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Arabic language research centres

Bodies that do research on the Arabic language and its sciences: language academies, major dictionary projects, research centres and university units, research chairs, Arabic computational-linguistics labs, manuscript and critical-edition centres, and Arabization and terminology bodies — in the Arab world and beyond.

This directory is for research on Arabic. Programmes that teach Arabic to non-native speakers have their own: the Arabic programmes directory

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Language academy

Arab Academy of Damascus

The oldest Arabic language academy; safeguards Arabic, sets terminology, publishes dictionaries and edits heritage texts.

Syria · Damascus

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Institute for the History of Arabic Science

University of Aleppo

Studies the history of science among the Arabs, edits and publishes scientific manuscripts, and awards master's and doctoral degrees in the field.

Syria · Aleppo

 Manuscripts and editions

National Library of Syria (formerly Al-Assad National Library)

Syrian Ministry of Culture

Keeps Arabic manuscripts, including the Zahiriyya collection, and shares digital images of them with researchers in and outside Syria.

Syria · Damascus

 Arabization and terminology

Arab Center for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication (ACATAP)

Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Supports Arabic-medium university education by translating, writing and publishing textbooks, and holds conferences on Arabisation and translation.

Syria · Damascus