Careers into Action

After the powerful, shared experience of the first-semester core, students are free to construct a highly personalized course of study. In addition to the analytic rigor you would expect from MIT, we offer a sharp focus on the demands of actual business problems, and an array of new opportunities to practice skills of leadership and to connect with the world of business practice. The "roadmaps" that you can select using the checkboxes below are examples of the choices you will have and the path you can choose.

Careers into Action
Careers in Strategic Management and Consulting Consultants and CEOs are generalists at heart. They need broad and deep expertise in the fields of finance, accounting, operations, quantitative mathematics and leadership. With well over 30 courses directly applicable to consulting and strategic management, MIT Sloan consistently produces leaders in the field. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Energy In 2005, Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, announced a new energy initiative, saying that the Institute had a responsibility to address the world's energy problems. Today, energy education at MIT Sloan leverages the cuttingedge energy initiatives ongoing throughout MIT, connects students interested in energy with each other, as well as offers courses focusing on the energy industry that gives students a unique advantage. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is about pursuing opportunities beyond the resources at hand. It is a state of mind — a desire and a passion for change and for making things happen. Entrepreneurs are pioneers and innovators building new businesses from scratch, or working within their organizations to create new opportunities. A wide variety of entrepreneurship electives exist, covering all tastes, such as Developmental Entrepreneurship, Energy Ventures, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in General Management A general manager focuses on the strategic decisions that influence a company's business and the broad set of stakeholders that have a vested interest in the firm's success. A corporation's general management or executive team sets the firm's strategy by deciding which products the firm will produce, which markets the company will pursue, and how new investments will be financed. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Finance Finance is the crossroads of economics, strategy and accounting, and the study of how firms and individuals allocate resources over time and under uncertain conditions. As well as the study of the management of assets, both fixed and monetary. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Health Whether you are interested in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare, or life sciences, MIT Sloan offers great pathways into these industries. In addition to the outstanding faculty and courses focused in these areas, you will benefit from MIT Sloan's vast alumni network and its proximity to Cambridge and Boston. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Marketing Marketing is a job function that spans all industries and takes many different forms within each industry. What marketing positions have in common is the sense of ownership over the product or service, as well as the ability to understand customer needs and desires — and translate those needs into product development, marketing communications, advertising campaigns or sales efforts. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Operations Management Operations Management (OM) is the production of goods and services and encompasses the entire value chain from concept through delivery. OM embraces approaches to maximize stakeholder value throughout this value chain. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Social Impact Managers and innovators are increasingly aware of the social impact of their initiatives. The leaders of tomorrow will engage in a dialogue with all stakeholders of the organization, including customers, employees, investors, and suppliers — as well as local communities and the environment. More and more, businesses report on a triple bottom line comprising economic, social, and environmental performance. At MIT Sloan, students find the resources and opportunities to learn how to lead a socially responsible organization or how to be entrepreneurs with a focus on social impact. - Download the brochure (PDF)
Careers in Sustainability Sustainability is the initiative to change the way businesses, NGOs and nonprofits view, use, and manage resources. The ultimate goal? To enable people, communities, businesses, organizations, and the planet to flourish while taking an in-depth, integrated look at existing structural models; and to redefine the notion of sustainability by incorporating social equity, economic development, and environmental restoration at all levels. To be clear, the initiative is not simply about solving existing problems, but rather takes a unique focus on seizing existing opportunities for greater long-term economic, social, and environmental benefit. - Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers into Action

Careers in Strategic Management and Consulting
Consultants and CEOs are generalists at heart. They need broad and deep expertise in the fields of finance, accounting, operations, quantitative mathematics and leadership. With well over 30 courses directly applicable to consulting and strategic management, MIT Sloan consistently produces leaders in the field.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Energy
In 2005, Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, announced a new energy initiative, saying that the Institute had a responsibility to address the world's energy problems. Today, energy education at MIT Sloan leverages the cuttingedge energy initiatives ongoing throughout MIT, connects students interested in energy with each other, as well as offers courses focusing on the energy industry that gives students a unique advantage.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is about pursuing opportunities beyond the resources at hand. It is a state of mind — a desire and a passion for change and for making things happen. Entrepreneurs are pioneers and innovators building new businesses from scratch, or working within their organizations to create new opportunities. A wide variety of entrepreneurship electives exist, covering all tastes, such as Developmental Entrepreneurship, Energy Ventures, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in General Management
A general manager focuses on the strategic decisions that influence a company's business and the broad set of stakeholders that have a vested interest in the firm's success. A corporation's general management or executive team sets the firm's strategy by deciding which products the firm will produce, which markets the company will pursue, and how new investments will be financed.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Finance
Finance is the crossroads of economics, strategy and accounting, and the study of how firms and individuals allocate resources over time and under uncertain conditions. As well as the study of the management of assets, both fixed and monetary.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Health
Whether you are interested in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare, or life sciences, MIT Sloan offers great pathways into these industries. In addition to the outstanding faculty and courses focused in these areas, you will benefit from MIT Sloan's vast alumni network and its proximity to Cambridge and Boston.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Marketing
Marketing is a job function that spans all industries and takes many different forms within each industry. What marketing positions have in common is the sense of ownership over the product or service, as well as the ability to understand customer needs and desires — and translate those needs into product development, marketing communications, advertising campaigns or sales efforts.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Operations Management
Operations Management (OM) is the production of goods and services and encompasses the entire value chain from concept through delivery. OM embraces approaches to maximize stakeholder value throughout this value chain.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Social Impact
Managers and innovators are increasingly aware of the social impact of their initiatives. The leaders of tomorrow will engage in a dialogue with all stakeholders of the organization, including customers, employees, investors, and suppliers — as well as local communities and the environment. More and more, businesses report on a triple bottom line comprising economic, social, and environmental performance. At MIT Sloan, students find the resources and opportunities to learn how to lead a socially responsible organization or how to be entrepreneurs with a focus on social impact.

- Download the brochure (PDF)

Careers in Sustainability
Sustainability is the initiative to change the way businesses, NGOs and nonprofits view, use, and manage resources. The ultimate goal? To enable people, communities, businesses, organizations, and the planet to flourish while taking an in-depth, integrated look at existing structural models; and to redefine the notion of sustainability by incorporating social equity, economic development, and environmental restoration at all levels. To be clear, the initiative is not simply about solving existing problems, but rather takes a unique focus on seizing existing opportunities for greater long-term economic, social, and environmental benefit.

- Download the brochure (PDF)