Education Links

Welcome to the Education section of Resources in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies. This section is not fully operative, but we have opened it with reference to a few major resources.

University of Chicago

University of Chicago (www.uchicago.edu): led by Matthew Kapstein in the South Asia Department, it offers one of the major Tibetan Studies graduate programs in the U.S.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

Columbia University

Columbia University (www.columbia.edu): this offers one of the major Tibetan Studies graduate programs in the U.S., with a Buddhist Studies program in the Religious Studies Department led by Robert Thurman and a modern Tibet program in the East Asia Institute led by Robbie Barnett.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

Cornell University

Cornell University (www.cornell.edu): this has one of the major Himalayan graduate programs in the U.S. with a special focus on Nepal and the southern Himalayan regions. It is particularly strong in the Anthropology Department with David Holmberg and Kathryn March.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet, Nepal
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

Harvard University

Harvard University (www.harvard.edu): this has one of the major Tibetan graduate studies programs in the U.S. based in the Sanskrit and Indian Studies department led by Leonard van der Kuijp and in the Divinity School led by Janet Gyatso.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

Education section of Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library

Education section of Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/education/): at present this only has two significant resources, one being an extensive multimedia model for teaching Tibetan Buddhist Culture by David Germano, and more importantly the world's largest on-line instructional program in Tibetan language. The latter is due for an initial public release as of September 1, 2003, and the basic outline of the plans can be seen online as of now.

Thematic category:
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet, Nepal.
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

Indiana University

Indiana University (www.indiana.edu): this is one of the major U.S. Universities to offer Tibetan Studies graduate programs as directed by Elliot Sperling in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

Rice University

Rice University (www.rice.edu): this is one of the major U.S. Universities to offer Tibetan Studies graduate programs as directed by Anne Klein in the Religious Studies Department.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

University of California at Santa Barbara

University of California at Santa Barbara (www.ucsb.edu): this is one of the major U.S. Universities to offer Tibetan Studies graduate programs as directed by Jos_ Cabez_n in the Religious Studies department, and supported by Gregory Hillis.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities

Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

University of Michigan

University of Michigan (www.umich.edu): this is one of the major U.S. Universities to offer Tibetan Studies graduate programs as part of a Buddhist Studies program directed by Donald Lopez in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures,

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003

University of Virginia

University of Virginia (www.virginia.edu): this is one of the major U.S. Universities to offer Tibetan Studies graduate programs, with a program in Religious Studies led by Jeffrey Hopkins and David Germano, and a program in Anthropology led by Nicolas Sihle.

Thematic category: Community:Institutions:Universities
Language: English (1), Tibetan (1).
Region: Tibet, Nepal
Rating: High
Reviewed by: David Germano on May 25, 2003