Middlebury Institute

Middlebury Institute
of International Studies at Monterey

Former names	Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies (1955-1979), Monterey Institute of International Studies (1979-2015)
Motto in English	Be the Solution
Type	Private
Established	1955
Parent institution	Middlebury College
Vice-president	Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Academic staff	70 full time; 70 adjunct
Postgraduates	790
Location	Monterey, California, U.S.
Campus	Urban
Colors	blue      and white
Website	miis.edu

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), formerly known as the Monterey Institute of International Studies, is an American graduate school within Middlebury College, a private university located in Middlebury, Vermont.

Established in 1955, the school provides instruction on a campus in Monterey, California. The Institute offers a wide range of master's programs and certificates in various disciplines such as environmental policy, international business, international policy, language teaching, and translation and interpretation. MIIS has two graduate professional schools known as the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education (GSTILE) and the Graduate School of International Policy and Management (GSIPM), and several related centers.

In 2011, the institute produced more Fulbright Fellows per capita than any other graduate school in the US. In 2015, Foreign Policy magazine ranked the institute at No. 21 on its list of "Top Master's Programs for a Policy Career in International Relations".

The Middlebury Institute was established in 1955 as the Monterey Institute for Foreign Studies (MIFS). In 1961, the school moved to its current downtown Monterey location, where it has since occupied 19 buildings that house two graduate schools, multiple centers, and numerous special programs. In 1997, the institute became the first professional graduate school in the world to offer a master's degree in International Environmental Policy.

In December 2005, Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute signed an affiliation agreement that established a formal relationship between the two institutions. Under that agreement, the Monterey Institute board of trustees was reconstituted to include 13 members, nine of them with Middlebury connections and four former members of the Monterey Institute board. In June 2010, Middlebury formalized its acquisition of the Institute, which was formally designated A Graduate School of Middlebury College. The Monterey board of trustees was renamed the board of governors, and subsequently the board of overseers, with ultimate responsibility for the Institute residing with the Middlebury Board of Trustees. On January 7, 2015, Middlebury announced that the Institute would become known as the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The name change was part of a general rebranding of Middlebury-affiliated institutions.