Our internships connect you with global practitioners partnering with our regional and thematic programs, community NGOs, and faculty conducting international research. You'll meet mentors and colleagues working in the international arena, polish your real-world skills and language learning, and advance your career goals.

This Master's degree program in Asian Studies is designed for students who want more work in language and area studies before entering the professional, business, or academic fields.

Learn more about South Asian cultures, languages, and people with a minor in South Asian studies.

This program is designed for students who did not major in Asian Studies as undergraduates or who want more work in language and area studies before entering the professional, business, or Ph.D. fields. One to two years of study is required, depending on language proficiency. 

SIT offers two unique programs in Nepal: Development, Gender, and Social Change in the Himalaya and Tibetan & Himalayan Peoples

The Nilgiris Field Learning Center (NFLC) is a unique partnership between the Indian NGO, Keystone Foundation, and Cornell University. It aligns Cornell faculty and students with practitioners and community members in the Nilgiris, the “blue hills” of southern India.

Broaden and deepen your competence in the Sanskrit language and traditional Indian religious, literary, and philosophical culture.

A major in Asian Studies is rewarding for students of all backgrounds, as the global presence of Asia becomes ever more visible. This degree offers students career opportunities in law, business, government, journalism, arts, education, post-secondary education, and more.

Attend a fully-funded summer overseas language program with a Critical Language Scholarship.

Forum that provides a space where academics, researchers, and policy makers exchange views on current political, economic, legal, and social issues on African development.