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Brazil: Ben Ross Schneider
Germany: Markus Buehler
Spain: Jaime Peraire, Mercedes Balcells-Camps, Luis Perez-Breva
Japan: Dick Samuels
Italy: Carlo Rotti
Israel: Christine Ortiz
India: S.P. Kothari
France: Suzanne BergerChina: TBD
Mexico: Mike Piore
Africa: Hazel Sive, Tayo Akinwande, Michael Gordon,
and Saman Amarasinghe Chile: Arnoldo Hax
Korea: Jung-Hoon Chun
Russia: David Gamarnik, Elizabeth WoodSingapore: John Brisson
Switzerland: Oli de Weck
Country Programs
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Argentina; 3 Belgium; 5
Brazil; 11
Chile; 39
China; 65
Colombia; 3
France; 58
Germany; 73
Ghana; 4India; 61
Indonesia; 2Ireland; 1
Israel; 97
Italy; 61
Japan; 43
Korea; 9
Mexico; 43
Netherlands; 10
Philippines; 3
Russia; 18
Senegal; 10Singapore; 17
South Africa; 7Spain; 30
Sri Lanka; 3 Switzerland; 11 Turkey; 3
2013 MISTI placements by country
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Create future global leaders MISTI matches MIT students with projects in companies and labs around the world.
Promote faculty international research collaboration Through the Global Seed Funds program, we provide grants for MIT faculty to develop research collaborations with their counterparts in foreign institutions.
Connect international partners with MIT
We facilitate connections between MIT and other global leaders in research, industry, and innovation.
Support international languages and study at MITWe make sure students have the languages and cultural understanding to benefit from their stay abroad
Our Work
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MISTI students are:
˃ Pre-selected from the top tier of MIT students (4.0 minimum GPA)
˃ Recommended by their professors˃ Prepared in the language and culture
of the host country˃ Instructed on living and working in the
host country˃ Skilled in the lab/work setting thanks to
previous internships , UROPs and other hands-on MIT opportunities
˃ Ready to hit the ground running
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Recent Hosts in Russia
GE
SBERBANK
Strelka Institute NGO
Yandex
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Ferrari, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, Bosch, Continental, Peugeot, Michelin, Renault, Nissan, Honda Research, Bajaj Auto, Hyundai R&D
Automotive internships
Wesley Graybill, Senior, MathematicsInvestigated catching prefetching and hoarding strategies for mobile technologies. Limited memory in car hardware needs to be able to store data efficiently.
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Energy internships
Sara Ferry, Senior, Physics“I wrote software that their nuclear engineers will use at a new reactor in Finland to calculate flow rates in the coolant loops and worked with the reactor commissioning team.”
Total, Siemens, ENEL, Osram Opto, Q-Cells, Schlumberger, Iberdrola, Tecnicas Reunidas, b-Tec, Abengoa, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Cambridge Energy Research Associates Beijing, TERI, SK Innovation
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Healthcare and pharmaceuticals internships
Annie Vo, Senior, BiologyIdentified a new target for cancer therapeutic development
Bayer, BASF, Beiersdorf, L’Oreal, Pierre FABRE, ISDIN, Grupo Uriach, Fatronik, AbMart Corporation, Shanghai and AdImmune Corporation Taiwan, Mitsubishi Pharmaceuticals, Banyu Japan, Dr Reddy’s Lab, Hikal Pharmaceuticals
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Electronic internships
Jason Bryslawskyj, Senior, Physics Two patents pending based on magnetic bearing and superconductivity calculations for Siemens large drives in Berlin
Motorola, Siemens, Philips, Telefónica I+D, TechIdeas, Oasyssoft, Comision Federal de Electricidad, NEC, Toshiba, Panasonic, Lenovo Beijing, General Electric Shanghai, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Infosys, Tata Consulting Services, Samsung, ETRI
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Transportation internships
Nicki Lehrer, Senior, AeroAstro“My experience interning at Volaris in Mexico City was rewarding in every way possible. In seven weeks I had the opportunity to work in a diverse team from three different countries.”
Deutsche Bahn, Embarq Mumbai, Thales, Lufthansa, RATP, GMV,Metropoli Mexico 2025, JR East, IHI Japan, Volaris Mexico
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Management & finance internships
Reggie Edwards, Sophomore, Economics“At the Banco de Mexico, I compared the effectiveness of different systems for consumer protection and provided policy prescriptions for the Mexican consumer protection system.”
Allianz, Banco de Mexico, DFJ DragonFund Shanghai, M1 Capital Group, AIG, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Israel, IFMR Chennai, ICICI Bank, Samsung Life
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Hundreds of internship hosts3MAIG Air Liquide Airbus AsjaAstraZeneca Bayer BMW BoschBrunello Cucinelli Canon Cisco Daimler Deutsche Bahn ENEL
Ford
France Telecom Google Hewlett-Packard Honda IBMIberdrola Intel Kodak LenovoL'Oreal LufthansaLV Prasad Eye Institute Microsoft Mitsubishi
Motorola Natura
Panasonic Pfizer Renault SchlumbergerShanghai Origins Siemens SONYStrand Life SciencesTelefónica I+DTotal TV GloboVolarisVolkswagen
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> Annual call for proposals> Covers costs of travel and meetings> Proposal jointly submitted
> Maximum award ~$30K> 18-month project period> Student involvement encouraged
Grantee Kristala Jones Prather, Chemical Engineering (collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique, France)
MISTI Global Seed Funds: How it works
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MISTI Corporate Consortium
Access MIT talent- tailored recruitment- info sessions- visibility on campus
Open dialogue with MIT innovators- workshops- meetings - seminars- seed funds
Support global education and develop a tailored partnership with MIT through MISTI
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18COUNTRY PROGRAMS
in MIT's flagship international program: MIT International Science and
Technology Initiatives
5,410ADVENTUROUS STUDENTS
in fully-funded MISTI internship, research and teaching abroad opportunities
$6MIN FACULTY FUNDS
awarded by MISTI Global Seed Funds, facilitating innovative
international collaboration
450+PARTNERSHIPS
with international hosts and partners, building connections between
MIT and global leaders
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