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2 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Sánscrito | http://letrasclasicas.filo.uba.ar/s%C3%A1nscrito-vofchuk-rosal%C3%AD | Rosalía Vofchuk, PhD | letrasclasicas@filo.uba.ar | 1 | 2018 | 12 | Sanskrit literature, Indian philosophy | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Australian National University | Canberra | Australia | BA, MA, PhD, Diploma of Languages | https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/major/sans-maj | McComas Taylor | mccomas.taylor@anu.edu.au | 4 | 1965 | 40 | Literature, Upanishads, Vedic, Gāndhārī | Spoken Sanskrit is taught in 1st year | |||||||||||||||
4 | University of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | Asian Studies | https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/schools/school-of-languages-and-cultures/asian-studies.html | Mark Allon | mark.allon@sydney.edu.au | 3 | 1946 | 16 | Buddhist literature in Sanskrit, Pali & Gandhari | ||||||||||||||||
5 | University of Vienna | Vienna | Austria | BA programme "Languages and Cultures of South Asia and Tibet" and MA programme "Languages and Cultures of South Asia", PhD programme in South Asian Studies | https://stb.univie.ac.at/en/studies/degree-programmes/ | Mag. Judith Starecek | istb@univie.ac.at | BA to PhD | 1845 | Philosophies and Religions of South Asia - with a particular focus on epistemology | https://stb.univie.ac.at/en/ | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Ghent University | Ghent | Belgium | Oriental languages and cultures (India) | india.ugent.be/english | Eva De Clercq | ev.declercq@ugent.be | BA 3, MA 2 + PhD | 1885 | Complete introduction to Sanskrit grammar and reading, specialization Jain literature, Middle Indic (Prakrit, Apabhramsha) | In addition to our on campus in Ghent (mostly in Dutch for BA students), we offer parallel Sanskrit classes online in English. Our MA degree is completely in English and can be taken long distance (via online classes). | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Université catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve | Belgium | Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies - Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies | https://uclouvain.be/en-prog-2023-hori1ba - https://uclouvain.be/en-prog-2023-hori2m | Christophe Vielle | christophe.vielle@uclouvain.be | BA: 3, MA: 2, PhD | 1841 | BA: 4, MA: 1 | Classical literature, philosophy, Buddhist studies | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Université catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve | Belgium | Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies - Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies | https://uclouvain.be/en-prog-2023-hori1ba - https://uclouvain.be/en-prog-2023-hori2m | Christophe Vielle | christophe.vielle@uclouvain.be | BA: 3, MA: 2, PhD | at least 1917 | BA: 4, MA: 1 | Classical literature, philosophy, Buddhist studies | ||||||||||||||||
9 | McGill University | Montreal | Canada | Religious Studies (minor, major, honours, joint honours); South Asian Studies (can for fulfil requirements for minor program) | https://www.mcgill.ca/southasia/program https://www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/undergraduate/ba | Hamsa Stainton, Andrea Farran | Hamsa.stainton@mcgill.ca; Andrea.farran@mcgill.ca | UG 4, PG ++ | 1970 | 20-25 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | Canada | SANSK 201 - Introduction to Sanskrit l, SANSK 202 - Introduction to Sanskrit II, SANSK 203 - Intensive Beginner's Sanskrit, SANSK 301 - Intermediate Sanskrit | https://sas.ualberta.ca/courses/ | Prof. Dagmar Wujastyk | usually 1 | 2020? | 10 | The future of Skt teaching is probably shared online courses, not separate in-class teaching at individual campusses. | |||||||||||||||||
11 | University of British Columbia | Vancouver | Canada | Department of Asian Studies | https://asia.ubc.ca | 3+ | 1969 | GU 20, PG 3 | Sanskrit literature, poetry, cultural history, philosophy, adrama & aesthetics | Host of the 17th World Sanskrit Conference, July 2018. | |||||||||||||||||
