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Barnard College
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency:
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures – East Asia Track
URL: https://amec.barnard.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://barnard.edu/bursar/tuition-and-fees
Additional Info:
California Institute of Integral Studies
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: PhD in Philosophy and Religion Program
Tuition/Fees: Tuition and Fees 2021-2022 | CIIS
Additional Info: Classical Tibetan
Columbia University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info
Department/Program: Language Resource Center – Shared Course Initiative
URL: lrc.columbia.edu/sci
Tuition/Fees: http://sfs.columbia.edu/tuition
Additional Info: Course taught at Columbia, but available to Cornell and Yale University students through Shared Course Initiative as distance courses. Modern/Colloquial Tibetan courses available at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels. Classical Tibetan courses available at elementary and intermediate levels.
Cornell University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info
Department/Program: Department of Asian Studies
URL: http://asianstudies.cornell.edu/
Tuition/Fees: http://finaid.cornell.edu/cost-attend
Additional Info: Course taught at Columbia University, but available to Cornell students through Shared Course Initiative. Modern and Classical Tibetan courses available at elementary and intermediate levels.
Duke University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
URL: https://asianmideast.duke.edu/
Tuition/Fees: http://admissions.duke.edu/application/aid
Additional Info: Modern Tibetan
Emory University
Levels: Elementary (1st year) and Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
URL: http://mesas.emory.edu/home/
Tuition/Fees: http://apply.emory.edu/apply/tuition.php
Additional Info: Modern/Colloquial Tibetan
Five College Consortium
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Independent study/offered by request
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
URL: https://www.fivecolleges.edu/fclang
Tuition/Fees: See institution’s tuition (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts – Amherst)
Additional Info: Consortium offers independent language study through five colleges (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts – Amherst)
Harvard University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of South Asian Studies
URL: https://sas.fas.harvard.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works/cost-attendance
Additional Info: Colloquial and Classical Tibetan courses available. Colloquial Tibetan is offered at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels. Classical Tibetan offered at elementary and intermediate levels.
Indiana University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency:Yearly/Fall and Spring semesters
Distance/Online: All three levels of modern Mongolian distance possible depending on student access to required technology.
Department/Program: Department of Central Eurasian Studies
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~ceus/language/
Tuition/Fees: https://admissions.indiana.edu/cost-financial-aid/tuition-fees.html
Additional Info: Courses available in both Modern Tibetan and Imperial Old Tibetan. Imperial Old Tibetan only offered at the elementary level. Modern Tibetan offered at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.
Maitripa College
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency:
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Academic Programs
URL: https://maitripa.org/classical-tibetan-langauge/
Tuition/Fees: https://maitripa.org/tuition-funding/
Additional Info: Classical Tibetan taught through elementary and intermediate language courses. Literary Tibetan course also available.
Naropa University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Religious Studies
URL: http://catalog.naropa.edu/current/programs/undergraduate/majors/religious-studies/index.php
Tuition/Fees: http://www.naropa.edu/admissions/affording/graduate-costs-aid/index.php
Additional Info: Modern Tibetan
Nyingma Institute
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency:
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program:
URL: http://nyingmainstitute.com/tibetan-language/
Tuition/Fees: https://nyingmainstitute.com/courses/
Additional Info:
Palden Sakya Center
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Tailored course/available upon request
Distance/Online: Yes
Department/Program:
URL: vikramasila.org
Tuition/Fees: Available as customized classes.
*$25/hour for one-to-one instruction *$15/hour per person for two or more students
Additional Info: Classical and Modern Tibetan courses available. Both Classical and Modern Tibetan courses available at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.
Rice University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Religion
Tuition/Fees: http://financialaid.rice.edu/coa.aspx
Additional Info:
Stanford University
Levels: Elementary (1st year)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Stanford Language Center
URL: https://language.stanford.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://registrar.stanford.edu/students/tuition-and-fees
Additional Info:
Tibetan Language Institute
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: 9-10 week courses offered regularly
Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info
Department/Program:
URL: http://www.tibetanlanguage.org/
Tuition/Fees: See respective course info/price. Course fees range from $150-175 for 9-10 weeks of coursework. Additional fees for course books.
Additional Info: Three course levels and a reading course are available. Courses taught via teleconference/weekly phone calls.
University of California - Berkeley
Levels: Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
URL: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/
Tuition/Fees: http://admissions.berkeley.edu/tuition
Additional Info: Only Tibetan readings class available.
University of California - Santa Barbara
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Religious Studies Department
URL: http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/cost-of-attendance
Additional Info: Elementary and intermediate language courses available, as well as Tibetan literature courses.
University of Chicago
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: South Asian Languages and Civilizations
URL: http://salc.uchicago.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://financialaid.uchicago.edu/current-students/costs
Additional Info: Elementary and intermediate courses lay heavy emphasis on Modern and Literary Tibetan. Advanced coursework increasingly focuses on Classical Tibetan.
University of Colorado Boulder
Levels: Beginning
Frequency: Yearly/Every semester
Distance/Online:
Department/Program: Anderson Language Technology Center (ALTEC) (Nepali, Tibetan, Indonesian, Thai)
URL: https://altec-secure.colorado.edu/languageclasses/
Tuition/Fees: Non-credit courses for $200 per course
Additional Info: Open to Post-Secondary, non-credit and for enrichment only
University of Kansas
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
URL: https://ealc.ku.edu/
Tuition/Fees: http://affordability.ku.edu/costs
Additional Info:
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Taught on request
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures – South Asian Language Program
URL: https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/language-and-academic-programs/south-asian-programs.html
Tuition/Fees: http://ro.umich.edu/tuition/
Additional Info: Modern Tibetan and Classical Tibetan courses offered. Classical Tibetan offered upon request.
University of Pennsylvania
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: South Asia Studies Department
URL: https://www.southasia.upenn.edu/
Tuition/Fees: http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/paying/cost-of-attendance.htm
Additional Info:
University of Virginia
Levels:Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), Advanced (3rd year and beyond) and Literary Tibetan V, VI, VII, VIII
Frequency: Annually
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program:Modern housed in Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Literary housed in Department of Religious Studies
URL: http://uvatibetcenter.org/
Tuition/Fees: https://sfs.virginia.edu/tuition
Additional Info: N/A
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester & summer institute/Yearly
Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info
Department/Program: Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, South Asia Summer Language Institute
Tuition/Fees: https://registrar.wisc.edu/tuition/
https://sasli.wisc.edu/tuition-and-fees/
Additional Info: Distance courses available during the academic year, as well as during the intensive summer institute upon request. The academic year offers elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels of Modern Tibetan. The summer institute only offers elementary and intermediate courses. Students from participating BTAA universities (https://www.btaa.org/about/member-universities) may take academic year classes through exchange agreement.
Yale University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info
Department/Program: South Asian Studies Council
URL: http://southasia.macmillan.yale.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://finaid.yale.edu/costs-affordability/costs
Additional Info: Course taught at Columbia University, but available to Yale students through Shared Course Initiative. Modern and Classical Tibetan courses available at elementary and intermediate levels.