September 4, 2002


T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc.
100 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202


Dear Sirs:

In connection with the proposed registration of shares of Capital Stock of your
Company designated as the T. Rowe Price Institutional Emerging Markets Equity
Fund, I have examined certified copies of your company's current Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of your Company as presently in effect.

I am of the opinion that:

(i) your Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Maryland; and

(ii) each of such authorized shares of Capital Stock of your Company, upon
  payment in full of the price fixed by the Board of Directors of your Company,
  will be legally and validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company's
Registration Statement on form N-1A to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of
Capital Stock of your Company designated as the T. Rowe Price Institutional
Emerging Markets Equity Fund.

Sincerely,


/s/Henry H. Hopkins
Henry H. Hopkins