335 Full-time Master's degrees in Asian Studies

The MA Southeast Asian Studies at Leiden University explores Southeast Asia in-depth and from the perspective of its history, literature, media, culture, religions, philosophy or philology.

The research master's in Asian Studies gives you access to Leiden University's leading expertise in the countries of Asia. Designed for high-achieving students, Leiden University's research MA Asia Studies offers access to unique resources and expertise. Asian Studies at Leiden University has a reputation for excellence that is unmatched in Europe.

The Master’s in Contemporary East Asian Studies at University of Duisburg-Essen is an English-taught social science-based program with a contemporary and interdisciplinary profile. 

Taught by international staff affiliated of the Centre for East Asian Studies this International Relations Master's programme at the University of Groningen focuses on the political economy and international relations of China, Japan and Korea.

The South Asian Studies programme at Columbia University offers a comprehensive master level exploration of the region's diverse cultures and histories. This public study mode course provides students with rigorous academic training over a standard duration, focusing on the complex societal dynamics of South Asia.

The Asia and Middle East Studies programme of the University of Oslo offers a combination of higher degree studies in the languages, cultures, societies and histories of Asia and the Middle East.

The M.A. program in Japanese Language & Linguistics at University of Hawaii at Manoa is designed to produce Japanese language specialists who are trained in all the fields of Japanese Linguistics.

The Master of Arts in Asian Studies at the University of Utah is designed to prepare our students to become global citizens, versed in the languages and cultures of the region, with the intellectual flexibility to combine area studies and professional competence, and cognizant of the complex linkages that define the profound relevance of Asia for the United States today.

The Japanese program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is part of the College of Humanities & Fine Arts and leads to the Master of Arts degree.

The M.A. degree in Chinese Literature is offered at University of Hawaii at Manoa in the field of Chinese literary and cultural studies with further emphasis on genre studies, literary history, or literary theory and criticism. 

This is a twelve-month Japanese Studies programme at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies from the University of Oxford that combines courses about Japan, an intensive language programme, a research methods course and a dissertation. Native speakers of Japanese or those with native speaker competence are also encouraged to apply.

The Modern South Asian Studies, taught master's course, offered jointly by the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) and the Faculty of Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford. You will study this important region, with its rich history and its complex present-day societies, via an intensive language route or a non-language route, culminating in a thesis.

The East Asian Studies programme at Yale University offers a comprehensive master level curriculum. This public study mode course focuses on the cultures and societies of China, Japan, and Korea. Students engage in advanced interdisciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences during their residency.

The LLM in Chinese Business Law programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong provides students with a structured course to study the principles, processes, institutions and methods of civil and commercial law in China in the context of an evolving political, economic and social environment.

Global Management and China Studies from East China Normal University is offered at Asia Europe Business School. 

Fudan University's Law School has launched the LL.M. Program in Chinese Business Law instructed in English for foreign lawyers, executives, students, and professional engaging in international trade and/or interested in Chinese business and financial law.

This China and the World Economy double degree master from University of Groningen is structured in two parts. 

The Teaching Chinese as an International Language course at Nanyang Technological University aims to train and prepare educators who are bilingual in English and Chinese to teach Chinese in countries where Chinese is not the dominant language. 

The Master of Arts degree program in Central Asian Studies at the American University of Central Asia is designed to provide students with a critical understanding of social, political, economic and cultural processes in Central Asia and an overview of the methodological and analytical approaches of the various academic disciplines that have shaped the production of knowledge on the region.

The East Asian Studies programme at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a comprehensive postgraduate degree designed for interdisciplinary exploration. This full-time Master of Arts course allows students to specialise in specific regional cultures while developing a professional understanding of the East Asian landscape.