Graduate for Global Action

You’ve got a global focus. You’re socially conscious. You’re motivated by a desire to improve policies, practices, and understanding in the world. You are what this world needs to lead the response to today’s seemingly intractable problems. 

The Middlebury Institute is a graduate school and training ground for developing and implementing practical solutions, a home to some of the world’s leading experts who will become your mentors.

Pursue graduate studies in your chosen area of interest, from global security to sustainability, education, language services, and development.

Advance Your Career

At the Institute, your career and academic advising are customized and coordinated to align your courses with your professional goals. You’ll graduate with a practical degree, fully prepared for a rewarding career.

You’ll also become part of our extensive alumni network of more than 22,000 professionals around the world. They are eager and well-positioned to help you advance your career.

Our graduates work at the United Nations, the U.S. Department of State, the World Wildlife Fund, Google, BNP Paribas, Education First, and hundreds of other international organizations.
 

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.

The Institute Pedagogy: Actively Learning Together

“Our students are drawn here because of our mission, because they are looking to engage with the world and solve problems. So it’s exciting—it’s exciting because I feel like I, too, am being pressed regularly to figure out what to do, and how to approach these big problems of the world.” – Professor Lyuba Zarsky (faculty)

Inspired Learning in an Inspiring Location

“We’re close to Silicon Valley, we’re close to San Francisco. There are so many things that we can access from here. Both on the personal and the professional side, that makes it, to me, perfectly situated.” – (student)