The Monterey Institute of International Studies (its acronym is MIIS) is a graduate school in Monterey, California, United States, that specializes in programs in international relations, international business, and translation and interpretation. Image File history File links MIIS_logo. ... A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... Looking north from Cannery Row toward Fishermans Wharf The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in northern California. ... International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs of and relations among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Interpretation, or interpreting, is an activity that consists of establishing, either simultaneously or consecutively, oral or gestural communications between two or more speakers who are not speaking (or signing) the same language. ...

MIIS was established in 1955 to teach modern languages in their cultural context and has evolved into an international professional graduate school dedicated to preparing students to respond effectively to the complex challenges of a rapidly changing global environment. The school has approximately 700 students and 70 faculty. Although its focus is primarily on graduate education, it also has a small honors undergraduate program that qualified students may transfer into. A modern language is any human language that is used by societies in the world today. ...

In 2005 MIIS was ranked among the top 100 global MBA programs by the Financial Times. In December 2005, MIIS signed an affiliation agreement with Middlebury College in Vermont. Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper. ... Mead Chapel - Middlebury College Middlebury College is a small, selective liberal arts college located in the rural New England town of Middlebury, Vermont. ... Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 9,620 sq. ...

MIIS is divided into four schools:

• The Fisher Graduate School of International Business
• The Graduate School of International Policy Studies
• The Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics
• The Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation

MIIS also runs the well-known Center for Nonproliferation Studies, which maintains the Monterey WMD Terrorism Database. Nuclear proliferation is the spread from nation to nation of nuclear technology, including nuclear power plants but especially nuclear weapons. ... According to the CNS website: The Monterey WMD Terrorism Database is the largest open source catalog of worldwide incidents involving the acquisition, possession, threat and use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by sub-state actors. ...

External links

• Monterey Institute of International Studies home page
• Center for Nonproliferation Studies home page
• Google Maps link showing location of the school