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.
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.
"What makes Sloan truly extraordinary is how we all, with our diverse backgrounds and life stories, come together with a shared passion for making the world a better place, no matter how big or small our contributions may be. The spirit of "Sloanies helping Sloanies" isn't just a catchy phrase; it's the very heartbeat of our community." MBA Student, '25
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. One student remarked, “I love the inclusivity and diversity of Sloan's culture the most... Sloan comprehensively considers students' needs - professionally, academically, mentally, and physically - supported by a highly professional faculty and staff team.” MSMS Student '24