12 | University of Toronto | Toronto | Canada | Study of Religion (UTSG), Historical Studies (UTM) | https://www.religion.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/prospective-students/languages https://utm.calendar.utoronto.ca/course/san291y5 | Libbie Mills | libbie.mills@utoronto.ca | 3 | ~2008 | 1st y 30, 2nd y 10; 3rd y ~5 | Wide range of expertise from: Alessandro Graheli, Libbie Mills, Srilata Raman, Ajay Rao | Great idea to make a directory! | |||||||||||||||
13 | Peking University | Beijing | China | Sanskrit and Pali | https://sfl.pku.edu.cn/jxgl/bks/zyjs/50560.htm | Chen Ruixuan | azvaghosha@gmail.com | 4 | 1946 | 30 | Literature, grammar, linguistics, Vedic, Buddhism | ||||||||||||||||
14 | Tsinghua University | Beijing | China | Pāli Grammar | https://www.rxc.tsinghua.edu.cn/syjx/pyfa.htm | Wu Juan | wujuan728@gmail.com | 2 years (1 yr Sanskrit and Pāli each) | 1841 | 40 (including attendees of both Sanskrit and Pali courses) | Sanskrit grammar, Pali grammar, and South Asian Narrative Literature | ||||||||||||||||
15 | University of Costa Rica | San José | Costa Rica | https://filologia.ucr.ac.cr/departamentos/filologia-clasica/ | Roberto Morales-Harley | roberto.moralesharley@ucr.ac.cr | 3 | 1968 | 30 | Language and literature | It is an undergreadute degree in Classics with a Sanskrit component | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Sorbonne Nouvelle University | Paris | France | Études indiennes (Sanskrit) | http://www.univ-paris3.fr/licence-llcer-etudes-indiennes-sanskrit--247673.kjsp | Prof. Isabelle Ratie | isabelle.ratie@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr | BA 3, MA 2, PhD | 1970 | UG 25 (BA), PG 6-8 | Literature, Philosophy, Linguistics, Aesthetics | ||||||||||||||||
17 | EPHE-PSL | Paris | France | Master mention Etudes Asiatiques parcours Histoire, Philologie et Religions | https://www.ephe.psl.eu/formations-conferences/masters-de-lephe-psl/master-etudes-asiatiques | Jan Houben | johannes.houben@ephe.psl.eu | PG 5 years (2 years Master, 3 years Doctorate) | 1868 | PG (Master and Doctorate): 10 | Vedism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Grammar, Manuscriptology | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Institut des Langues Rares | Aubervilliers | France | Intensive beginner's sanskrit weeks (stages intensif d'initiation au sanskrit) | https://ilara.hypotheses.org/formations/cours-de-lilara/asie-du-sud/sanskrit | Amandine Wattelier-Bricout | amandine.bricout@gmail.com | 2 weeks | 1971 | Introduction to classical and epic sanskrit (writing and reading the Devanāgarī script, Nominal and verbal systems, sandhi, nominal composition) | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany | BA South Asian Studies, MA Cultural and Religious History of South Asia | https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/krs/studium/ | Anand Mishra | anand.mishra@uni-heidelberg.de | BA 3, MA 2 | Cultural, social and religious history, Philosophical and Scientific traditions, Buddhist Studies, Studies in Hinduism, Ethno-Indology, Lived Sanskrit, Ritual traditions, Gender and religion, Digital Humanities; regional specialization: South India (Tamil Nadu), Nepal, Varanasi | For this and other South Asia related degree programs, see https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/sasweb/ | |||||||||||||||||
20 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Berlin | Germany | Historical-comparative linguistics (Historisch-vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft) | https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/de/institut/professuren/historisch-vergleichende-sprachwissenschaft/studium | Prof. Dr. Theresa Roth | theresa.maria.roth@hu-berlin.de | 5 | 2003 | 20 | Indo-European linguistics with a focus on philological questions; one-year Sanskrit-class offered regularly, starting in October Buddhist Studies | extra-curricular activities such as a vedic chanting group | |||||||||||||||
21 | Leipzig University | Leipzig | Germany | BA, MA Buddhist Studies and Contemplative Traditions | www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institut-fuer-indologie-und-zentralasienwissenschaften/studium/ma-buddhist-studies-and-contemplative-traditions | Jowita Kramer | jowita.kramer@uni-leipzig.de | 2 | 2023 | 30 | Buddhism, Sanskrit literature and language, philology, philosophy, Yoga Studies, | ||||||||||||||||
