Global Languages provides MIT students with the language abilities and intercultural competencies necessary to become engaged global citizens and leaders.
“At an institute that is so technically focused, I really enjoyed having a smaller, discussion-based class that pushed me to think about the world through a different lens.”
Madeleine Kline, SB '20
"The benefit of language is so clear--how it opens up new doors. You can imagine yourself in places you couldn't have imagined before."
Charles Huang, SB '11
“I feel better equipped to see a problem from different perspectives and overall more well-rounded thanks to my studies in both engineering and the humanities.”
Riley Ennis, SB '20
Spotlight
English Language Studies to change academic units
ELS will move from Global Languages to Comparative Media Studies/Writing as of July 1, 2021
