

MIT Awarded the 2022 Committee of 100 Distinguished Service Award for Courage in Countering Racial Profiling

See Associate Provost Richard Lester’s remarks at the May 5 Gala Event.

MIT ReACT welcomes first Afghan cohort to its largest-yet certificate program

Empowering a global community of learners in displacement.

3 Questions: Richard Samuels on Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impact 10 years later

Richard Samuels, the director of the MIT Center for International Studies, offered the first broad assessment on Japan’s response to their March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown.

More about the assessment…

Exploring generations of influence between South Asia and MIT

Oral history project allows MIT students to dig deep into the longstanding connection between the Institute and South Asia.

More about the project…

The number of MISTI featured hosts in Asia

MISTI works with hundreds of leading companies, research institutes, universities, and NGOs around the world, and the list keeps growing.

See the full list of MISTI Featured Hosts…

Where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stands

The war remains destructive within Ukraine and perilous for the world, with few signs that a rapid end to the conflict is possible. Where does the Russian invasion stands?

President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson of Iceland visits MIT

Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, the president of Iceland, visited MIT on Friday, engaging in talks with several campus leaders and professors, and receiving a tour of the MIT Media Lab.

Read about his visit.

David Miliband SM ’90 receives the 2021 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) has announced that the Right Honorable David W. Miliband SM ’90, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), has been recognized with the 2021 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award.

More on the award…

MIT and Danish university students unite to envision a more sustainable future

MIT-Denmark launches Green Campus Challenge to imagine a new, sustainable campus, with international collaboration at the center.

More about MIT-Denmark…

The number of MIT-Affiliated Nobel Laureates from Europe

There are a total of 21 MIT-Affiliated Nobel Laureates from Europe, including alumni, long-term academic staff, and short-term academic staff.

MIT-Ayiti.net

MIT-Ayiti.net, a digital platform of Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti / MIT-Haiti Initiative developed by professors Michel DeGraff and Haynes Miller, with support from MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab and MIT Open Learning.

To learn more about the platform

Dreaming big in a small country

MIT students teach machine learning and entrepreneurship in Uruguay through MIT Global Startup Labs.

More about the MISTI GSL program…

IDSS builds educational partnership in Uruguay

IDSS will provide support to learners who take the MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science.

More about the MicroMasters program…

The number of MIT faculty from Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean

When politics is local in the Middle East

An on-the-ground study suggests sectarian identity in the Middle East is tied to domestic matters, and is not part of a larger, transnational religious split. To conduct the study, the scholars designed a survey of Shi’a pilgrims walking to Karbala for the holy day of Arba’een.

MIT community unites for Beirut explosion relief efforts

On Aug. 4, the third-largest non-nuclear blast the world has ever seen shook the city of Beirut, Lebanon.

More about MIT’s efforts in Beirut…

MIT deepens connections to the Middle East

MISTI launches new seed fund in Jordan as part of MIT-Arab World program.

More about MIT-Arab world program…

The number of international scholars from the Middle East

There were 165 international scholars from the Middle East during July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020, out of a total of 2,237 international scholars from over 93 different countries.

Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises

The 15th MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference took place in November 2022. Read about the symposium.

2021 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

How can Native innovators in the US use traditional knowledge and technology to drive social, environmental, and economic impact in their communities?

More about the Indigenous Communities Fellowship…