Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Department of Buddhist Studies

Philology-based department whose full-time staff focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, with Chinese and Japanese Buddhism covered by other specialists. Students are expected to read Sanskrit, Tibetan and Buddhist Chinese sources.

Type

Academic

Format

In person

Levels

BA, MA, PhD

Languages studied

Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Classical Chinese

Subjects

Buddhist Studies, Sanskrit / Indology, Tibetan Studies, Chinese Buddhism

Taught in

Japanese

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