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Cambridge-MIT Exchange - 2013/14

2013 sees the 13th year of the exchange, however due to the end of central University funding, only Engineering students are taking part in the exchange as a result of support from BP

The table below shows the timetable for the exchange in the next year, including the application period which starts in January. For more details see the Applications section below.

The Exchange Timetable

	CUED Students	MIT Students
Nov - Dec
		Departmental CME Presentations
Jan
	CUED Options Talks [PDF]
	Submit Application [link] [1]	Submit Application [link]
Feb
		Selection Confirmation
Mar - Apr
	Selection Confirmation
May - Jul/
	Apply for Visas etc	Apply for Visas etc
	Plan provisional course options [2]
Aug
	[End] Orientation at MIT
Sep
	{Early] MIT Autumn Semester starts	[MID] Communication boot camp @ MIT/td>
		[END] Orientation @ Cambridge
Oct
	{Early] CUED Michaelmas Term starts
Dec
	[MID] End of Autumn Semester	{Early] End of CUED Michaelmas Term
Jan
	[Early] IAP starts at MIT	{Early-MID ]CUED Lent term starts
Feb
	[Early] Spring Semester starts at MIT
Mar
		[Mid] End of Lent term
Apr
		[Mid] Start of Easter term
		[Mid] IIA Tripos Exams
May
	[MId] End of Spring semester
Junx
		[Early] End of Easter term

Fees

The programme is intended to be "fee neutral" as far as possible and thus minimize additional costs to you. You will pay your usual University of Cambridge tuition fees even though you are physically at MIT; this arrangement includes Overseas and Island students.

Overseas and Island students, and those UK/EU students who are not certified as eligible for fee support, are also responsible for paying for Cambridge College fees (other than tuition).

The fees you should expect to pay at MIT are:

• Accommodation: costs vary but are generally higher than at Cambridge
• Food: costs vary depending on whether you eat on-campus or off
• Health/Travel insurance: The MIT Extended Care medical plan is approximately $1,700 for the year (the summer months are reimbursable)
• Textbooks: MIT students normally buy textbooks and notes for most subjects, and they tend to be expensive. If you know what textbooks you need before you leave, you may want to purchase your books from a UK high street retailer or an online bookseller such as amazon.co.uk (Helpful advice about purchasing textbooks is provided in the Cambridge Students' Guide to MIT)

Application Procedure [1]

Prior to submitting your application you should discuss the exchange and options with your Tutor or Director of Studies. You will need one of them (or your Senior Tutor) to complete the required reference, and you will need your Senior Tutor to counter-sign the application and send it to the CME administrator in CUED.
N.B. Only applications sent by Senior Tutors will be accepted. Applications sent directly by students will not be considered..

Please ensure you fill in the Declaration of Interest form and email it to cme-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk, so that the office can track your application and assure that all materials are received.

Each student must complete/submit the documents detailed below.

1. CME Declaration Form which should be completed and then emailed to cme-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk, with the subject line 'CME Declaration', to indicate that you are submitting an application.
   N.B. Must be emailed by 9am Mon. 21st Jan 2013,
   You will be sent a confirmation email once the submission has been checked.
2. Brief CV (Max 2 pages A4), submitted with CME Application form below
3. CME Application Form which should be completed and handed to your college referee by 9am Monday 21st January 2013."
4. CME Reference Form
   College Referee to pass papers to your Senior Tutor by 9am Monday 28th January 2013"
   Forms to be returned by your Senior Tutor to the CME Administrator by 5pm Monday 4th February 2013

Students, Senior Tutors, Tutors and Directors of Studies are welcome to email cme-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk or contact the

CME Coordinator (Dr Peter Long, pjgl2@eng.cam.ac.uk, Tel 01223 332779)

or the

Course Administrator (Mrs Lisa Morrow, lmm43@eng.cam.ac.uk, Tel. 01223 332620)

Surface mail to

CME Administrator
c/o Language Lab.
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Trumpington St
Cambridge CB2 1PZ

Course Selection [2]

• CUED Students

  MIT offers a very wide range of courses (1500+) but the options to CUED students is not that wide. To have your year at MIT accepted as part of your CU degree you must undertake a range of courses which will be accepted for honours. There are two Semesters,
  1. Autumn - September-December
  2. Spring - February-May
  and the
  • Independent Activies Period (IAP) runs for four weeks in January. Officially, it serves the purposes of promoting student-faculty interaction, encouraging new methods of teaching and learning, and strengthening the sense of community at MIT. But to a student, it is really an opportunity to do the kind of activities that interest you, in but in a more relaxed and less hectic environment than usual. From sporting activities to art classes or leadership events, you will have a broad range of fun activities from which to choose. You could do academic subjects for credit (limited to 12 units), learn from fellow students on specialized topics like programming, or participate in some events just for fun! You could also organize your own activities and invite others from within the MIT community to take part.

    An on-line IAP Guide will be available in the fall semester. It will include a list of subjects offered, and instructions on registration. For more information, visit web.mit.edu/iap/.

  During these semesters/IAP period CUED students have to undertake

  At MIT, subjects are taught very differently from Cambridge. Course instructors (lecturers) are given a great deal of freedom to shape their own courses in terms of syllabus, teaching and grading methods. Assessment of student performance is usually a continuous process, and may include quizzes (mid-term exams), problem sets (examples papers), class participation, labwork, projects, presentations and final exams. Details of the courses available at MIT can be found in the MIT Bulletin which contains details about all departments/courses. ( N.B. Check the date of the bulletin to ensure it corresponds to your year of study at MIT. The courses are similar year-to-year but there are changes)

  • Course 1 - Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Course 2 - Mechanical Engineering
  • Course 6 - Electrical Engineering
  • Course 16 - Aero Astro
  • Courses at Harvard As an MIT student, you will be able to cross-register for Harvard subjects. Foreign language subjects at Harvard have been especially popular among CME students. You may register for subjects in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in one of their professional schools, excluding the Business School. To register, you will need to obtain a registration form from the HASS office and have the Harvard instructor, the MIT faculty advisor, and the Director of the HASS office sign it. More information is available from the HASS web site.
  • Courses at Sloan School of Management Students who are interested in taking subjects in the Sloan School of Management should review the guidelines and advice contained in the document on subjects at the Sloan School of Management prepared by the Sloan School.

  During your IB Easter term all exchange students are required to discuss their planned course choices at MIT with their Subject Coordinator and submit a provisional study plan. This will form the basis of your years study and agreement within both CUED and MIT for transfer of credit.

• MIT Students

  The year at Cambridge is quite different from the Junior year at MIT with 2 short, 8 week terms, of lectures followed by a third which contains the exams and an intensive 4 week project period. A CUED third year (IIA) student would take ;-
  1. 10 modules (courses) (5 in each of Michaelmas and Lent terms)
  2. 8 pieces of courseswork (typ. practicals)
  3. 2 FTRs (Full Technical Reports)
  4. 1 EAA (Engineering Area Activity)
  5. 2 Projects
  As a exchange student it would be expected that you take the same course structure, but you must discuss the options with your MIT subject coordinator before you arrive.

FAQ

Q - What does DDR mean?

A - DDR is short for 'Deemed to have Deserved Honours'

Q - What about the Institutions?

Q - Are there visa problems

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