Five area studies programs at IU have achieved recognition as federally funded National Resources Centers for Russia and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Central Eurasia, East Asia, and Africa.  Other noteworthy IU programs focus on Latin America, the Middle East, and India.  Several of the area studies centers have developed joint degree programs with IU professional schools.

The outstanding quality of IU's area studies programs has been due to a strong emphasis on foreign language study.  More than 50 different languages are offered at IU as regular courses, some not being taught anywhere else in the US.  Two prestigious intensive language programs are held each summer: The East Asian Summer Language Institute for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean; and the Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages where many less commonly taught languages like Estonian, Turkmen, and Uzbek are offered along with Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, and Serbian and Croatian.

Website:  http://www.indiana.edu/~intlprog/area_studies.html