22 | Ludwig Maximilian University | Munich | Germany | https://www.en.indologie.uni-muenchen.de/index.html | Prof. Vincent Tournier | vincent.tournier@lmu.de | 8 (BA, MA, and PhD) | 1868 | UG 10, PG 5 | Sanskrit literature; Pali, Gandhari, and other Buddhist and Jain Middle Indics; Manuscript Studies; Epigraphy; Linguistics; Indian Buddhism | |||||||||||||||||
23 | Philipps-Universität Marburg | Marburg | Germany | BA, MA | https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb10/iksl/faecher/indologie/studium/studiengaenge-1 | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hanneder | hanneder@staff.uni-marburg.de | BA 3/4 MA 2 | Sanskrit Studies; additional languages taught regularly : Hindi, Tibetan, Newar | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Bochum | Germany | Religious Studies | https://ceres.rub.de/en/studies/ | kvv-relwiss@ruhr-uni-bochum.de | 1.5 | 6 | Religious literature | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Universität Hamburg | Hamburg | Germany | Indology and Tibetology | https://www.uni-hamburg.de/campuscenter/studienangebot/studiengang.html?1526397311 | Prof. Dr. Harunaga Isaacson | harunaga.isaacson@uni-hamburg.de | BA 3, MA 2 | 30 | Buddhist studies, Śaiva studies, Tantric studies, Kāvya, Śāstric studies, Tamil studies, Tibetan studies | |||||||||||||||||
26 | University of Tuebingen | Tuebingen | Germany | B.A. Indologie/ South Asian Studies | https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/5990 and https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/5990 | Prof. Dr. Heike Oberlin | heike.oberlin@uni-tuebingen.de | 1856 | 18 | Performing arts (dance and theatre), Jainism, philosophy, Veda, South India / Kerala, Sanskrit & Malayalam | Practical workshops in traditional Sanskrit theatre (Kūṭiyāṭṭam) | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest | Hungary | MA in Indian Studies | https://ind.elte.hu/en/ma | Máté Ittzés, , Csaba Dezső | ittzes.mate@btk.elte.hu; dezso.csaba@btk.elte.hu | 2 | 2019 | Sanskrit philology and literature, Indo-Aryan and Comparative Indo-European linguistics | The Department of Indian Studies has academic cooperations and exchange programs with various European universities and research centres. It has Erasmus+ partnership with the University of Vienna, University of Naples, University of Torino, University of Warsaw, University of Hamburg and Ghent University. | ||||||||||||||||
28 | Ashoka University | Sonipat | India | BA (minor) | https://www.ashoka.edu.in/department/department-of-sanskrit-studies/ | Naresh Keerthi | naresh.keerthi@ashoka.edu.in | 3+1 | 2021 | 10 | Literature, Literary Theory, Saivism, Yoga | ||||||||||||||||
29 | Central Sanskrit Universiy | India | India | Shastri BA, Acharya MA and PhD | www.sanskrit.nic.in | vc@csu.co.in | 1–10 | 1970 | 6000 | All specialisations | CSU is spread all over India with 12 campuses. We have international yoga centre in Devaprayag. Shastra study centre in Shringeri, Hindu studies in Puri, Sanskrit theatrical studies in Bhopal, Kashmir Shaiva studies in Jammu. | ||||||||||||||||
30 | Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth | Ernakulam, Kerala | India | BA, MA And PhD | https://www.cvv.ac.in/program/ba-sanskrit, https://www.cvv.ac.in/program/master-of-arts-ma-sanskrit, https://www.cvv.ac.in/program/phd-programme | Registrar | registrar@cvv.ac.in | UG 3, PG 2, PhD 3 | 2017 | UG 5, PG 4 | Sahitya, Vyakarana & Darsana | Ours is a University under 'De Novo' category for studies in Indic Knowledge Systems. | |||||||||||||||
31 | Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Manipal | India | MA Sanskrit | https://manipal.edu/philosophy/program-list/MA-Sanskrit-Studies.html | Dr Srinivasa Acharya | philosophy@manipal.edu | 2 | 2021 | PG 5 | Literature, Aesthetics, Sanskrit, Linguistics, Ethics, Vedic Studies, Philosophy, Research Competences | PhD in Sanskrit, PhD in Philosophy, PG Diploma in Sanskrit Studies, MA and PG Diploma in Indian Philosophy https://facebook.com/philosophymanipal | |||||||||||||||
