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.
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 …
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
Build Your Research Community is a FREE, 5-module course (with a bonus 6th module!) that will guide you through the steps of identifying mentors and building and maintaining mentoring relationships. Scientists from a variety of backgrounds give concrete steps and …
By Simona Rosu
Simona RosuSenior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
The “Spilling the Tea” series is back! At these small-scale, limited-enrollment events, join in a conversation with an alumna leader over (iced) tea and cookies. Each of the “Spilling the Tea” parties takes an important topic incorporating an aspect of …
By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda CornwallAssociate Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
Many entities throughout MIT are invested in graduate student professional development. These essential partners fuel our programs and serve as excellent resources for graduate students.
