Experiential Learning Track
Design + Making
The world of design and making at MIT is vast, interdisciplinary, and expanding. Whether your medium of choice is wood, code, or bacteria, you can find an ELO that lets you create something truly spectacular.
At MIT, design and making ELOs take the form of project-based classes, research opportunities, entrepreneurship and innovation, individual projects (with mentor feedback, of course!), and more! Not sure where to start? Staff in any of the programs listed on this page can direct you to funding, training, mentorship, and opportunities that suit your needs and interests.
Find Your ELO
Design and making show up in all sorts of ELOs, including UROPs, D-Lab classes, and programs like NEET and GEL. To get started, check out the links above or visit the MIT Morningside Academy for Design’s pages for undergraduates and graduate students.
Some design and making opportunities can also be found on ELx. Select “Design and Making” under “Type” to see relevant listings.
Design and Making ELOs in Action
News, projects, and profiles of MIT students
News
- Through a collaboration between the MIT first-year learning community Terrascope, Diné College, and University of Puerto Rico, students learn fundamental design principles — and much more (MIT News)
- From the classroom to expanding research opportunities, students at MIT Music Technology use design to push the frontier of digital instruments and software for human expression and empowerment (MIT News)
- At this year’s MIT Gala, models walked the runway in ingenious designer garments created by 36 students, many affiliated with the MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MIT MAD)
- MIT mechanical engineering course invites students to “build with biology” (MIT News)
- Breakerspace illuminates the mysteries of materials (MIT News)
- Students learn to compute through art in this IAP course (Arts at MIT)
- Whether building robots or helping to lead the National Society of Black Engineers, senior Austen Roberson is thinking about the social implications of his field (MIT News)
- MITdesignX presents ventures from the accelerator’s sixth cohort (MIT News)
- Tackling social issues through engineering and theater: Senior Susan Su finds inspiration in both makerspaces and performance spaces (MIT News)
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