32 | Panjab university | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | India | Prak shastri, shastri, acharya, MA, PhD | https://vvbisis.Puchd.Ac.in | Tel. 9868653446 | rkbarmola@gmail.com | 1924 | 60+ | Indological studies: Indian philosophy, literature, grammar, astronomy , astrology, manuscriptology, vastushastra , veda, religious studies | We offered advance certificate courses in astrology, vastushastra, yoga science and indological studies. | ||||||||||||||||
33 | Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research & Institute | Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal | India | MA | https://sanskrit.rkmvu.ac.in | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan Govt. College, Ajmer | Ajmer, Rajasthan | India | UG, PG, Ph.D. | https://spcgcajmer.ac.in/ | Dr Ashutosh Pareek : Tel. 9460355172 | UG 3, PG 2, PhD 3 | 1836 | ~300 | Sanskrit Literature | |||||||||||||||||
35 | Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University | Puri | India | www.sjsv.nic.in | Tel. +91 9337833367 | 1981 | UG 4000, PG 644 | Advaita Vedanta; Dharmashastra; Jyotirvijnanam; Nyaya Philosophy; Sarvadarshana; Sahitya; Veda & Vyakarana. | There is a undergraduate department of Teacher Training inside the campus and a Center for Advanced Studies of Sri Jagannath Cult. | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | University of Allahabad | Prayagraj | India | MA | https://www.allduniv.ac.in | Head, Department of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and Oriental Languages | 2 | 1896 | UG 300, PG 150 | literature, philosophy, grammar & Vedic | |||||||||||||||||
37 | University of Patanjali | Haridwar | India | MA Sanskritam | https://www.universityofpatanjali.com/Sanskrit-Department.php | Gowtham R, gowtham@uop.edu.in | 2014-2017 | ~150 | Sanskrit Language and Literature, Grammar, Vedic Literature, Darshanas and other allied areas | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | Visva Bharati | Santiniketan | India | BA Hons, MA, PhD, certificate, Diploma, Advance diploma | https://www.visvabharati.ac.in/ | UG 4, PG 2 , PhD 5 | 1951 | UG 50, PG 58 | Literature, Philosophy, Grammar,Vedic | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University | Puri | India | Acharya (MA), Vidyavaridhi (PhD), Vidyavacaspati (DLitt) | www.sjsv.nic.in | Vice - Chancellor | kumarpandarabindra@gmail.com | UG: 40 Years, PG: 44 Years | 1981 | UG: 5000 (in affiliated colleges), PG: 272 | Advaita Vedanta, Dharmashatra, Jyotirvijnanam, Nyaya Philosophy, Sarvadarshana, Sahitya, Veda, Vyakarana | ||||||||||||||||
40 | Utkal University | Bhubaneswar | India | MA, PhD, DLitt | utkaluniversity.ac.in | HOD, Department of Sanskrit | axxxxx@utkaluniversity.ac.in | UG: 66, PG: 66 | 1957 | UG: 500, PG: 100 | Vedic Studies, Grammar, Classical Sanskrit Literature, Philosophy | ||||||||||||||||
41 | Arsha Seva Kendram | Coimbatore | India | Certificate courses ( 4 levels) | https://www.arshasevakendram.org/ | Dr Jayakumar Srinivasan Ammangudi | Arsha Seva Kendram <iaskvidya@gmail.com> | Certificate courses ( 4 levels) - 1 year duration each | 2018 | Certificate Course (4 levels) - approximately 150 students, each year | Basic , Intermediate , Intermediate - Advanced and Advanced Sanskrit Grammar Certificate courses | ||||||||||||||||
42 | Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University | Puri | India | Acharya (MA), Vidyavaridhi (PhD), Vidyavacaspati (DLitt) | www.sjsv.nic.in | Vice - Chancellor | kumarpandarabindra@gmail.com | UG: 40 Years, PG: 44 Years | 1957 | UG: 5000 (in affiliated colleges), PG: 272 | Advaita Vedanta, Dharmashatra, Jyotirvijnanam, Nyaya Philosophy, Sarvadarshana, Sahitya, Veda, Vyakarana | ||||||||||||||||
43 | Utkal University | Bhubaneswar | India | MA, PhD, DLitt | utkaluniversity.ac.in | HOD, Department of Sanskrit | axxxxx@utkaluniversity.ac.in | UG: 66, PG: 66 | 2018 | UG: 500, PG: 100 | Vedic Studies, Grammar, Classical Sanskrit Literature, Philosophy | ||||||||||||||||
