MCTI is offered as a series of six half-week (2.5 days) sessions. Each year, two half-week sessions are scheduled. Each is unique and designed to build on the previous sessions. Participants are encouraged but not required to attend consecutive sessions thus completing MCTI in three years.

The Institute is approved by both the International Institute of Municipal Clerks and the Association of Public Treasurers.

The Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Institute is sponsored by the Municipal Association of South Carolina, the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Center for Livable Communities at the College of Charleston, and the SC Municipal Finance Officers, Clerks and Treasurers Association.