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Hone your skills.

GradEL offers a selection of impactful courses open to all MIT graduate students. Our courses are designed to help MIT graduate students achieve new levels of personal and professional success across technical disciplines. The skills developed in these courses are further strengthened through interactive workshops throughout the year and other courses offered in partnership with MIT departments.

Complete any GradEL course listed below and you are on your way to earning the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership! Just add two more approved courses and four GradEL workshops any time, at your pace. Learn more

“It would be great to have these courses as a requirement for any advanced degree.”
– Odai Elyas, Course 1 PhD

 

GradEL Courses

6.9280

Leading Creative Teams

Fall & Spring

6.9270

Negotiation & Influence Skills for Technical Leaders

Fall

6.S630

Personal Engineering Leadership Development Plan Seminar

Fall 2H

6.S660

Leading with Trust in AI Frontiers

Fall

6.9240

Unpacking Impact: Transforming Research into Real-World Solutions

Spring

6.9250

Leadership – People, Products, Projects

Spring

6.9260

Multistakeholder Negotiation for Technical Experts

Spring

6.S650

Critical Conversations for Technical Leaders

Spring

TBA

Innovating for Improvement

TBA

TBA

Engineering Leadership Practicum

TBA

Number

Title

Offered

Category

6.9280

Leading Creative Teams

Fall & Spring

Communicating and Negotiating

6.9270

Negotiation & Influence Skills for Technical Leaders

Fall

Communicating and Negotiating

6.S630

Personal Engineering Leadership Development Plan Seminar

Fall 2H

 

6.S660

Leading with Trust in AI Frontiers

Fall

 

6.9240

Unpacking Impact: Transforming Research into Real-World Solutions

Spring

 

6.9250

Leadership – People, Products, Projects

Spring

 

6.9260

Multistakeholder Negotiation for Technical Experts

Spring

 

6.S650

Critical Conversations for Technical Leaders

Spring

Communicating and Negotiating

GradEL Workshops

These one-off workshops are led by a wide range of instructors and held at least four times per semester. They are open to all MIT grad students. Students must attend at least 4 workshops as part of the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership requirements.