MIT is committed to protecting the safety of all members of its community, including minors who are on campus and/or participating in Institute programs.

MIT Policy 9.15 Protection of Minors describes this commitment in more detail. Here you'll find information on what MIT expects of its staff, faculty, and students when interacting with minors. MIT’s goal is to provide a safe environment that protects children from abuse or neglect by encouraging its earliest possible detection and reporting. Through this website, MIT strives to provide community members with the information and resources necessary for minors to be properly protected and so that appropriate reporting can be made promptly and effectively for any cases of suspected abuse or neglect. All MIT staff, faculty, and students are responsible for understanding and complying with this guidance.

A minor, for purposes of this guidance, is anyone under the age of 18 who is not an enrolled MIT student.

A program is any organized event or activity that MIT operates or sponsors in which unaccompanied minors participate, and in which MIT faculty, staff, or students are involved through their Institute roles, whether occurring on or off campus, in-person or online. This includes both residential programs (involving an overnight stay) and nonresidential programs.

This guidance also applies to non-MIT organizations using Institute facilities.

Minors aged 16-17 may also work at MIT as interns or employees in departments, labs, or centers.