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SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 23, 2000
TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2000
AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH JULY 27, 2000
OF
GLOBAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO
EUROPEAN EQUITY PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIOS OF THE
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.
P.O. BOX 2798
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02208-2798
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The Prospectus is hereby amended and supplemented to reflect a change in the
portfolio management of the European Equity Portfolio (the "Portfolio"). Amr
Diab no longer serves as a Portfolio Manager of the Portfolio. Margaret Naylor,
Willem Vinke and Nathalie Degans, who previously shared primary responsibility
with Mr. Diab, will continue to have primary responsibility for managing the
assets of the Portfolio. Accordingly, the paragraph "EUROPEAN EQUITY PORTFOLIO"
on page 10 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
EUROPEAN EQUITY PORTFOLIO
MARGARET NAYLOR, MANAGING DIRECTOR, WILLEM VINKE, PRINCIPAL AND NATHALIE DEGANS,
PRINCIPAL
Information about Margaret Naylor, Willem Vinke and Nathalie Degans is included
under the International Small Cap Portfolio above.
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