Advance your career by formalizing and sharpening your language skills.
Our MA in Interpretation for Diplomats and Executives (IDE) will accelerate and expand your career opportunities. You will receive exceptional training in your target languages and international affairs, grounded in experiential learning.
| Start Term | Credits | Duration | In-Person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 60 | 4 semesters | Monterey, California |
This program is only available to applicants fully or majority funded by their employers. Other students who want to launch a career in interpretation should apply to our translation and interpretation master’s programs.
Program chair, Andrea Hofmann-Miller, has extensive experience interpreting for politicians, state department representatives, and other world leaders on topics including unions, mergers, joint ventures, and more.
Build your expertise in:
Choose one of the following languages paired with English:
Our faculty combine academic expertise with years of professional experience as interpreters performing high-profile work for governments, private sector firms, and intergovernmental organizations including the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Olympics, the White House, the U.S. State Department, European parliaments, and more.
They will mentor you, ensuring that you receive the academic and professional training to realize their career goals.
Professor Leire Carbonell Aguero teaches Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation into Spanish.
Our flexible curriculum means you can customize your degree:
Students in this program should receive full or majority funding from their employers to cover tuition costs. If you receive majority funding and need additional financial support, please review information on scholarships and financial aid.
Your personal enrollment advisor can help you think through financing this important investment in your career development.
Please contact miis@middlebury.edu if you or your employer need any information.
We take a holistic approach when considering your application, looking at your academic background, international exposure, professional experience, and career goals. We welcome applicants with a wide range of work experience. This approach aligns with the Institute’s core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We do not require GRE or GMAT scores for our master’s programs but competitive scores may strengthen your application and positively influence scholarship decisions. You will submit a Language and Skills Test (LST) to demonstrate proficiency in each of your languages of study.
| by Xinyi Tiffany Cao MACI ’23
Alum Tiffany Cao shares how MIIS interpretation training and perseverance led to her role as a Mandarin translator/interpreter for the County of Santa Clara.
| by Sierra Abukins
As an interpreter at the Olympics, alum and professor Stephanie Cooper got a front seat to the biggest moment in many athletes’ lives, allowing them to express themselves in their mother tongues.
| by Amy Fruchter CI ’18
Alum Amy Fruchter shares how her experiences at the Middlebury Institute and constructive feedback from her professors helped her become a translator at the United Nations.
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