The Middlebury Institute of International Studies prepares you for a rewarding career in sustainability, global security, development, or intercultural communication through coursework that emphasizes real-world projects. Study online or in person at our Monterey, CA campus.
Learn moreTake your next step with a Middlebury master’s degree.
Our highly acclaimed, career-oriented graduate degrees will prepare you to lead.
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Middlebury Language Schools is the nation’s leader in immersion language learning. Our summer and year-round graduate programs—taught in Vermont and abroad—offer degrees in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
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At the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, you can earn your master of arts or master of letters in English. Studying and collaborating alongside innovative faculty over summer sessions. Choose from programs in Vermont, England, or California, as well as online tutorials.
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Middlebury Institute of International Studies
You want to change the world. We will teach you how.
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies educates professionals to advance understanding, promote peace, and drive change in pursuit of a more just world.
Learn MoreLearning Beyond Lectures
Our programs deliver far more than classroom-based learning. Develop in-demand skills through immersive, meaningful, hands-on experience that are built into our degree curricula.
Learn through ExperienceIntercultural Communication
Bridging cultural and linguistic barriers is key to a successful, global career so you will take content courses in a second language and intercultural competence.
Learning in LanguageFlexible Degree Options
Our in-person, online, and hybrid instruction provide maximum flexibility as you advance your career.
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Middlebury Language Schools
Life Doesn't Come with Subtitles
Take your language skills to the next level at the Middlebury Language Schools. We’re known as the “best American school for foreign language learning.”
Best Foreign Language ProgramLive In Language
Middlebury Language Schools master’s programs are taught using our time-tested, rigorous, and highly effective immersive approach to language expertise.
Take the Language Pledge®Languages of Study
We offer graduate instruction in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Spanish in Vermont and in Spain, France, Kazakhstan, Italy, Germany, California, or online!
Explore Available LanguagesDegree Options
Depending on your target language, you can earn a Master of Arts, a Master of Arts in Applied Languages, or a Doctor of Modern Languages.
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Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English
Transform Your Teaching
Bread Loaf School of English is an intensive summer master’s and continuing education program for teachers and other inspired professionals.
Learn moreA Different Kind of Learning
Earn your master’s in an intentional, immersive community where you’ll encounter new texts and ideas, collaborate with renowned faculty, and emerge re-energized and ready to read, write, perform, teach, and interpret the world in revolutionary ways.
Explore ProgramsSummer Sessions
Our intensive summer sessions mean time to focus on your degree work and connect with your fellow students and our dedicated, creative, and innovative faculty.
Program DatesBreak Down Boundaries
Only at the Bread Loaf School of English can you participate in a master’s program that connects English, American, and world literatures with creative writing, pedagogy, and theater arts.
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