Arabic language research centres

Laboratory of Research in Algerian Language and Literature

Mohamed Khider University of Biskra

Research in language sciences and literature in Algeria.

Algeria · Biskra

Laboratory of Text Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

Faculty of Letters and Languages, Kasdi Merbah University of Ouargla

Research in text linguistics and discourse analysis of Arabic.

Algeria · Ouargla

Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Laboratory

University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella

Text linguistics and discourse analysis: describing, classifying and analysing ancient and modern texts and discourses.

Algeria · Oran

Laboratory of Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching

University of Algiers 2 Abou el Kacem Saadallah

Research in applied linguistics and language teaching, with particular attention to Arabic.

Algeria · Algiers

Arabic Language and Literature Laboratory

Faculty of Letters and Languages, University of Blida 2 Ali Lounici

Research in Arabic phonetics, lexicography and terminology.

Algeria · Blida

Laboratory of Dialects and Speech Processing

University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella

Studies Algerian Arabic dialects and their phonetics, speech processing, and language didactics.

Algeria · Oran

Laboratory of Language Practices in Algeria

Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou

Studies language use in Algerian society, the place of Arabic within it, and language policy and planning.

Algeria · Tizi Ouzou

Discourse Analysis Laboratory

Faculty of Letters and Languages, Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou

Research in linguistics, discourse analysis, rhetoric and language and literary studies.

Algeria · Tizi Ouzou

Laboratory of Didactics of Languages and Discourse Analysis

Faculty of Letters and Arts, Hassiba Ben Bouali University of Chlef

Linguistics, translation and language didactics, including socio- and psycholinguistics, language and technology, and Qur'anic studies.

Algeria · Chlef

Laboratoire Langage et Société (URAC 56)

Faculty of Languages, Letters and Arts, Ibn Tofail University

Plurilingualism in Morocco and the state of Arabic within it, and oral literatures, through field research alongside doctoral theses.

Morocco · Kenitra

Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage

University of Baghdad

Edits and publishes Arabic scientific manuscripts, holds seminars on heritage and issues a peer-reviewed journal.

Iraq · Baghdad

Research Excellence Centre in Arabic Language

King Abdulaziz University

University centre directing research to priority Arabic-language issues and funding projects on language and identity, society, media and translation.

Saudi Arabia · Jeddah

Al-Khalil bin Ahmad Al-Farahidi Centre for Arabic and Humanities Studies

University of Nizwa

University centre for Arabic and humanities studies holding scholarly seminars, including one on Omani dialects, and publishing their papers in a peer-reviewed journal.

Oman · Nizwa

Arabic Language and Literature Research Centre

Umm Al-Qura University

University centre supporting research and projects in Arabic language sciences and literature, and setting research priorities for the university and society.

Saudi Arabia · Makkah

Arabic Language Sciences Research Centre

Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — Deanship of Scientific Research

Research centre devoted to research in the Arabic language sciences, publishing researchers' books, theses and papers.

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Zai Arabic Language Research Centre

Zayed University

Research centre on Arabic teaching and learning and the psychology of reading, developing diagnostic tools, a terminology glossary and the Bariq thesaurus.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Institut de lettres orientales (ILO)

Université Saint-Joseph

A university institute of Arabic language and literature, home to the Centre Louis Pouzet and the Maurice Awad Chair, with a research publications list.

Lebanon · Beirut

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

Doha Institute for Graduate Studies — Arabic Linguistics and Lexicography

Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

MA and PhD in Arabic Linguistics and Lexicography, and an MA in Comparative Literature, at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Qatar · Doha

Arabic Studies, Leiden Institute for Area Studies

Leiden University

Research on the history of Arabic, ancient Arabian epigraphy and philology, with a major Oriental manuscript collection.

Netherlands · Leiden

Semitic Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University

Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University

Research on Arabic syntax, modern dialects, manuscript textual criticism, literature and media.

Sweden · Uppsala

Orientalisches Institut, Universität Leipzig

Faculty of History, Art and Area Studies, Leipzig University

Research and teaching in Arabic and Islamic studies, including Arabic linguistics, translation and the university's manuscripts.