44 | Arsha Seva Kendram | Coimbatore | India | Certificate courses ( 4 levels) | https://www.arshasevakendram.org/ | Dr Jayakumar Srinivasan Ammangudi | Arsha Seva Kendram <iaskvidya@gmail.com> | Certificate courses ( 4 levels) - 1 year duration each | Certificate Course (4 levels) - approximately 150 students, each year | Basic , Intermediate , Intermediate - Advanced and Advanced Sanskrit Grammar Certificate courses | |||||||||||||||||
45 | University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad | India | Matsers, and Ph.D. | http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/ | Amba Kulkarni | ambapradeep@gmail.com | PG:2 | 2021 | PG: 15; Ph.D. 15 | Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, Ayurveda, Indian Psychology, Indian Research Methodology | ||||||||||||||||
46 | SPC GOVERNMENT COLLEGE | AJMER | India | BA, MA, pH.D. | https://spcgcajmer.ac.in/ | Dr. Ashutosh Pareek | namaste.ashutoshpareek@gmail.com | UG: 3 Years, PG: 2 Years, pH.D.: 3 Years | 2010 | UG: 80, PG: 40, pH.D.: 10 | Sanskrit Literature | ||||||||||||||||
47 | DR RAM UNIVERSITY | VARANASI | India | Shastra spardha | Jyoti Bhushan Mishra | rmpmishragitafoundation@gmail.com | 1 | 25 | Byakaran | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | Patna University | Patna, Bihar | India | UG , PG, Ph.D. | https://pup.ac.in/ | University Main Office | Info@patnauniversity.ac.in | UG: 3, PG: 2, Ph.D: 3-6 | 1919 | UG: 4500 , PG: 4500, Ph.D: 10 | Literature | The Sanskrit Department of Patna University is serving the lotus feet of ‘Goddess Sanskrit’ since a century. Twenty-one HODs had served the department since 1919. Among them Prof. Umashankar Sharma “Rishi” was awarded with “President’s Award” (India) for his contribution in Sanskrit Literature in 2010. | |||||||||||||||
49 | Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University | Nagpur | India | BA, MA, PhD | https://kksanskrituni.digitaluniversity.ac/default.aspx | Campus Director | UG: 4, PG: 1 | 1997 | UG: 500, PG: 300 | Literature, Philosophy, Grammar, Linguistics, Vedic Studies, Astrology | PhD is also available in all the mentioned Shastras | ||||||||||||||||
50 | Ranchi University | Ranchi, Jharkhand | India | Bachelor of Arts (Sanskrit Hons) and Master of Arts (Sanskrit) | www.ranchiwomenscollege.org | drushakiransansdeptrwcru@gmail.com | 73 years UG n 3 years PG | 1955 | UG- 92, PG-15 | Literature,Vedic Studies, Philosophy, Epic, History ,Grammer | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Università l'Orientale di Napoli | Naples | Italy | Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa | https://www.unior.it/index2.php?content_id=17717&content_id_start=1&titolo=l-orientale&parLingua=ENG | De Simini Florinda | fdesimini@unior.it | 5 | 20 | Śaivism, Tantrism, Śāstras | |||||||||||||||||
52 | University of Turin, Università degli Studi di Torino | Turin (Torino) | Italy | Asian and African Languages and Cultures | https://asiaeafrica.campusnet.unito.it/do/home.pl/View?doc=/Iscriversi/Guida_del_corso_di_studio.html | Gianni Pellegrini | gianni.pellegrini@unito.it | 5 | 1848 | Philosophy, literature, epics | |||||||||||||||||
53 | University of Cagliari | Cagliari | Italy | “Sanskrit Language and Literature”: BA 12 CFU (18 CFU “Indology” included); MA 6 CFU; PhD 15 CFU. | https://unica.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/docente/42546/2023; https://web.unica.it/unica/it/dip_letterelebc_53_1.page | Tiziana Pontillo | pontillo@unica.it | 2 + PhD | 1973 | 8 students per year + 1 PhD student per year | Technical Literature (vyākaraṇa and alaṃkāraśāstra especially); Vedic studies; Epics | ||||||||||||||||
54 | Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan) | Milan | Italy | Sanskrit Language and Literature | https://www.unimi.it/it/corsi/insegnamenti-dei-corsi-di-laurea/2024/lingua-e-letteratura-sanscrita | Paola M.A. Rossi (Ass. Prof.) | paola.rossi@unimi.it | UG: 1 | 1990 | UG: 8 | Sanskrit for Beginners; Vedic and Indo-European Studies | ||||||||||||||||
55 | University of Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan | https://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/intetsu/index.html | Dr. Takahiro Kato | tkhrkt@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp | BA 4, MA 2, PhD 3 | 1879 | 30 | Vedic, Literature, Philosophy, Buddhist literature | |||||||||||||||||
