Visiting Students

A person in the Visiting Student category is coming to use MIT resources and faculty contacts, primarily to enhance his or her own course of undergraduate or graduate study elsewhere, or to fulfill a requirement for the degree he/she is pursuing. The research conducted may be of benefit to the MIT faculty sponsor.

The Visiting Student is enrolled full-time in a degree program at another institution, and plans to work at MIT for anywhere from three to eighteen months. Any scholar who plans to visit MIT and has not yet received his Ph.D. should be appointed as a Visiting Student — particularly if they plan to use the work they do here towards their thesis.

There is a $1000.00 processing fee associated with the visiting student appointment. This fee is not payable from a research grant.

If you have any questions about Visiting Student status, or any other appointment or visa issues, please contact Brooke Pilawa-Podgurski in the Headquarters.

For international visiting students please refer to the International Student Office at MIT.