Student Life

Sloan Student Culture

MIT Sloan is a diverse and engaged community. With students, faculty, and staff from around the world, the School prides itself on welcoming people with a wide range of backgrounds, experience, and interests. The community is marked by its passion for solving problems and tackling big challenges, its respect for varied viewpoints, and its entrepreneurial spirit. The student culture is highly collaborative and is perhaps best characterized in the slogan, "Sloanies helping Sloanies."  

OneSloan

Students at MIT Sloan have the opportunity to forge strong connections, not only with colleagues in their own academic programs, but also with those in other Sloan programs and across MIT."I went to one Course XV dinner and thought it was fantastic because I could actually have conversations with people both in my Sloan program and other Sloan programs." (2018 Student Life Survey Respondent

Embracing Diversity

The MIT Sloan student community is diverse not only in terms of nationality, race, and ethnicity, but also in terms of intellectual perspective and life experience. This affords the opportunity to extend the learning experience, both inside the classroom and in the larger social and professional community.

"The Ask Me Anything panels provided an incredible opportunity to learn more about classmates and create a space to discuss really challenging topics." (2018 Student Life Survey Respondent)

MIT Sloan Values

The Sloan Values image provides a framework for members of the community to hold themselves and each other accountable. Beyond that, invoking "Sloan Values" is a shorthand way to invite thoughtful and respectful behavior in the community. 

A hallmark of MIT Sloan's student culture is a spirit of collaboration and caring. Students tend to strive to meet audacious goals rather than compete with one another. Similarly, the faculty and staff are deeply committed to supporting each student's success and well-being.