56 | Osaka University | Osaka | Japan | Indian Philosophy (BA), Indian and Buddhist Studies (MA, PhD) | https://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/undergraduate/program/indian-philosophy, https://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/graduate/phd/indian-philosophy-and-buddhist-studies | Eijiro Doyama | edoyama.hmt@osaka-u.ac.jp | UG 4, PG 2, PhD 3+ | 1949 | UG 5, PG 3, PhD 3 | Indology, historical linguistics, Vedic, mythology; Middle Indo-Aryan linguistics, Indian Buddhism, Jainism | ||||||||||||||||
57 | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) | Mexico City | Mexico | Posdoctoral Grant | https://dgapa.unam.mx/images/postdoctoral/2023_postdoctoral_call.pdf | Wendy Phillips-Rodriguez | wjp26@cantab.net | 1 or 2 | Literature, Sanskrit epics, textual criticism, nītiśāstra, migrations of tales from India to other parts of the world. | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | Nepal Sanskrit University | Dang | Nepal | Graduate and Post Graduate Studies in Sanskrit Studies | https://nsu.edu.np/ | Tel. 977 82-40008, info@nsu.edu.np | 1986 | Philosophy, Grammar, Vedic, Ayurveda | |||||||||||||||||||
59 | Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Kathmandu University Centre for Buddhist Studies) | Kathmandu | Nepal | https://www.ryi.org/ | Shreeti Pradhan | shreeti.pradhan@ryi.org | 3+ | Unknown, but many decades | Buddhist literature, translation theory, relationship between Sanskrit and Himalayan languages | RYI offers Sanskrit courses for its BA, MA, and PhD students, as well as Summer Intensives and non-credit courses for non-degree students. A majority of the leading scholars and translators of Himalayan Buddhism are alumni of RYI, evidencing RYI’s outsized role in promoting the study of Himalayan languages and cultures. | |||||||||||||||||
60 | Leiden University | Leiden | Netherlands | South and Southeast Asian Studies | https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/bachelor/south-and-southeast-asian-studies | stucozzoa@hum.leideuniv.nl | 3 | 2009 | 15 | various types of Sanskrit literature | Sanskrit is one of the four languages on offer in the BA South and Southeast Asian Studies (the others being Hindi, Indonesian and Tibetan) out of which the students have to choose one. This means that the actual number of students taking up Sanskrit within the programme is very small (less than a handful), but Sanskrit is also taken by students doing different programmes such as linguistics, religious studies, or history. Finally, students can also pursue Sanskrit as an option in the South Asia track of the MA Asian Studies. | ||||||||||||||||
61 | Institute of Asian and African Studies | Moscow | Russia | Asian and African Studies BA, MA, PhD, Diploma of Languages | https://iaas.msu.ru/ | inter@iaas.msu.ru | inter@iaas.msu.ru | BA -- 4 MA -- 2 PhD -- 2 | 1855 | BA -- 200 MA -- 85 PhD -- 30 | Asian and African Studies with specilization in Indology | ||||||||||||||||
62 | Moscow State University | Moscow | Russia | Indo-European Studies | https://genhist.philol.msu.ru/ | general@philol.msu.ru | general@philol.msu.ru | BA -- 4 MA -- 2 PhD -- 2 | 1863 | Indo-European Studies on the base of Philological faculty | |||||||||||||||||
63 | Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Asian and African Studies | https://orient.spbu.ru/index.php/en/ | orient@spbu.ru | orient@spbu.ru | BA -- 4 MA -- 2 PhD -- 2 | 1854 | Asian and African Studies with specilization in Indology | |||||||||||||||||
64 | Higher School of Economics University Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies | Moscow | Russia | India's languages and Literature | Bachelor's Programme in Indian Languages and Literature — HSE University | Maria Denisova madenisova@hse.ru | Maria Denisova madenisova@hse.ru | BA -- 5 | BA 6 | Asian Studies and the history and philology of India | |||||||||||||||||
