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Learning Chinese offers a gateway to cultures and histories spanning millennia and continents, and prepares students to participate in MIT-China programs and our IAP-in-Shenzhen class. Chinese Studies at MIT offers two distinct tracks: Regular and Streamlined.
- China
The MIT-China Program combines student coursework on China...
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
INNOVATION. With a new surgical intervention and...
- MITx: Chinese Language in Culture
In August 2020, Dr Haohsiang Liao launched MITx: Chinese...
- China
The MIT-China Program combines student coursework on China and the Chinese language with hands-on applications in industry, research, and educational technology. Undergraduate and graduate students intern in companies and universities spanning mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
This subject is the first semester of four that forms an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin, the language with the largest number of native speakers in the world. It is the official language of Mainland China and Taiwan, and one of the official languages of Singapore.
We have already taken the first steps toward building a center for learning about China at MIT and now teach courses in Chinese language, culture, history and politics.
INNOVATION. With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients could walk faster, avoid obstacles, and climb stairs more naturally than people with a traditional amputation. RESEARCH.
In August 2020, Dr Haohsiang Liao launched MITx: Chinese Language in Culture, Level 1, a novice-level MOOC course offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology on edX. This is the first Chinese language MOOC offered by a north American university on edX as well as the first foreign language MOOC on MITx open to the broader public.
The report charts a path for MIT to conduct academic interactions and collaborations with individuals and organizations in China in ways that uphold the core values of the Institute.
