The Department considers practical experience to be a valuable component of an engineering education. To all students who have not made other arrangements to gain such experience, the Department recommends that they seriously consider the VI-A Internship Program. Students in the Program generally intermix their academic study at MIT with three Summer terms and one Fall or Spring term of work at one of the participating industrial or governmental organizations. This educational plan gives electrical engineering and computer science students unique opportunities to relate the scientific and engineering principles which they discuss in the classroom to current engineering problems in industry. It provides an early and close contact with serious professional work in an industrial environment.
Students receive competitive salaries during their Company assignments.
Students are generally selected for the Program by the participating companies during the Fall and Spring terms. It is expected that most VI-A students will qualify and complete their studies in five years. Elective credit is given for the experience gained during Company assignments, and counted towards the M.Eng. degree. Your comments and inquiries are welcome.