The following list of language programs are all affiliated with Stanford University. However, the Center for East Asian Studies maintains files on many other non-Stanford affiliated overseas programs, which teach Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Students are welcome to browse this material, which is filed in the CEAS offices in Bldg. 50, Main Quad. The Overseas Resource Center at Bechtel International Center has additional information on overseas programs as well.

Department of Asian Languages
The Department of Asian Languages at Stanford is dedicated to the languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures of East Asia. The Department prepares students for B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Chinese and Japanese, and has a thriving program in Korean language. It also offers an undergraduate and a Ph.D. minor in Chinese or Japanese language and literature.

PALM
The Program for Advanced Language Maintenance (PALM) helps students and faculty, as well as community members, who have achieved a relatively high level of language ability to maintain fluency that would otherwise deteriorate rapidly without constant use. Groups at different levels of proficiency meet several times weekly in an informal but structured atmosphere to discuss topics of interest under the guidance of native speakers of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.. Visiting scholars and guests often lead PALM discussions on special topics.

Stanford-Peking University Summer Program:
Stanford conducts an intensive language program during the summer quarter which allows the student to cover in nine weeks of concentrated study as much work in Chinese as is done in a regular academic year course.

Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC):
First established in Tokyo in 1963, IUC is the premiere American program for the teaching of advanced Japanese and is governed by a committee of scholars representing 17 universities with strong, established graduate programs in Japanese studies. Stanford University currently administers the IUC, which offers both academic year and summer programs.

Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP):
Stanford is a consortium member of IUP at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, which offers year-round programs for intermediate and advanced Chinese language study. IUP was formerly known as “The Stanford Center,” when the program was located in Taipei, Taiwan from 1963 to 1997. The University of Califormia, Berkeley, currently administers this program.

Kyoto and Beijing Overseas Studies Programs:
Among other international locations, Stanford University offers undergraduate study abroad programs in Kyoto, Japan and Beijing, China.