<p>My son asked me to post and see if anyone knows of colleges/universities offering Tibetan Language. </p>
<p>He is spending hours trying to hunt down this info – since it is not a major language, it is usually under religious studies, philosophy, Indian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Asian Studies, etc. </p>
<p>So far he knows these schools that offer Tibetan:</p>
<p>Columbia
University of Chicago
Harvard
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin</p>
<p>And as far as he can tell, these schools do not offer it:</p>
<p>Georgetown
Dartmouth
Yale
Cornell
Brown
Stanford
UNC - Chapel Hill
Duke</p>
<p>Fit and selectivity don’t make a difference at this point – so if you know of any schools that offer Tibetan Language courses as part of their regular academic year, please let me know – thanks!</p>
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<p>Ohio State, in some sort of partnership with Univ. of Michigan.</p>
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<p>Thanks! The Ohio State program is a videoconferencing thing – which isn’t what he is looking for, but the University of Michigan offers both Modern and Classical Tibetan.</p>
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<p>Emory offers Tibetan and has a related study abroad program.</p>
<p>[Emory-Tibet</a> Partnership at Emory University](<a href=“http://tibet.emory.edu/]Emory-Tibet”>http://tibet.emory.edu/)</p>
<p>I had a horrible time trying to find colleges that offered the various ancient languages I was interested in, and I found the directory of [Less</a> Commonly Taught Languages](<a href=“http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/]Less”>The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA): LCTLs) very helpful. Plug in the language and the level, and it gives you a list of places that offer the language.</p>
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<p>While Yale doesn’t offer Tibetan as part of its regular undergraduate program, the Center for Language Study does, as part of its Directed Independent Language Studies: [Languages</a> Offered](<a href=“http://www.cls.yale.edu/page.asp?file=2/dils-languages]Languages”>http://www.cls.yale.edu/page.asp?file=2/dils-languages). Plus, the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale has one of the best collections of Tibetan books outside of Asia.</p>
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<p>I believe the University of Washington does, as well, however it is probably more sporadic than other schools.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the info! I had forgotten about Emory, but that was on his list. the less commonly taught language link was perfect – much easier than randomly searching university websites!</p>
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