Middlebury equips its students, faculty, and staff to work globally and locally with problem-solvers from a wide range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Together we build intercultural and multilingual fluency in a variety of settings—from neighborhood service-learning sites to distant cities and villages; from one-week experiential learning projects to academic years abroad; on campuses in a range of majors, professional graduate programs, and intensive immersive summer and study abroad programs.
Public Humanities Labs
These labs allow students and faculty to integrate their humanities skills and expertise into public facing and community curated projects to address topics of cultural, social, and intellectual importance.
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Featured Programs
Critical Language Awareness Collective
Initiative in Russian Studies
Hebrew Lifelong Learner Program
School in Jordan
Bread Loaf Young People Social Action Team
Language and Cultural Initiatives
Alongside degree programs, Middlebury professors create many pathways to practice intercultural and language skills.
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Oratory Now
Training in oral expression to students at Middlebury College, the Language Schools, and MIIS.
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Bread Loaf Speaker Series
Lectures, workshops, performances, and readings that complement and enrich the academic curriculum.
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Engaged Listening Project
Enhancing dialogue in and out of the classroom with teaching techniques that foster respectful, wide-ranging discussion.
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Language in Motion
Connecting international, study abroad, and language students with Addison County teachers, students, and classrooms.
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Global Immersive Learning Courses
A wide range of international and domestic experiential learning opportunities during January, spring-break, and summer.
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Spanish in the Community
Connecting MIIS language students with a group of Soledad women who would like to improve their English skills.
Studying Language at Middlebury
Middlebury’s campuses are renowned for language learning excellence and innovation.
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Best Foreign Language Program
Middlebury is ranked one of the top 10 Best American Colleges for Learning Foreign Languages.
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Employable Intercultural Skills
Middlebury is well-known for its graduates working in intercultural communication
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International Diplomacy
Learn from a current diplomat in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs why his MIIS degree matters.
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Immersion in the Indigenous Abenaki Language
Middlebury Language School students can now immerse themselves in endangered Abenaki language and culture.
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Tudo Portugues Podcast
Hear from the Director of the Portuguese School, one of 13 Middlebury Language Schools, why the language is important today.
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Opera Training in German
German for Singers integrates language, literature, and culture with the study and performance of German vocal music.
Careers in the Field
Middlebury alumni use their advanced skills in a variety of ways.
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English Language Fellows
The TESOL program at MIIS has been being recognized as a top English Language Fellow producer by the U.S. Department of State.
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Fulbright Scholars
Middlebury named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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United Nations Interpreters
Meet the students who pass the notoriously difficult U.N. exams to become interpreters, translators, and language specialists.