Gain your competitive edge in the $70 billion language services industry—launch your career managing translation and localization projects in this one-of-a-kind master’s program.
Our online Master of Arts in Localization Project Management (LPM) is the only U.S. graduate program of its kind. Study the intersection of business, language, culture, and technology.
| Start Term | Credits | Tuition | Duration | Online |
| Summer, Fall, or Spring | 30 | $850/credit | 20 months | Asynchronous |
Localization is the process of adapting the content related to an idea, service, or product to the language and culture of a specific market or region.
Websites, apps, videos, games, and many other products require not only translation but also localization to reach international markets.
Adam Wooten, program director for the MA in Localization Project Management and a professor in the Translation and Localization Management program, describes the basics behind localization.
Prepare to effectively manage localization and translation projects through a deep understanding of the field’s tools, challenges, and opportunities. Our unique master’s degree opens up a range of exciting careeers in a variety of industries, including technology, media, entertainment, life sciences, education, tourism, automotive, and government.We help you build the localization and project management skills and work collaboratively with teams around the world so you can foster mutual understanding and lead projects effectively. You’ll graduate ready to enter the fast-growing and exciting localization industry.
Salary information from Glassdoor and Middlebury Institute alumni career survey.
Your career advisor from our Center for Advising and Career Services will help you tailor your skills development, career exploration, and professional opportunities aligned with your experience, interests, and goals.
Our large and influential alumni network in the language services industry is eager to help you take the next step in your career. They are thriving in careers around the world. Many top employers seek out our graduates as their go-to hires for localization management talent.
Our annual language services career fair, hosted at our Monterey, California campus, attracts dozens of employers—like the MediaLocate and Deluxe Media Inc.—all seeking to hire our students for internships and full-time positions.
Learn to manage translation and localization projects to adapt various products and documents to other languages and cultures. Gain hands-on experience customizing AI to help human translators and managing translation with workflow automation systems. Focus on selecting, onboarding, and managing the resources that language services providers use to execute their localization work.
You’ll build expertise in the following areas:
You’ll learn from faculty who combine academic expertise with years of professional experience. They’re active in their respective fields, engaging with industry organizations including, the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), Nimdzi, LocWorld, the American Translators Association (ATA), TAUS, the Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), the International Federation of Translators (FIT), and Translators Without Borders (TWB).
Together with career advisors, our faculty will be your mentors, ensuring that you receive the academic and professional experience that will help you realize your career goals.
Our interactive approach to online learning provides a high level of engagement with your faculty, career advisor, classmates, and alumni. You will join a supportive community and build a vast, experienced professional network while taking advantage of our flexible course scheduling.
Our online programs provide the same top-level expertise and instruction that the Middlebury Institute is known for, with the added flexibility for you to continue working while you earn your degree.
Tuition for all of our online programs is $850/credit.
We take a holistic approach when considering your application, looking at your academic and professional background, international and multicultural experience, and career goals. We welcome applicants with or without relevant work experience, and our program has numerous opportunities for you to gain or expand your professional experience before you graduate.
We do not require GRE or GMAT scores for our master’s programs, but competitive scores may strengthen your application.
| by Angela Izi Nkusi
For her final graduate research project, Yiqing Lu went beyond consulting the research literature; she interviewed today’s localization leaders, compiling results into a handbook of leadership insights for young professionals.
| by Claudia Siegenthaler TLM ’23
Alum Claudia Siegenthaler says there’s no doubt that AI is shifting the role of humans in translation and localization management, but she’s seeing a lot of upside as a project manager at a localization company.
| by Sierra Abukins
The 20-month online degree prepares students to quickly enter the thriving localization industry, combining skills in business, language, and technology.
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