Located in the Champlain Valley of central Vermont, with Vermont's Green Mountains to the east, and New York's Adirondacks to the west
Renowned for leadership in language instruction and international studies
Graduate and summer programs: Summer Language Schools (10 languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish), Bread Loaf School of English, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Monterey Institute of International Studies
C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad in Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, and Uruguay
Strong programs and world-class facilities in the sciences
First-year seminars: Discussion-oriented courses with an intensive writing component to help students make the transition to college work; seminar teachers also serve as first-year students' advisors until students declare a major
Winter term: One-month January semester in which students can concentrate on one course or take on an internship
