Graduate Student Professional Development

Discover resources, connect with mentors, dive deeper into MIT’s 7 professional development competencies, and find out about upcoming events and opportunities.

Graduate professional development is skills-based training complementary to your academic coursework that will augment any career path you decide to follow, within and beyond academe.

MIT provides professional development resources to help you deepen your skills and knowledge in seven areas: career advancement, communication, interpersonal skills, leadership and mentoring, personal development, social responsibility, and teaching. Honing these competencies will give you the confidence to thrive and contribute as a researcher, educator, industry leader, and citizen.

 

Writing and Communication Center IAP Workhop Series: Styling Your Academic Writing

Styling Your Academic Writing (5-session series)

Date: Jan 10th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th
Time: 12-1pm
Location: by Zoom (pre-register to receive the link to connect)

Register: https://forms.gle/zftHcRToe4FwGXnM6

This series will offer diverse and creative methods for styling writing. We will …

By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda Cornwall Graduate Student Professional Development
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Learn grant writing from the pros!

Please join us for a panel of MIT faculty and grant administrators as we explore the writing process and share tips and tricks for a successful grant application!

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By Tara Thakurta
Tara Thakurta Graduate Community Fellow
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New Professional Development Certificates for PhDs and Postdocs

Applications are now open

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for two new professional development certificate programs for PhDs and postdocs for AY 2023-2024: the Research Mentoring Certificate and the Grant Writing Training Certificate. Applications for …

By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda Cornwall Graduate Student Professional Development
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Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership Workshop Series: Fall 2023

The Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership Program is pleased to announce the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership Workshop Series for Fall 2023.

We invite you to register and attend our series, which count toward satisfying requirements toward our certificate. The …

By Tara Thakurta
Tara Thakurta Graduate Community Fellow
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3 Reminders to Help you THRIVE This Year

Bart: Look at me, I’m a grad student. I’m 30 years old and I made $600 last year.
Marge: Bart, don’t make fun of grad students. They’ve just made a terrible life choice.
The Simpsons

There’s no denying it, graduate …

By Tara Thakurta
Tara Thakurta Graduate Community Fellow
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