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MIT Students & Africa

Whether it’s interning in an African country or getting involved in a club on campus, MIT students have many options for engaging with the continent.

Student Opportunities

MISTI

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) is MIT’s pioneering international education program. Rooted in the Mens et Manus tradition, MISTI matches MIT students with tailored internship, research and teaching opportunities abroad. The program also facilitates international faculty collaborations and develops partnerships with leading companies, research institutes and universities around the world.

D-Lab

MIT D-Lab works with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges.

PKG Center

The PKG Center connects students to a wide variety of public service projects in local, national, and global communities. It also provide guidance and often provides funding for projects. Their mission is to get students out there, working side-by-side with like-minded collaborators to help build—in large ways and small—more humane communities.

International Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (I/UROP)

International projects (IROPs) provide MIT students many of the same benefits offered through conventional study abroad experiences – including the chance to connect with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.

J-WEL Ambassadors

The Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab will spark a global renaissance in education for all learners. Leveraging MIT’s resources, J-WEL’s Global Ambassadors program for students will promote opportunities and programs to support learning around the world.

MIT-U Pretoria Exchange Program

Juniors in Aerospace Engineering can study at the University of Pretoria during either the fall or spring terms.

Office of Distinguished Fellowships

Students may apply for fellowships that fund travel to Africa, such as the Fulbirght or the Boren.

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Student Clubs

African Student Association

The ASA brings African culture to the MIT community and fosters a community of students with an interest in African culture and issues.

Ethiopian Eritrean Student Association

The MIT Ethiopian-Eritrean Student Association (MIT-EESA) is a student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their purpose is to bring about awareness and understanding of Ethiopian culture to the MIT community, as well as to residents of the Cambridge and Boston area.

Africa Business Club

The MIT Africa Business Club showcases the countless business and job opportunities that exist in Africa, profiling current business leaders shaping Africa’s future, creating greater exposure for entrepreneurs focused on Africa, facilitating the bridging of the various Africa-focused groups at MIT, and assisting prospective MIT Sloan MBAs with the application process.

Engineers Without Borders - MIT Chapter

Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. this partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training internationally responsible engineers.

Urban Africa

MIT UrbanAfrica is a student-led organization in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is constituted as a space to explore research and practice-based interests, generate academic discussion, and elevate the analysis of Africa cities within DUSP and MIT more broadly.

Black Students' Union

The MIT Black Students’ Union was founded in 1968 to provide Black students on MIT’s campus with an avenue to gather socially, affect political change on campus and abroad, and to benefit the MIT and greater Boston Black communities through various forms of service and enrichment.

Black Graduate Student Association

The Black Graduate Student Association at MIT was founded in 1976 with the support of John B. Turner (who was assistant dean at the time). Our mission is to promote the cohesiveness and success of African, African-American and Afro-Caribbean graduate students at MIT.

Expedited Access to Standard Education (EASE)

EASE is an MIT-student initiative founded with the primary aim of making basic education more accessible to underprivileged children in Africa. This is a enormous task, but as the wise will say, a journey of a hundred years begins with one step.

Sakata Afrique

Sakata Afrique is a dance group created with the purpose of helping MIT students of African and Caribbean origin preserve their cultural heritage through music and dance, and to introduce Afro-Caribbean dance to the MIT community.

Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development

The Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development (SEID) is a student-led organization that shares this vision. We are a group of over 130 students who seek to drive sustainable global development through entrepreneurship, by fostering productive collaborations between students and new ventures in emerging markets and by raising awareness of current challenges and success models.

GlobeMed

GlobeMed at MIT promotes global health equity by connecting students with a unique partner organization devoted to improving the health of people living in poverty. They are partnered with Hope through Health, a non-profit which provides comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in northern Togo, West Africa.

Arab Student Organization

Established in 1958, the Arab Students’ Organization (ASO) is one of the oldest student organizations at MIT. The ASO’s mission lies in building cultural, academic, and industrial bridges between MIT and the Arab World.

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