By Location
By Area of Interest
Not sure where to start?
Read first-hand accounts from MISTI students, faculty, and partners
Notes from the Field
MISTIIsrael
Israel
Start it up in the Start-Up Nation! Experience Israel's science, technology and innovation first hand. Opportunities include fully-funded internships at companies, research institutes, hospitals, and universities; and opportunities to teach STEM subjects and entrepreneurship in high schools with Global Teaching Labs over IAP.
Notes from the Field
Israel Program Details
Preparation & Training
MISTI matches MIT students with internships and research at leading companies, research labs and universities in Israel. Internships last from 3 to 12 months and are fully-funded.
Apply at applymisti.mit.edu
Dates and Duration
Summer internships last 10-12+ weeks
Longer opportunities and semester-long internships are available.
Summer 2021 Timeline
Applications are open for Summer 2021 on the MISTI Portal. Please complete Steps 1-3 before setting a meeting with program staff. Deadline to apply extended through February 1st, 2021.
September – December: Application Process
December – February: Placement Process
February – May : Spring Training
May – August: Intern in Israel!
*Placements pending changes to MIT Travel Policy
Eligibility
Open to MIT undergraduate and graduate students, and recent alumni
Requirements
Students must have a minimum of 4.0 GPA
Undergraduate students must take an MIT course on the Middle East/Israel
All students must attend all spring trainings
Language
Undergrads and graduates are required to take 8 hours of Hebrew with a peer tutor, organized by MIT-Israel
Prerequisites
Undergrads: One required course on Israeli history and culture in fall, IAP or spring before departure.
Graduate students: No course requirement, but ulture course reccomended.
Culture Course Options AY 20-21
17.567: Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity (UG) - IAP
15.364 Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Lab (REAL) (UG,G)-Spring
15.248 Israel Lab: Startup Nation's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem (UG and G)-Fall, IAP
21H.161 The Modern Middle East (UG)-Spring
21H.263[J] Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa (UG)-Spring
21H.160 Islam, the Middle East, and the West (UG)-Fall
21H.260: Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society (UG)-Fall
21H.365: Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East (UG)-Spring
21H.262: Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (UG)-Spring
3.993 Archeology of the Middle East (UG)-Spring
Harvard Courses Offered Spring 2021:
HDS 3334 Religion, Conflict, and Peace in the Contemporary Middle East
SOCIOL 1138 The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: Contemporary Socio-Legal Aspects
HIST 12K Arabs, Jews, and “Arab Jews” in the Modern Middle East
Funding
Program expenses covered (includes airfare and a stipend to cover food and accommodation)
Preparation
Once matched with a host, students must attend MISTI prep & training sessions and a checkout meeting with the program manager.
MISTI Global Teaching Labs offers a unique opportunity for MIT students to teach STEM subjects and Entrepreneurship & Leadership Seminars in Israeli high schools over IAP
GTL Israel 2019-20 Timeline
Application due:
See GTL deadline here
Placement process
Group interview dates - Early October
Teaching Dates
Students will teach January 5 - January 30, 2020
Students must arrive in Israel at least 1 day before teaching, and leave on 2/1 or later
Lodging will be provided +-3 days for students who need it
Students must be available for every day of teaching
Dates and duration
Students will teach for four weeks in January.
Teaching dates: 4 weeks, January 5 - January 30
Location and Subjects
Various tracks are available through MIT-Israel's GTL program, including:
- Teaching team-designed Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Product Design seminars - rotating to different city high schools in the same region
- Teaching team-designed seminars around various "iSTEAM" topics - rotating to different city high schools in the same region
- Teaching environmental science, agro-tech, and urban farming on a kibbutz to Jewish and Arab high schoolers
- Teaching reverse engineering and robotics fundamentals to Jewish and Arab high school students
- Teaching programming, Python and ROS
Eligibility
Open to MIT undergrads, graduating seniors and graduate students in all disciplines.
Requirements
GPA 4.0+
Prior teaching experience or teaching interest
Language
No language requirement
Hebrew and Arabic speakers highly encouraged to apply
To prepare, students will learn Hebrew with a tutor on-campus for 6 hours
Funding
Program expenses covered (includes airfare and a stipend to cover food and accommodation)
Preparation
Once selected to participate, students must attend Global Teaching Labs training sessions, a day-long retreat (November 11) and a checkout meeting with the program manager.
Contact Us
Please contact us for more information
