Oriental Institute may refer to a number of university faculties, departments, and institutes of
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology. In recent years, the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Middle Eastern studie ...
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United States
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC), formerly known as the Oriental Institute, is the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary research center for ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology museum. ...
, formerly the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
United Kingdom
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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (formerly the Faculty of Oriental Studies), is a subdivision of the University of Oxford.
The faculty is engaged in a broad range of research and teaching on modern and historical Asian and Midd ...
, formerly the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
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SOAS University of London
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...
(School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Oriental Institute, Woking
The Oriental Institute was a British educational institution in Woking, Surrey, established by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner. It was also occasionally called the Oriental University Institute.
History
The site of the Royal Dramatic College was pu ...
, a late 19th-century educational establishment
Continental Europe
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Oriental Institute in Sarajevo
The Oriental Institute in Sarajevo () is an academic institute in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1950 by the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is part of the University of Sarajevo. but it suffered significant d ...
, a research institute in Sarajevo, Bosnia
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Oriental Institute, ASCR
The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences () is a research institution founded in 1922, specializing in the field of Oriental Studies. It is one of the oldest institutions dedicated to the study of Oriental cultures in Central and Ea ...
, part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague
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Pontifical Oriental Institute
The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome and focusing on Eastern Christianity.
The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had bee ...
, a Roman Catholic university in Rome, Italy
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Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (; ), abbreviated as INALCO, is a French Grand Etablissement with a specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. Its coverage spans languages of Central Europ ...
, Paris, France
Asia
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Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a public university on April 30, 1949 and was renamed after ...
, India
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Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) is a research institute involved in the conservation, preservation, and research of old manuscripts and rare books related to Orientalism, particularly Indology. It is located in Pune, Maharash ...
, Pune, India
*Oriental Institute,
Far Eastern Federal University
Far Eastern Federal University (, ''Dalnevostochny federalny universitet'') is a public university in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
In 2023 the university was ranked #434 by QS World University Rankings and among the 100 best universit ...
, Vladivostok, Russia
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Oriental Institute of Science and Technology
Oriental Institute of Science & Technology (OIST) is a private engineering college located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, owned by the private group "Oriental Group of Institutes". It is affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavi ...
, Bhopal, India
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Oriental Institute of Technology, now the Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
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Orient-Institut Beirut
The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB; ) is one of ten German Humanities Institutes Abroad which belong to the Max Weber Foundation. The OIB was established in 1961 by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society) and is part of ...
, Lebanon
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Institute of Oriental Studies (disambiguation)
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Oriental Research Institute (disambiguation)
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