Launch your career in international education and development
The MPA in Social Change (MPA) is a three-semester, in-person program that will prepare you to manage development initiatives that address the critical issue of education, alongside other priorities such as addressing climate change, employment, and health.
The MA in International Education Management (IEM) is an online program that will help you advance intercultural learning and global exchange. You can continue to work while you earn this asynchronous degree.
Whether you pick MPA or IEM, you will build your expertise in using education as a tool for development through:
- learning with faculty who have U.S. and international expertise in this field,
- taking courses like Education and Development,
- focusing on relevant organizations and real-life educational challenges worldwide for your class projects,
- working with your career advisor to hone your professional skills, and
- connecting with our many alumni who are leading in this field.
Please use this form to let us know which of these programs you would like to pursue so that we can send you appropriate updates. Let us know if you have any questions.
Why Study at the Middlebury Institute?
Advance Your Career
Your career and academic advising are integrated, so your courses will align with your career goals.
Gain Professional Experience
Be fully immersed in the field through real-world class projects, internships, and professional practica.
Build Global Proficiency
Take content courses in intercultural competence and a second language, expanding your career opportunities.
Learn Real Solutions for Today’s Real Challenges
Practical Skills for Social Change
“Several courses each semester will require students to prepare a client deliverable. And therefore, students develop skills very quickly in how to communicate with the client: how to listen carefully, how to develop products that actually meet real client needs.” – Professor Beryl Levinger
A Practical Focus on International Education
“The Middlebury Institute is quite different from other schools because it has a very practitioner focus. We’re a professional graduate school.” – Professor Katherine Punteney