<p>how strong is poli sci and international development at MIT?</p>
<p>Very much so - especially our developmental economics program. </p>
<p>See: [The</a> Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab](<a href=“http://www.povertyactionlab.org/]The”>http://www.povertyactionlab.org/)</p>
<p>There’s lots of cool stuff going on around MIT in International Development.</p>
<p>Check out [MIT</a> International Development Initiative (IDI)](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/idi/]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/idi/) for a broad overview.</p>
<p>On the academic side, D-Lab ([Academic</a> Offerings | D-Lab](<a href=“http://d-lab.mit.edu/]Academic”>http://d-lab.mit.edu/)) used to be just one course in product design for the developing world, but it’s been really expanding in recent years. Now there are all sorts of flavors of it- energy, health, IT, etc. Most of them explicitly state that they are non-engineering-major friendly.</p>
<p>I actually got a degree in 2A (flexible mechanical engineering) with D-Lab, a class on sustainable energy, a class on water and sanitation in developing countries, a class on participatory development, and a thesis in Innovations in International Health ([Innovations</a> in International Health :: MIT](<a href=“http://iih.mit.edu/]Innovations”>http://iih.mit.edu/)).</p>
<p>MIT also has a pretty awesome poli sci department in general from what I understand, but I don’t know anything interesting about it personally.</p>