MISTI South Asia | India

• GPA 4.0 or higher
• No language requirement

To make the most of your summer internship in India, consider these recommended MIT courses that will help build your foundational knowledge in the region's culture, development, challenges and opportunities. 

Fall Courses:

• 1.813J/11.466/15.657/IDS.437J - Technology, Globalization and Sustainable Development
• 2.76/2.760 - Global Engineering: Green Machines
• 11.493 Property and Land Use Law for Planners
• 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty
• 14.74 Foundations of Development Policy
• 17.524 State, Society, and Political Behavior in Developing Contexts
• EC.729 / 2.729 / EC.797 / 2.789- Design for Scale
• 2.652 / EC.712 / EC.782 (G)- Applications of Energy in Global Development
• MAD.712[J] Applications of Energy in Global Development
• 11.025 / 11.472 / EC.701 / EC.781- D-Lab: Development
• EC.718 / EC.798 / WGS.277- D-Lab: Gender & Development
• STS.023/WGS.226 - Science, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World
• WGS.101 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
• WGS.226[J]/  STS.023[J]- Science, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World

Spring Courses: 

• 17.53 - The Rise of Asia
• 2.651/EC.711 - Introduction to Energy in Global Development
• 2.75J/2.750J/6.025J/6.525J/HST.552J - Medical Device Design
• 11.005 - Introduction to International Development
• 11.140 Urbanization and Development
• 11.167(J)/14.47/15.219/17.399 - Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy
• 11.474 D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
• 17.581 Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions
• 21A.410 Environmental Struggles
• 21G.011 Topics in Indian Popular Culture
• 21G.022[J] International Women's Voices
• 21H.009 World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800
• 21H.157[J] Modern South Asia
• 21H.357 South Asian Migrations
• 21H.358/21H.958 - Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance
• 21H.S04 MIT South Asian Oral History
• WGS.145[J] Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between
• 21M.291 Music of India
• 21W.788[J] South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History
• EC.750 / EC.785 (G)- D-Lab: Humanitarian Innovation
• 2.651 / EC.711 / EC.791 (G)- D-Lab: Introduction to Energy in Global Development
• 2.722J / EC.720- D-Lab: Design
• 11.474 (G) / EC.715- D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
• WGS.101 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
• WGS.109 Women and Global Activism in Media and Politics

Courses offered through MIT Open Courseware: 

• 11.S940 - Development, Planning, and Implementation: The Dialectic of Theory and Practice
• 12.348[J]/15.026- Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy
• 15.218 Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities
• 15.227 - 15.229 Seminar in International Management
• 21G.040 A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society

Deadline - February 15

Rolling Deadline (for some opportunities)- March 27

How to Apply

Our summer internship and research opportunities in India are listed on Handshake. Go to our employer page here.

Be sure to check back frequently as we update with more opportunities in India!