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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.
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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.
Application
Applications for summer internships are due by Friday, December 1, 2017.
Apply at applymisti.mit.edu
Dates and Duration
Summer internships last 10-12+ weeks
Longer opportunities and semester-long internships are available.
Timeline
Applications are open on the MISTI Portal. Please complete Steps 1-3 before setting a meeting with program staff (mit-israel@mit.edu).
December – February: Placement Process
February – May : Spring Training
May – August: Intern in Israel!
Eligibility
Open to MIT undergraduate and graduate students, and recent alumni
Requirements
Students must have a minimum of 4.0 GPA
Students must take an MIT course on the Middle East/Israel, and attend all 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: Culture course recommended, but not required
Culture Course
(Courses offered 2016-2017 Academic Year)
17.567: Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity (UG) - IAP
17.565: Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity (UG) - Spring 2018
17.567 are the MIT-Israel preferred courses
15.364 Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Lab (REAL) (G)
15.248 Israel Lab: Startup Nation's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem (UG and G)
21H.161 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century (UG)
21H.260 Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society (UG)
21H.262 Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (UG)
21H.365 Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East (UG)
21H.381/WGS.222: Women and War (UG)
Graduate students should enroll in the Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) Israel-specific course.
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
Timeline
General Information Session:
September 13th, 2017 @ 5 PM, 10-105
Application due
September 20, 2017
Placement process
Group interview dates - Early October
Teaching Dates
Students will teach January 7 - February 1
Students must arrive in Israel at least 1 day before teaching, and leave on 2/2 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 7 - February 1
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
- Teaching math, physics and/or biology in Akko
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 history training on 10/26, a day-long retreat (November 10) and a checkout meeting with the program manager.
Contact Us
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