In August 2025, Middlebury’s Board of Trustees voted to close all in-person programs and two online programs at the Middlebury Institute. Fall 2025 was the last intake for this program.
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.
This program is only available to applicants fully or majority funded by their employers.
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:
| by Julia Tucker
Almost 50 Middlebury Institute students are practicum this semester spending their time and gaining invaluable skills in locations all over the globe from Alaska to Kenya.
| by Alix van Buskirk MATI '09
Alix van Buskirk built on her intensive translation and interpretation graduate program to secure a career in health care at leading hospitals in California.
| by Angela Izi Nkusi
Sijin Xian, who completed her master’s in conference interpretation this spring, won first prize in the prestigious contest organized by Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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