Study abroad offers an opportunity for enrichment that goes beyond formal classroom education.
Students typically study at an outside institution anywhere from the second semester of their sophomore year through the first semester of their senior year. With special permission, it is even possible to spend your last term as an undergraduate studying at another university. Plans for study outside MIT should be worked out by each student with his or her faculty advisor and our office. While MIT has no established study abroad programs of its own, students may take advantage of a wide range of foreign study opportunities. Almost any field can be studied abroad, however planning a term or more of study away takes some initiative on your part.