Earn a Master’s in Global Governance and Policy
Launch your career addressing global challenges
- Learn advanced strategies for policy and program design, implementation, and analysis to govern sustainable development initiatives locally and globally.
- Complete your degree in 12 or 16 months.
- Develop expertise in international trade, human security, sustainability, development, public and nonprofit management, and applied analysis methods.
- Learn from expert faculty—not teaching assistants—who have decades of experience in major international organizations, including the United Nations, USAID, and the State Department.
- Leverage our extensive and influential alumni network in Washington, D.C., and other centers of foreign policy, global development, and international relations.
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Governance and Policy
Our MA in Global Governance and Policy gives you the most up-to-date knowledge and tools to lead transformative initiatives that address global challenges.
This three-semester, 36-credit master’s degree covers policy creation and analysis, program design and evaluation, and sustainable development while giving you the flexibility to explore focus areas in international trade, human security, sustainability, development, public and nonprofit management, and/or applied analysis methods.
You’ll be prepared to work in government (local, state, and federal), intergovernmental agencies, NGOs, nonprofit foundations, university research centers, and social entrepreneurship firms.
Experiential Learning
Your classes will often feature work with real clients, allowing you to develop practical skills before you graduate. Your case studies, class projects, intercultural training, and language studies will enrich you with local, regional, and global contexts.
The final semester practicum can be an internship working for an organization like the United Nations, the U.S. State Department, or a range of NGOs and private companies.
Our research centers, labs, and initiatives allow you to build valuable professional experience while collaborating with your fellow students, faculty, staff, and the community.
Why Study at the Middlebury Institute?
Advance Your Career
Your dedicated career advisor will help you clarify your career objectives, communicate your strengths, and assess your readiness.
Gain Professional Experience
Be fully immersed in the field through real-world class projects, internships, and a professional practicum.
Build Global Proficiency
Take content courses in intercultural competence and a second language, expanding your career opportunities.