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

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.

• Table of Content
• About Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
• MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program
• Aim and Benefits of MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program
• Requirements for MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program

Aim and Benefits of MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program

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 for MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program Qualification

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

Interview date, Process and Venue for MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Program

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.

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Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit MIT Program webpage