MIT Need-Based Fellowships for International Graduate Students

The MIT Need-Based Fellowships for International Graduate Students provides need-based fellowship support to international graduate students admitted to MIT's competitive graduate programs across its schools. The fellowships are available to masters and doctoral students and are part of MIT's broader funding ecosystem including departmental and research assistantships. Graduate students in research-intensive programs receive stipends, tuition waivers and health insurance as part of MIT's financial support packages. International students, including applicants from Africa, are eligible to be considered for these institutional fellowships.

Stipend (averaging USD 42,000 per year), full tuition waiver, health insurance

Open to masters and PhD applicants seeking to study in the United States. Eligible nationalities are listed below.