MINTernational 2026: MIT and Constructor University team up to inspire Bremen’s next generation of scientists

MINTernational 2026 (Source: Constructor University)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is world-renowned for advancing the frontiers of science, and this January its MIT-Germany program – part of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) – collaborated with Constructor University on a localized mission in Germany: to inspire and equip Bremen’s next generation of scientists. For the ninth consecutive year, students from MIT and Constructor University came together to deliver MINTernational – a collaborative educational initiative that brought 26 STEM-oriented high-school students from Bremen to the Constructor University campus for a week-long, immersive series of science workshops. This year’s event was once again sponsored by the Bremer Schütting-Stiftung foundation, enabling all students to participate free of charge.

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From January 20 through January 24, Constructor University once again welcomed students from the world-renown Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for another week of MINTernational workshops. In its eighth year, the joint program, sponsored this year by JetBrains and the Schütting Stiftung foundation, gave 40 Bremen-area high school students a chance to go deep on STEM subjects in workshops created and led by students from MIT and CU.

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