MIT AFRICA EMPOWERING THE TEACHERS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2025/2026 FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSORS (FULLY FUNDED TO MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), USA)

Application Deadline: May 26, 2024.

Applications are now open for the MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Programme. The MIT-Empowering the Teachers Program (MIT-ETT) is a semester long fellowship accepting engineering professors who are currently teaching at local universities in Nigeria and who recently completed their Ph.D.

program objectives:

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

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the MIT Africa Empowering the Teachers Fellowship Programme

Source: OFA