MIT Professional Education

MIT Professional Education is MIT’s professional-learning organization for technical professionals. In this wiki, it appears through the Applied AI and Data Science Program brochure, a 14-week online program delivered with Great Learning and built around MIT faculty sessions, case studies, projects, and a capstone ^[src-060].

Key facts

• Type: Professional education provider
• Parent institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Program represented: MIT Applied AI and Data Science Program
• Credential: Certificate of Completion from MIT Professional Education and 16.0 Continuing Education Units ^[src-060]
• Delivery partner: Great Learning
• Program format: 14 weeks, live online faculty sessions, mentored learning, 50+ case studies, multiple projects, and a 3-week capstone ^[src-060]

What it does

The brochure frames MIT Professional Education as a bridge from MIT research and faculty expertise into applied professional skill-building. The Applied AI and Data Science Program emphasizes Python, statistics, machine learning, deep learning, recommendation systems, computer vision, Generative AI, RAG, and Agentic AI for real-world business decisions ^[src-060].

Related

• See also: Great Learning, MIT Applied AI and Data Science Program, Data Science & AI Bootcamp, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic AI

Source references

• ^[src-060] MIT Professional Education / Great Learning — “MIT Applied AI and Data Science Program Brochure” (2025-12)