The World through the Lens of MIT Students

A camel selfie from Petra, Jordan (Felipe Lozano-Landinez '16, MISTI Israel). All photos courtesy of MIT GECD

According to MIT’s Global Education Career Development (GECD) office, nearly 40 percent of MIT undergraduate students spend part of their undergraduate years studying or research abroad in programs like MISTI, IAP, D-Lab, UROP, and the Institute’s Public Service Center.

Because of these programs, MIT students are making global connections much earlier that previous generations. But how are these students learning abroad, and how are they connecting with the world?

To help answer these questions, GECD has launched a campus-wide photography contest that seeks to map the Institute’s growing list of global experiences.

The contest, which began earlier this summer and runs through Sept. 2, is seeking pictures taken around the world by MIT students, faculty, and staff. The response has been tremendous, and GECD has received images from students and faculty in locations including China, Dubai, Jordan, South Africa, and Spain.

The winner will be announced at the Go Global Fair on Sept. 9. View a sample of the photos in this post then visit the GECD Tumblr page for the full list of submitted photos. Have a photo you’d like to add? Tell GECD your story!