Monterey Institute Of International Studies

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized suburb.

Overview

Monterey Institute of International Studies, also known as MIIS, was established in 1955 as the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, by Gaspard Weiss, Dwight Morrow Junior and Remsen Bird. The focus of the school was to promote international understanding through the study of culture and language. MIIS offers a variety of degrees and certificates in international business, international policy studies, language and educational linguistics and translation and interpretation. Short term interpretation and translation courses, international policy certificate programs, 8-week ESL programs and intensive language programs are offered round the year.

Student clubs are active on campus and are funded by the Students Council. Some of the student clubs include Amnesty International, Campus Christian Fellowship, CASA-Community Action Social Awareness, Conflict Resolution association, Microfinance Club, Net Impact, Terrorism Studies and United Nations Club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, liberal arts, and family and social work.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 849 in 2009-2010 (1,231 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 1% of enrolled students and graduate students are 99%.

Students under 25 years old represent 29% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

Monterey Institute offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate, Arts & Sciences Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (61 awarded)

• International Business/Trade/Commerce

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (36 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (51 awarded)

• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (31 awarded)

• Public Administration

LIBERAL ARTS (230 awarded)

• International Relations and Affairs
• Language Interpretation and Translation