65 | University of Zurich | Zurich | Switzerland | Indologie / Indian Studies (BA, MA) | https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/en/indologie.html | Dr. Annemarie Mertens | annemarie.mertens@aoi.uzh.ch | BA 3, MA 2 | ~1850 | Sanskrit literature (especially Epos, Purāṇa, Dharmaśāstra), Indian religions (especially Hinduism), Indian philosophy und aesthetics | Sanskrit courses offered at the Department of Indian Studies in Zurich: Elementary Sanskrit courses: Introduction to Sanskrit 1+2, elementary Sanskrit reading courses 1-3 (in German) Intermediate-level Sanskrit reading courses and advanced Sanskrit Seminars with changing topics (in German and in English) | ||||||||||||||||
66 | National Taiwan University | Taipei | Taiwan | Buddhist studies | https://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~ntucbs/ | Ching Keng | ckeng@ntu.edu.tw | UG: 2 | 2006 | UG: 5; PG: 10 | Buddhist philosophy, Chinese Buddhist textual studies; Buddhism and society | ||||||||||||||||
67 | Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts | New Taipei City | Taiwan ROC | Department of Buddhist Study | https://en.bs.dila.edu.tw/curriculum/ | Prof. Weijen Teng | weijen.teng@dila.edu.tw | UG:2, PG: 2 | UG:70, PG: 80 | Grammar, Buddhist philosophy | |||||||||||||||||
68 | Silpakorn University | Bangkok | Thailand | MA, PhD | http://www.SSC.SU.ac.th | Dr. Sombat Mangmisukhsiri | sombat69@hotmail.com | PG 2, PhD 4 | 1997 | UG 10, PG 15 | Sanskrit language, literature, Epigraphy, Vedic studies, upanishads, Pali language, Hindi language, Indian Philosophy etc. | Department of Oriental languages was opened in 1974 under the faculty of Artheology. | |||||||||||||||
69 | Chulalongkorn University | Bangkok | Thailand | BA (South Asian Languages), MA, PhD (Pali-Sanskrit and Buddhist Studies)) | https://www.arts.chula.ac.th/~east/palisanskrit/index.html | Assistant Professor Natchapol Sirisawad, Ph.D. | natchapol.s@chula.ac.th | UG: 4, MA: 2, PhD: 4 | 15 | UG: 10, PG: 25 | Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Hindi language and literature, Sanskrit grammar, Sanskrit drama, Literary Theories, Epigraphy, linguistics, Tibetan, Buddhist studies, Manuscriptology, Buddhist Art | ||||||||||||||||
70 | University of Oxford | Oxford | UK | BA Sanskrit | https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/sanskrit-ba-hons | John Lowe | john.lowe@ames.ox.ac.uk | 3 | 25 | All | |||||||||||||||||
71 | University of Washington | Seattle | United States | MA/PhD South Asian Languages and Cultures; MA/PhD Buddhist Studies | https://asian.washington.edu/graduate-programs | Joseph Marino | jamarino@uw.edu | 4 | at least 1917 | UG: 40; PG: 2-4 | Classical grammar and literature; Buddhist literature for post-graduates; Pali and Gandhari; manuscript studies; UG options in Sanskrit for Yoga and Meditation | ||||||||||||||||
72 | Brown University | Providence, RI | USA | Classics | https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/academics/undergraduate-program | David Buchta | david_buchta@brown.edu | 4 | Unknown | UG 2, PG 0 | Literature, Grammar, Philosophy | In addition to a language-heavy and a language-light track in the Classics concentration, the department also offers tracks for the combined study of Sanskrit with Greek or Latin | |||||||||||||||
73 | Harvard University | Cambridge,MA | USA | South Asian Studies | https://sas.fas.harvard.edu | Jaronica Fuller | jcfuller@fas.harvard.edu | MA <4, PhD <10 | 1871 | UG 10, PG 5 | literature, grammar, philosophy, Vedic; history; religion; Tamil; Hindi-Urdu, Nepali, other modern languages according to demand | one Sanskrit instructor; Sanskrit Professorship vacant since Sept. 2022 (emeritus) | |||||||||||||||
74 | Georgetown University | Washington DC | USA | Introduction to Sanskrit | linguistics.georgetown.edu | 1 semester | 10 | Intro grammar and lit | |||||||||||||||||||
75 | Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | USA | Dhar India Studies Program | https://indiast.indiana.edu/ | Rebecca Manring | rmanring@indiana.edu | 3 ++ | 1995 | varies | religious studies, literature | ||||||||||||||||
76 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | USA | Department of Asian and Asian American Studies | https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/asianamerican/ | Andrew Nicholson | andrew.nicholson@stonybrook.edu | 3 | 2006 | 8 | philosophy, religious studies | ||||||||||||||||
