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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
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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

David Dolev
Managing Director
Samantha Quint
Program Coordinator
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