MITx

Of the growing demand for MIT's online education resources, MIT Professor Krishna Rajagopal says, “We are inspired to see students worldwide keep on learning, and indeed to see people everywhere learning something new and advancing their education, during this time of crisis.”

Students and teachers rely on MIT teaching and learning resources now more than ever

Drawing on two decades of experience, MIT offers classes and tools for educators, parents, and students in a suddenly virtual world.

April 16, 2020

Mosaic of MITx MicroMasters learners from the Program in Supply Chain Management. New program graduates bring the total number of credential-holders to 2,243 from 115 countries.

Amid shutdowns, supply chains pivot and global demand for specialized talent intensifies

New MITx MicroMasters credential-holders prepare to meet supply chain disruptions through their knowledge and newly acquired abilities.

April 13, 2020

Learners in the Advanced Program in Data Science and Global Skills interact with each other in physical space while receiving live instruction and feedback from teaching assistants, recruited by the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, to support their journey through the MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science.

Creating Peru’s next generation of data scientists

IDSS and social impact group Aporta share a vision to educate and empower.

March 9, 2020

The ReACT computer and data sciences cohort gathered with MIT Open Learning faculty and staff in Amman, Jordan, in 2019.

Through ReACT, refugee learners become “CEOs of their own lives”

Computer and data science graduates learned to forge their own destinies while gaining employable skills.

February 26, 2020

(Left to right:) MIT students Kenny Li, Maya Murad, Devin Zhang, Tiffany Fung, Eduardo Rivera, Evan Pu, Taylor Baum, Julian Alverio, and Madhav Kumar participated in this year's MISTI Global Startup Labs program.

Dreaming big in a small country

MIT students teach machine learning and entrepreneurship in Uruguay through MIT Global Startup Labs.

February 24, 2020

Alexander Rothkopf (front row, left) joins pharmacy students at Addis Ababa University for the in-person portion of their blended online course.

What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education

The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.

February 19, 2020

MIT senior Jakub Chudik became interested in medical technology, especially related to cancer, after his younger brother, who was a toddler at the time, was diagnosed with cancer during Chudik’s first year of high school.

An entrepreneur finds his way to MIT

Introduced to the Institute through MITx and MIT Bootcamps, Jakub Chudik is now a senior in EECS and CTO of his own startup.

February 17, 2020

The first students to enroll in MIT’s new MicroMaster Program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy program arrived at MIT in January.

MIT launches master’s in data, economics, and development policy, led by Nobel laureates

The first cohort of 22 students from 14 countries share a common ambition: harnessing data to help others.

February 4, 2020

MathWorks fellows with Anantha Chandrakasan (back row, center), dean of the MIT School of Engineering. Not pictured: Fellows Pasquale Antonante, Alireza Fallah, and Kate Reidy.

Accelerating the pace of engineering

The 2019-20 School of Engineering MathWorks Fellows are using MATLAB and Simulink to advance discovery and innovation across disciplines.

January 28, 2020

Biology major Rachel Shen sees what most of us can’t: the impurities in our water, the matrices of plant cells, and the invisible processes that cycle nutrients in the oceans.

Testing the waters

MIT sophomore Rachel Shen looks for microscopic solutions to big environmental challenges.

January 28, 2020

Available on the edX platform, the MITx MicroMasters Program in Finance offers recent graduates, early- to mid-stage professionals, and others interested in or already pursuing a career in finance an opportunity to enhance their financial skill set or to fast-track a master’s degree in finance from MIT Sloan.

MIT Sloan launches MITx MicroMasters Program in Finance

Taught by faculty in the MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT’s fifth MicroMasters program offers learners an opportunity to enhance their financial skill set.

January 15, 2020

Chris Caplice (left), director of the MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management, and Mary Ellen Wiltrout, lecturer in digital learning for biology, receive awards for educational innovation at the QS Reimagine Education Awards.

MIT education leaders honored with QS Reimagine Education Awards

Awards honor innovations that enhance learning and employability.

December 18, 2019

Interactive training simulations use 3D virtual environments to create a playground for photonics experimentation.

Using online, game-based simulations to train photonic technicians and engineers

MIT wins $5 million grant to develop a virtual lab that will prepare students for jobs in industry and government.

December 12, 2019

MIT students explore the practical application of electromagnetic concepts through 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism) class experiments.

Schools of Science and Engineering join hands to transform learning

In 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism), students explore the practical application of electromagnetic concepts.

December 6, 2019

“We’d like to have an impact with the course on the greater debate about the use of nuclear energy as part of the solution for climate change,” says Professor Jacopo Buongiorno.

Enhanced nuclear energy online class aims to inform and inspire

Revamped version of MITx MOOC includes new modules on nuclear security, nuclear proliferation, and quantum engineering.

October 24, 2019

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Browse By

Topics

Departments

Centers, Labs, & Programs

Schools