77 | University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | USA | Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies | https://sseas.berkeley.edu/ | Prof. Luther Obrock | luther_obrock@berkeley.edu | 1972 | 15 | Graduate Students major in all fields of Sanskrit Studies | UC Berkeley offers B.A., M.A., and and Ph.D. degrees in Sanskrit. | ||||||||||||||||
78 | University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | USA | Religious Studies - South Asian Religions Area of Study | https://www.religion.ucsb.edu/academics/graduate/areas/south-asian-religions/ | Andrea Johnson | ajjohnson@ucsb.edu | BA, MA, PhD | 1964 | ~60 | Vedic, Classical, Buddhist, Puranic, philosophical, Tantric | ||||||||||||||||
79 | University of Chicago | Chicago | USA | https://salc.uchicago.edu/language-study/sanskrit | Whitney Cox | wmcox@uchicago.edu | 3+ | 1892 | ~ 20 | Kāvya and Śāstra | Prakrit is also offered | ||||||||||||||||
80 | University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa | Honolulu, HI | USA | Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures | https://manoa.hawaii.edu/ipll/academic-programs/sanskrit/ | Jesse Knutson | jknutson@hawaii.edu | unlimited | 1969 | 15 | kāvya, epics, nītiśāstra, philosophy | ||||||||||||||||
81 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | USA | Sanskrit, Asian Languages and Cultures | https://lsa.umich.edu/asian | Professor David Brick | BA to PhD | 1890 | 10 | Literature, Philosophy, Dharmashast | |||||||||||||||||
82 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | USA | Department of South Asia Studies | https://www.southasia.upenn.edu/ | Kashi Gomez; Deven Patel | kashig@sas.upenn.edu; devenp@upenn.edu | 3 | 1890s | 5-15 | Literature; regular rotation of genres for intermediate and advanced students | ||||||||||||||||
83 | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | USA | Department of Asian Studies | https://sites.utexas.edu/sanskrit/ | Donald Davis | drdj@austin.utexas.edu | 5+ | 1960 | 15-20 | Dharmasastra, Itihasa, Purana, Literature, Vedanta, Maniprvalam, Linguistics, Jain philosophy, Pali | ||||||||||||||||
84 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | USA | Religious Studies & Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures (MESALC) | https://religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu | John Nemec | nemec@virginia.edu | 6 | 1967 | ~12 | Philosophy, Śaivism, Indo-Islamic Encounters, Vedānta, Grammar, Kāvya | ||||||||||||||||
85 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | USA | https://alc.wisc.edu/languages/sanskrit/ | Rachel Weiss | rweiss@wisc.edu | 1–4 | religion, literature | |||||||||||||||||||
86 | Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | USA | Middle East and South Asia Studies | https://lubin.academic.wlu.edu/courses/sanskrit-at-wl-an-overview/ | Prof. Timothy Lubin | lubint@wlu.edu | 4 | 1999 | UG 1–7 | Veda and Upaniṣads, Śaiva, Dharmaśāstra, Arthaśāstra, Epics, epigraphical Sanskrit | Undergraduate only. | |||||||||||||||
87 | Yale University | New Haven | USA | South Asian Studies Council | https://sanskrit.yale.edu/ | Aleksandar Uskokov | aleksandar.uskokov@yale.edu | 3 | ~1850 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
88 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | USA | Program in South Asian Studies | https://sas.princeton.edu/ | Sam Evans (South Asian Studies administrator) | same@princeton.edu | UG: 4 (PG: special conditions) | 1868 | All kinds and levels of Sanskrit are offered | |||||||||||||||||
89 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | USA | Religious Studies PhD | https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/ | Elaine Fisher, Paul Harrison | emf@stanford.edu | Not really a Sanskrit program | ~5 | Buddhist Studies, Śaivism | |||||||||||||||||
90 | University of Colorado at Boulder | Boulder, CO | USA | Religious Studies | Loriliai Biernacki | LORILIAI.BIERNACKI@COLORADO.EDU | UG: third year Sanskrit only Grad: 3rd year + Sanskrit only. | 1953 | only when student interest G: 1 per year | Tantra | |||||||||||||||||
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