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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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

Arabization and terminology

Arab Organization for Translation

An independent non-profit that translates key works in the sciences and humanities into Arabic and sets standards for translation and terminology.

Lebanon · Beirut

Arabization and terminology

Higher Authority for Arabization (Sudan)

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Oversees the Arabisation of higher education in Sudan and terminology work; co-sponsored the 12th Arabisation Conference in Khartoum.

Sudan · Khartoum

Arabization and terminology

Institute of Studies and Research for Arabization (IERA)

Mohammed V University in Rabat

Research on Arabization, terminology and lexicography, Arabic linguistics and language computing.

Morocco · Rabat

Arabization and terminology

King Abdullah Institute for Translation and Arabization

Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University

University institute for translation and Arabization that has issued an Arabization plan and publishes translations and specialised terminology glossaries.

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Arabization and terminology

Arabization Coordination Bureau (ALECSO)

Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Coordinates Arabization across the Arab world, preparing unified specialised dictionaries and standardising scientific and technical terminology.

Morocco · Rabat