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    Asian Studies at Edinburgh includes Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit, and incorporates The Confucius Institute for Scotland.

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Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

The Scottish Centre for Chinese Studies at the University of Edinburgh offers an extensive programme of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

Chinese Studies

Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

Japanese was first taught at Edinburgh in 1976 and the Honours programme commenced in 1990. Today we offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study.

Japanese Studies

Sanskrit Studies

Sanskrit Studies

The Sanskrit Department at Edinburgh is the only one in Scotland (and one of only four in Britain). We teach a wide range of topics in the field of Indology from pure language study to religion.

Sanskrit Studies


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List of recent talks by staff in Asian Studies.

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This article was published on Apr 30, 2013


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