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Global ICU

Strengthening the Collaboration with Prominent Overseas Graduate Schools "Accelerated Entry Program"

Concept

Earning a Master's degree has become more accessible

ICU will launch a master's degree program with Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) of Middlebury College. Middlebury College is known as one of the top ten liberal arts colleges in the United States. This Accelerated Entry Program enables students to obtain both a bachelor's degree from ICU and a master's degree from MIIS in as little as five and a half years.

Progress

Earning a Master's degree has become more accessible

An Accelerated Entry Program has been offered since 2017 between ICU and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), the graduate school of the liberal arts college, Middlebury College. Students enrolling in this program can obtain a bachelor's degree from ICU and a master's degree from MIIS The areas currently available are interpreting and translation, international environmental policy, and nonproliferation and terrorism studies.

The credits for undergraduate-level courses earned at ICU are recognized as fulfilling the criteria for application to MIIS. Students who pass the screening process and are selected for the program are able to obtain their bachelor's degree from ICU and a master's degree from MIIS in as little as five and a half years. The tuition fees for that period will be waived.
*The tuition fee waiver is limited to the shortest period required for completing the program.