Expand your global career in Mexico! Experiencing living and working in Mexico can help further advance your professional and personal development. Get exposure to a vibrant, welcoming and diverse culture while getting hands on experience in your field.

MISTI Mexico student opportunities include internships in various fields at companies, universities, non-profits and research institutes  throughout the year and hands-on STEM teaching at Mexican high schools during IAP.

Program Opportunities

Internships

MISTI Mexico matches MIT students with internships at leading companies, research labs, and universities in Mexico. These opportunities are usually 8-12 weeks for the summer depending on the host and are available year-round for up to 12 months. Per MISTI’s mission, they are set up to be cost-neutral in order to allow as many participants as possible to gain this unique professional and personal development.

  • Open to MIT undergrads, graduating seniors and graduate students in all disciplines
  • 4.0 or better GPA
  • Undergraduates:
    • Spanish IV or equivalent proficiency
    • Cultural course
  • Graduate students:
    • No language requirement; basic Spanish is strongly recommended
    • Cultural course highly recommended

Visit MIT Global Languages website for course availability and offerings 

  • Complete the MISTI Launchpad Application – Application opens September 1st
  • Application deadlines
    • December 1st, rolling thereafter

How to Apply

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Global Teaching Labs

Learn through teaching. GTL challenges MIT students to synthesize and present what they know, work in a team, and communicate with peers of a different cultural background, all while sharing MIT's unique approach to science and engineering education with high school students around the world. 

MISTI Global Teaching Labs offers a unique opportunity for MIT students to teach STEM subjects in Mexican high schools over IAP. Students will teach subjects such as physics, chemistry, math, biology, computer science, and robotics. In most cases, each student is paired up with a local teacher. Some schools will require MIT students to create classes/workshops. This year, we're looking for 2-3 students to create and deliver a cybersecurity workshop for undergraduate students at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City.

Students will stay with host families, in shared apartments, or school residences depending on the school. 

We usually place at least two MIT students per high school or university.

Some of the locations might include Mexico City, Aguascalientes, Queretaro, Merida, Cozumel, and Oaxaca.

IAP 2026 Dates:

  • Application opens: August 27th
  • Info Session: Sept 9th, 2025 at 5:00 PM in TBD
  • Application deadline: September 17th at 11:59 PM
  • Teaching dates: January 12-30, 2026
  • 4.0 GPA or better
  • Knowledge of Spanish is preferred but not necessary. Some schools do recommend Spanish.
  • Open to MIT undergrads from sophomores to graduating seniors, and graduate students in all disciplines
  • We are seeking highly motivated students who are looking forward to teaching
  • Applications open in September
  • Please refer to the MISTI GTL How to Apply page for more application details
  • Selected students will be interviewed by the first or second week of October
  • Once selected to participate, students must attend Global Teaching Labs training sessions (dates TBD) and a checkout meeting with the Program Manager
  • Schools will be assigned in early December

Relevant Courses

Fall 2025

21G.700/770 Introductory Spanish for Heritage Learners

21G.701/751 Spanish I

21G.702/752 Spanish II

21G.703/753 Spanish III

21G.704/754 Spanish IV

21G.707 Graphic Stories: Spanish and Latin American Comics

21G.710 Advanced Communication in Spanish: Topics in Language and Culture: Social Justice in The Spanish Speaking World

21G.715 Topics in Medicine and Public Health in the Hispanic World

21G.739 Globalization and Its Discontents: Spanish-speaking Nations

21H.276 Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Global South (NEW) / 

21H.385 / 11.152 The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem

21H.989 G Histories of Extraction and Mining

21L.032[J] Afrofuturism, Magical Realism, and Other Otherwise Worlds

IAP 2026

21G.701/751 Spanish I

Spring 2026

21G.701/751 Spanish I

21G.702/752 Spanish II

21G.703/753 Spanish III

21G.704/754 Spanish IV

21G.706/756 Spanish for Medicine and Health

21G.711 Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition: Perspectives on Technology and Culture

21G.713 Spanish through Film: Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Spain

21G.714 Spanish for Heritage Learners

21G.735 Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film

 

Please consult the course catalog for more details.

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