What Others Are Saying

Here are just a few examples of what others are saying about the Monterey Institute and our programs:

• In October 2010, The Austrian Foreign Ministry selected the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) as its partner in the establishment of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation.  In a public announcement, the Austrian government said that it selected CNS from a large number of candidates to manage and operate the new center “because of its distinguished record of leadership in the field and its shared vision” for the new center.
• In August 2010, Net Impact published its annual Business UNusual, a guide for prospective MBA students who want to get the “inside scoop” on various graduate schools.  It is a combination of a qualitative description from Net Impact student leaders and results from an online student survey.  The words Fisher International MBA students at the Monterey Institute most often used to describe their program were “enterprising,” “innovative” and “active.”
• In a feature story on Radio Free Europe in March, 2010 about the unique and exciting careers of high level interpretation professionals, it is mentioned that a good number of UN interpretors and translators have graduated from the "highly respected Monterey Institute of International Studies."

• The Fisher International MBA program, winner of a top 15 ranking from Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review for four straight years, was also recognized in 2010 in The Princeton Review's 2nd annual "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools" as one of the top 15 graduate schools of business in the category of Global Management.

• In December 2009, the Institute received numerous congratulatory messages in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Quotes from two of the letters follow:

  “In just two decades, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies has acquired a global reputation for training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists… The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has benefited from the expertise of CNS graduates who have served as interns, and several of its former staff and students are now serving in professional staff positions at the IAEA.” -- International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei

  “Each new generation of scholars and policymakers must determine how best to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and seek the goal of a world without them. Organizations like CNS that are dedicated to training nonproliferation specialists will be vital in achieving this goal and preparing these individuals to lead in the effort.” – U.S. President Barack Obama

• In November 2009, the United Nations recognized the Monterey Institute as one of the world’s leading trainers of professional translators and interpreters, signing an agreement to expand internship and employment opportunities for current and future Institute students and graduates. The Institute is one of nine partner institutions worldwide chosen by the U.N, and the only one in North or South America.
• ALTA Language Services, a major employer of translation and interpretation professionals in the United States, named the Institute’s translation and interpretation program as one of the top five graduate programs in the nation, citing its “close-knit, globally focused community” and praising the Institute’s emphasis on language and cultural proficiency in addition to translation skills.
• In 2007, the magazine Foreign Policy named the Institute one of the top 20 graduate schools in the nation for international relations.