We are no longer enrolling students in this joint degree but we will still help you launch a meaningful career at the intersection of education and development through our MA in International Education Management (IEM).
The MA in International Education Management is an online program that will help you advance intercultural learning and global exchange. You can continue to work while you earn this asynchronous degree.
The Joint MPA/IEM degree provides a multidisciplinary approach to education within the international development context. The integrated curriculum helps you develop foundational and advanced skills in international education and development, communications, and language study. Students gain valuable work experience by completing a professional practicum.
To open up your global career opportunities you can take content courses in a second language and/or courses in intercultural competence.
See the curriculum for more details.
| by Anna Santos MPA ’16
MPA graduate Anna Santos shares how the organizational storytelling skills she learned at the Middlebury Institute helped her launch a career in marketing internationally-focused nonprofit organizations.
| by Jason Warburg
Eighteen students have completed paid internships with UNICEF over the past two years through a Memorandum of Understanding that kicked off in 2019.
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia.
