Three new programs opened in Spain in 1998, along with a pilot program in Irkutsk, Russia. The C.V. Starr Middlebury Schools Abroad are designed to immerse every student as completely as possible in both the language and the culture of the host nation.
All course work is taught in the target language.
Students often have the opportunity to enroll directly in the local university, where their classmates will be from the host country, or to take courses designed exclusively for program participants. The programs strongly encourage students to pursue co-curricular activities in which they have a particular interest. All graduate programs abroad are offered for the full year only. Just as they do during the summer Language Schools, students beginning their study abroad are asked to adhere to the spirit of the Language Pledge, which is a commitment to use the target language at all times. All students are strongly encouraged to spend a summer at a Middlebury College Language School before embarking on a semester or a year abroad.