General Info

Harvard Model United Nations is the longest running college-level Model United Nations simulation in the world and among the largest in the United States. The simulation education activity focuses on civics, communications, globalization and multilateral diplomacy, and comprises more than 2,000 university students from various countries. In MUN students take on roles as foreign diplomats and participate in a simulated session of an intergovernmental organization. Its participants research a country, take on a role as a diplomat, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult and then develop solutions to world problems. Its participants are often called MUNers. Harvard Model United Nations is located in Cambridge, Mass.