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For students interested in our built environment, going global isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. MISTI internships give you critical hands-on experience with the challenges of today’s urban infrastructure, from design and sustainability to the complex issues raised by megacities.

Notes from the Field

3 Questions: Enabling informed migration in India
India
Host
Architectural design student works on cross-disciplinary artistic projects in Russia
Russia
Internship
History of architecture student researches postindustrial space in Russia
Russia
Internship
Santiago Fernandez Reyes explores sustainable cities with World Resources Institute in Mumbai, India
India
Internship
From Morocco to Paris, Architecture students explore a new world of design
France
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Sharing cutting edge knowledge in art and urban design
Mexico
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MIT-Russia alumna receives a Fulbright grant to explore the politics of architecture in Russia
Russia
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Architecture major Rosa Manzo researching Dutch classical architecture at the Rijksmuseum in Leiden
Netherlands
Internship
Master of City Planning student Dasjon Jordan researches alternative economic development with the Makers Valley Collective
Africa
Internship
Urban Studies and Planning grad student explores programs for providing mental health to survivors of natural disasters in Peru
Peru
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Urban Studies and Planning graduate student examines housing strategies in Kazakhstan
Russia
Internship
MIT at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Internship
Architecture Takes Flight: Printing Full-Sized Structures in Three Dimensions
Belgium
Seed Fund
MISTI Global Seed Fund allows MIT Prof. Ben-Joseph to collaborate with peers at Tel Aviv University
Israel
Seed Fund
City Planning master's candidate interns with the Habitat International Coalition
Mexico
Internship
Master of Science in Architecture Studies graduate Ana Vargas engages children in Mumbai with photography and mapping their neighborhoods
India
Internship
MIT-Brazil Seed Fund sparks the Forage Tracking Project in Recife to better understand informal waste systems
Brazil
Seed Fund
Prof. Edgar Blanco used his MISTI faculty funds to explore megacities in Central and South America
Brazil
Seed Fund
A collaboration between MIT and Universidad Austral de Chile leads to policy reforms that are changing the future
Chile
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MIT-Russia project makes it to the 2013 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Hong Kong
Russia
Internship
Moscow’s largest Soviet House of Culture in the center of research of Christianna Bonin, an MIT PhD student
Russia
Internship
Ying Gao collaborated with Brazilian colleagues at the University of Sao Paulo's Regional and Urban Economics Lab
Brazil
Internship
Urban Studies & Planning major Tracy Burnett works on biodiversity environmental issues in Xining, China
China
Internship
City Planning grad student, Kuan Butts, researches peseros service operations at intermodal transit hubs
Mexico
Internship
Master's candidate, Robert Manduca, combines theoretical economics with data mining at Urbana E&D
Chile
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Details about MISTI Arch & Planning opportunities
MISTI students pursue their interests in architecture, conservation, urban planning, transportation, and antiquities, through programs at universities, government institutes, and world-renowned firms around the world.

Sample Hosts

  • AS Architecture-Studio
  • Elemental
  • ETH Zürich
  • Jean Nouvel
  • Moscow Architectural Institute
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, Russia
  • Studio Akko
  • TranSantiago
  • Urbana E&D

Sample Projects

  • Research local perceptions about pacification police in Brazil
  • Explore social urbanism, informal changes, and consequences in conflict cities around the world, based in Switzerland
  • Study the properties and composition of archaeological and historical materials in Mexico
  • Work with the Instituto Nacional de Ecologia in Mexico to assess and improve environmental indicators including governance, air quality, and water resources
  • Collaborate on research focused on pavilion design development and modeling in Germany
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