Student Externship
Experience the Working World with MIT Alumni
Students and alumni collaborate at Aurora Flight Sciences during IAP 2008. Photo: Eric Schmiedl.
Please read all the externship program Web pages before applying and review the following information carefully. Watch the video from the 2011 Externship information session.
The Student/Alumni Externship Program connects current students to alumni in workplaces worldwide during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) January 9-February 3, 2012. These are short-term opportunities with long-term benefits offered in a wide variety of fields. Gain experience, learn new skills, network, and maximize your next IAP. Externships can lead to summer internships, full-time employment, and a meaningful connection with alumni.
Externships can last one week to the entire length of IAP depending on the needs of the alumni sponsors. These sponsors offer externships at companies, start-ups, labs, and universities primarily in the Boston, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco areas but also in other U.S. and international cities as well.
Graduate students! Check out the Fall 2010 Orientation Issue of The Graduate (PDF - page 24) to learn about the graduate student experience in the Externship Program.
Seeking a career in the medical field? The Externship Program can help you get real-world experience!
See Technology Review's article (January/February 2009) on the Externship Program!
If you have questions about the Externship Program, please call 617-252-1143 or email externship@mit.edu.
