Principal Investigator Bhaskar Pant
Project Website http://web.mit.edu/professional/custom-programs/index.html
MIT Professional Education addresses corporate education needs and strategic goals through custom educational programs. The staff works with your managers to help define needs and then coordinate with MIT faculty to design a targeted, needs-based learning experience.
These courses can be a single week or several weeks over a year with interrelated projects. These specialized courses can be delivered at MIT, the company site, or off site. Custom courses apply research insights to your organization’s real-world challenges while developing productive new networks among employees.
Courses at MIT can include faculty lectures from several departments as well as lab tours and other local activities designed around a company’s strategic goals. Hotel accommodation and conference facilities are available near campus, or a program can be held at the MIT Endicott House.
Courses offered at company sites can be customized from Short Programs courses involving one or more faculty speakers. These are frequently offered to provide a large group or department a solid foundation in a strategic science or technology area.
MIT Professional Education will work with you to match company needs with one or more MIT faculty who have expertise in relevant disciplines. Courses can focus on a technical or scientific topic or they can combine management and technology fields. Some key benefits include:
Faculty content -- Custom courses are taught exclusively by MIT faculty who develop curriculum for each course, drawing on their academic research and industry experience. Courses generally focus on the latest innovations in science and technology and can include faculty from any of MIT's five schools.
Networking -- Social events during the week and evenings allow participants to build new networks of colleagues within the organization. Some courses use team-building projects to develop collaborative skills for the workplace.
Recognition and reward -- This educational partnership can refresh your talented employees and bring new ideas into the organization. Both people and organizations can benefit.