MEET is a 3 year educational program comprised of two complementary components: intensive summer programs conducted at Hebrew University and the yearlong programs conducted at the MEET Lab in Jerusalem.

The yearlong programs are split up into two phases. During the Academic Phase, which ranges from October to December, the students attend weekly lectures and lab sessions to solidify the skills that they have been taught in the summer as well as to learn advanced programming technologies. During the Project Phase, which ranges from January to May, the students meet on a weekly basis and work in teams led by a local mentor to complete programming projects.

The first year students work on small-scale tools for personal and professional use while the second year students work on web-based projects for real clients (non-profits and companies).

In addition to the technical curriculum, the students participate in various complementary curriculum activities during the summer and throughout the year. These activities focus on having students develop their leadership, team-working, management, negotiation, and cross-cultural communication skills. The entire program is conducted in English. All participants in MEET are required to commit to all stages of the program.

First Year Summer Program
This rigorous five-week summer program for outstanding Palestinian and Israeli youth focuses on Java programming, problem solving, teamwork, and leadership skills. The curriculum is planned and taught by a group of carefully selected MIT student volunteers and professionals. MEET's unique approach emphasizes the role of cultural and national diversity in teamwork and leadership through team-based assignments. By the end of the first summer, students understand the fundamentals of object-oriented programming, are comfortable with Java syntax and semantics, can develop a simple graphical user interface (GUI)-based application, and have acquired basic teamwork skills.

First Year Yearlong Program
During the academic year following the first summer, students meet on a weekly basis at the MEET Lab in Jerusalem. In the Academic Phase, students attend lectures and work in pairs on programming assignments, reviewing and building upon the fundamentals that they have been taught in the summer as well as learning proper coding techniques and advanced GUI design. In the Project Phase, the students split up into teams and work on small-scale programming projects for personal or professional use. Past projects have included developing a Sudoku game and a conference call time scheduler. The yearlong program focuses on continued interaction between the students, which is vital in order to maintain the bonds created during the summer and to reinforce the necessity of working together, within the daily realities of the region. The projects aim to strengthen and develop the skills the students have learned in the summer as well as provide a framework for working on real world projects. Each project team consists of 6-8 students and is headed by a local Israeli or Palestinian IT professional who serves as the team's mentor.

Second Year Summer Program
Students who successfully complete the first yearlong program, are invited to participate in the second summer program. The second summer's curriculum is entirely project-based, with projects focused on solving a real-world need. Past projects have included developing process visualization software and an online guide to exploring sights in Jerusalem. In addition to learning advanced technologies, such as reading and writing from files and embedding audio and video in a GUI, and utilizing the previously acquired programming and teamwork skills, the curriculum integrates entrepreneurship, business, and project management into project work. Each project team must complete a business plan for their project and present their marketing strategy along with a working project prototype at the end of the summer. Following this summer experience, students are comfortable working in a software development project team, presenting in front of an audience, and serving as managers for various aspects of the project, such as quality assurance or business.

Second Year Yearlong Program
During the Academic Phase of the second yearlong program, students meet on a weekly basis at the MEET Lab in Jerusalem and learn web-based technologies in preparation for working on a project for a real-world client, an Israeli or Palestinian non-profit or company. During the Project Phase, students separate into teams led by a local mentor and go through the process of understanding client needs, learning about writing specifications, soliciting user/client input, working under deadlines, prototyping, and user testing. Realizing the complexity of working for a real-world client, the students learn to appreciate the value of the diverse backgrounds and different strengths that each of them possesses. Some projects are completed at the end of the year at which point the students work on integrating the IT solutions into the client workplace. Other projects continue on to the summer program and are completed at the end of the third year summer. At the end of the year, the students have the unique experience of developing an IT solution for a real client and integrating a technology they have developed into a client's workplace.

Third Year Summer Program
The most dedicated and excelling students are chosen to participate in MEET for the third summer. Many students continue working on the projects for companies and nonprofits which they have started during the second yearlong program. Others become teaching assistants to the MIT instructors, mentoring the first and second year students. The third summer program's curriculum also includes guest lectures by business and technology leaders of the region and focuses on preparing the students for a career in the real world, on empowering them to make a positive impact in their communities, and on otherwise enabling them to become the future leaders that MEET aims to create.