Berkeley East Asia National Resource Center

The Berkeley East Asia National Resource Center (NRC), supported under the auspices of Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the U.S. Department of Education, serves to strengthen training in the major languages of East Asia in conjunction with area studies training in the field. It also supports Berkeley's role as one of the nation's major centers for resources on East Asia.

The US Department of Education supports East Asia National Resources Centers (NRC) under Title VI, Section 602(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Comprehensive Centers, including Berkeley, support undergraduate, graduate, and professional school programs. Three additional universities - Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Colorado - are designated Asia Comprehensive Centers.

The general purpose of the NRC programs is to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area studies centers or programs that will be national resources for:

• Teaching of modern foreign languages
• Instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of areas, regions, or countries in which such language is commonly used
• Research and training in international studies
• Language aspects of professional and other fields of study
• Instruction and research on issues in world affairs that concern one or more countries
• Providing outreach and consultative services on a national, regional and local basis
• Maintaining linkages with overseas institutions of higher education and other organizations that may contribute to the teaching and research of the Center

In the case of a Comprehensive Center:

• Maintains specialized library collections; and
• Employs scholars engaged in training and research that relates to the subject area of the Center.

Four other universities with East Asia programs - designated FLAS-Only Centers - are supported by the US Department of Education with Foreign Language and Area (FLAS) Fellowships to graduate students combining language and area/international studies.

For additional information, please see the US Department of Education National Resource Centers Home Page.

East Asian National Resource Centers

Comprehensive Centers

Columbia University
Weatherhead East Asia Institute

Cornell University
East Asia Program

Duke University
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

Harvard University
Asia Center

Indiana University (consortium with the University of Illinois)
East Asian Studies Center

Ohio State University
East Asian Studies Center

University of California, Berkeley
Institute of East Asian Studies

University of California, Los Angeles (consortium with USC)
UCLA Asia Institute

University of Chicago
Center for East Asian Studies

University of Hawaii
East Asia Council
School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (consortium with Indiana University)
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

University of Kansas
Center for East Asian Studies

University of Pennsylvania
Center for East Asian Studies

University of Pittsburgh
Asian Studies Center

University of Southern California (consortium with UCLA)
East Asian Studies Center

University of Washington
East Asia Center

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Center for East Asian Studies

FLAS-Only Centers

George Washington University
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Stanford University
Center for East Asian Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara FLAS
East Asia Center

University of Oregon
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

NRC-Only Centers

University of Michigan
East Asian National Resource Center
Center for Chinese Studies
Center for Japanese Studies
Korean Studies Program

Yale University
Council on East Asian Studies

Asia Comprehensive Centers (includes East Asia)

Michigan State University
Asian Studies Center

University of Minnesota

University of Colorado
Center for Asian Studies