At MIT Professional Education we recognize the effort of our participants.

The MIT Professional Education Fire Hydrant Award (FHA) was born from the description of Jerome Wiesner, president of MIT (1971-1980): “Getting an education from MIT is like taking a drink from a firehose.”

Because life and learning at MIT requires firmness, constancy, and a lot of determination. At MIT, we challenge ourselves to solve the world’s problems and, therefore, our professional programs try to reflect and instill these characteristics.

Therefore, we reward the participants who stand out for their leadership skills throughout the program, and who reflect the most important values of MIT: