Bus Rapid Transit Across Latitudes and Cultures
MIT is working with a consortium of other institutions to develop a new framework for planning, design, financing, implementation and operation of Bus Rapid Transit in different urban areas.
Chile
Chile Seed Fund
The MIT-Chile Seed Fund supports new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Graduate Certificate in Logistics
The Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (GCLOG), designed for outstanding students from Latin America, includes online coursework and seminars hosted on the MIT campus.
J-PAL Latin America and Caribbean
Based at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, J-PAL LAC works across Latin America and the Caribbean to support researchers working on randomized trials and disseminating their results.
Magellan Telescopes Consortium
With a consortium of several other universities, MIT jointly operates two telescopes located at an altitude of 8000 feet on Cerro Las Campanas in the Chilean Andes.
MISTI Internships
MIT Club of Chile
This club organizes various events in Chile, such as lectures and seminars with leading personalities from home and abroad, fellowship dinners, and sporting events involving mainly MIT alumni.
MIT Fab Labs
Activities in Fab Labs range from technological empowerment to peer-to-peer project-based technical training to local problem-solving to small-scale high-tech business incubation to grass-roots research.
MIT Sloan Latin America Office
Located in Santiago, Chile, this office develops activities in Latin America to support the advancement of management education and to benefit the region, MIT Sloan, and the broader MIT community.
MIT-Chile
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) is MIT’s flagship international education program, matching MIT students with internship, research and teaching opportunities abroad.
Past Precipitation Changes in the Central Andes
Researchers are working to infer past precipitation changes in the central Andes by reconstructing ancient lakes in Bolivia and Chile.
Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program
The MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) provides opportunities for communities around the world to engage with MIT in an evidence-based, practical approach to strengthening innovation-driven entrepreneurial (IDE) ecosystems.