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Professional Development

We offer guidance to students and graduates on making the most out of the MIT experience and preparing for a successful career while fostering community, serving as a focal point connecting students and alumni to each other for advice and support. 

DUSP Connect

DUSP Connect provides students with a high level of support, tools, resources, and opportunities for professional development while at DUSP and throughout their career. We encourage students to think strategically about their time at DUSP regarding their coursework, co-curricular activities, and work experiences.

Visit the DUSP Connect website, here. 

Resources

DUSP

  • Identity-Based Resources
    • DUSP connect list of identity-based career development resources for different affinity groups that offer specific support and could help your career goals.
  • Funding Opportunities
    • DUSP Connect list of known fellowship and funding opportunities to ensure an impactful education experience and career. 

MIT

  • MIT Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD)
    • MIT Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) is MIT’s hub for career advising, distinguished fellowships advising, prehealth advising, and professional development support. They work across the Institute to connect students, postdocs, and alumni with resources and support that empower them to build a rewarding career that makes a difference in the world.
  • MIT Experiential Learning Office
    • Earn money or academic credit while you work on challenging and meaningful hands-on projects. Whether during the summer or the academic year, experiential learning opportunities (or ELOs, for short) connect you to important, real-world projects in MIT research labs, maker spaces, PK12 schools, start-ups, nonprofits, and global industries.
  • MIT Alumni Advisors Hub
    • MIT Alumni can offer valuable and insightful guidance on launching careers, next moves, or navigating career changes.
  • MIT Pay Equity Working Group
    • The job offer templates offer state by state information for reviewing offer packages.
 

Alumnae/i Achievements

DUSP alum engage and create change across a spectrum of fields and scales. As part of an ongoing effort to chronicle the impact and efforts of the wider DUSP community we have begun collecting DUSP alum book publication(s). This resource is intended to help share meaningful ideas, new lenses for understanding complex challenges, and spark conversations about realizing the promises of more just, sustainable, and joyful cities. 

We welcome the DUSP alumnae/i community to participate in submitting their work. If your publications are not listed, please use this brief form to add your book(s).