MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program in USA 2025

Summary

• Application DeadlineMay 20, 2025
• Study LevelTraining
• SponsorNigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
• Eligible CountryNigeria

Table of Content

• Overview
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Programme Overview

The MIT-ETT Program is a prestigious, teaching-focused fellowship offered by the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) and proudly sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI), and Partners.

The MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) program provides an intense, semester long teaching-focused engagement for selected cohorts of faculty members (ETT Fellows) from African universities. By introducing the ETT Fellows to cutting edge student-focused teaching methodologies the ETT strives to foster innovation in science and engineering education in tertiary academic institutions in Africa.

Benefits

1. Expose junior African professors to MIT’s advanced, problem-solving pedagogical methods 
2. Encourage the ETT fellows to become change-agents
3. Allow the ETT fellows to expand their professional network, including MIT faculty with a deep interest in emerging economies.

Requirements

This semester-long fellowship is designed for engineering professors currently teaching at local universities in Nigeria who have recently completed their Ph.D.

Interview Dates and Process

During their semester at MIT, the ETT fellows: 

• Observe at least 2 MIT courses in their own disciplines  
• Take a curriculum design course and implement research-based instructional design principles in their courses
• Discuss & explore curricular enrichment & reform through both formal and informal interaction with the MIT community
• Participate in numerous activities to develop critical change-agent skills. These skills include entrepreneurship, effective communication, experiential learning, reflection, collaboration, systems thinking and perseverance.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

For more details, visit MIT Program webpage