Externship Program Sponsors
Engage MIT students in Your Workplace
Ben Shaibu '14 externed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland with Dr. Ed Sittler PhD '78 during IAP 2011.
Participating in the Student/Alumni Externship Program connects current students with alumni in their workplaces around the world during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) January 9 to February 3, 2012. These are short-term opportunities with long-term benefits are offered in a wide variety of fields. Students may collaborate on research, laboratory work, data analysis, software development, or other project that will provide a learning opportunity while meeting a workplace need.
The Externship Program increases student awareness about opportunities in your field, introduces you to potential summer interns and future employees, builds satisfying and lasting mentor relationships, and reconnects you with MIT and the student experience.
The duration of externships can be one week to the entire length of IAP, depending on sponsor needs. Alumni sponsors offer externships at companies, start-ups, labs, and universities primarily in the Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco areas but other U.S. and international cities as well.
The Externship Program is free to participating alumni sponsors. Housing and transportation are the responsibility of the extern; some sponsors do generously provide a stipend, housing, or transportation assistance.
Share this downloadable brochure (PDF) with other alumni and colleagues.
Thank you for your sponsorship applications. The period to submit applications has ended.
If you have questions about the Externship Program, please call 617-452-3372 or email externship@mit.edu.