Germany · Leipzig

Área de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Departamento de Lingüística, Estudios Árabes, Hebreos, Vascos y de Asia Oriental, Facultad de Filología

Research on the Arabic language in its varieties, al-Andalus and classical Arabo-Islamic civilisation, and the contemporary Arab world.

Spain · Madrid

Near and Middle East Section, SOAS University of London

School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS University of London

Arabic linguistics and contact-induced change, classical and modern Arabic literature, Qur'anic studies and early Arabic historiography.

United Kingdom · London

Dipartimento Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali – ISO, Sapienza Università di Roma

Sapienza Università di Roma

Research on the languages and civilisations of Asia and Africa, including Arabic, Semitic philology and Arabic dialectology; publishes Rivista degli Studi Orientali.

Italy · Rome

Dipartimento Asia Africa e Mediterraneo, Università di Napoli L'Orientale

Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale

Research in Arabic language, literature, dialectology and metrics within Asian, African and Mediterranean studies.

Italy · Naples

Departamento de Estudios Semíticos, Universidad de Granada

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Granada

Department with an Arabic and Islamic Studies section and research groups on contemporary Arab studies and Arabic didactics.

Spain · Granada

Department of Semitic and Arabic Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

Institute of Oriental Studies, ELTE

Research in Semitic philology, Arabic studies, Sufism and Andalusian culture.

Hungary · Budapest

Institut für Orientalistik, Universität Wien

Universität Wien

Arabic linguistics and comparative dialectology (incl. Arabic in southern Turkey); offers an MA in Arabic Linguistics.

Austria · Vienna

Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Research and teaching in Arabic linguistics, Arabic literature and Islamic studies up to PhD.

United States · Washington, DC

Departamento de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos y Estudios Orientales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Research lines include the Arabic language, Moroccan Arabic, Arabic–Spanish translation and Arabic literature.

Spain · Madrid

Кафедра арабской филологии, Институт стран Азии и Африки МГУ

Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Department of Arabic language and literature within the Philology Division, combining teaching and research.

Russia · Moscow

Department of Arabic Language and Literature, International Islamic University Malaysia

AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (AHAS KIRKHS)

Arabic linguistic and literary studies; publishes a peer-reviewed Arabic-language journal twice a year.

Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur

Katedra Blízkého východu, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy

Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Research on Middle Eastern languages, incl. a lexicographic database of Bedouin dialects and Arabic dialect studies.

Czech Republic · Prague

Department of Arabic Philology, Saint Petersburg State University

Faculty of Asian and African Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Arabic grammar and phonology, Egyptian, Iraqi, Syrian and Saudi dialects, and classical Arabic documents, in the tradition of the Rosen–Krachkovsky school.

Russia · Saint Petersburg

Department of Arabic Philology, Kazan Federal University

Institute of International Relations (Oriental Studies), Kazan Federal University

Continues the Kazan school of Arabic studies (since 1807), with work on cultural linguistics, Egyptian Arabic, reading Arabic manuscripts and the Arabic poetry of Transoxania.

Russia · Kazan

Department of Middle Eastern & Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Malta

Faculty of Arts, University of Malta

Research on Arabic dialectology, Qur'anic lexicology, Arabic sociolinguistics and Arabic–Maltese links; offers a research MA in Arabic.

Malta · Msida

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

University of Oxford

Research in Arabic language, literature and civilisation; home of the Laudian Chair of Arabic (1636).

United Kingdom · Oxford

İstanbul Üniversitesi Şarkiyat Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi

İstanbul Üniversitesi

Research on Arabic and Persian philology and Urdu, and on material about Turkish history in Arabic and Persian sources.

Türkiye · Istanbul

Centro de Estudios Árabes Eugenio Chahuán, Universidad de Chile

Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile

Teaches Arabic and researches Arabic as a second language and classical Arab studies; publishes Revista de Estudios Árabes.

Chile · Santiago

Centrul de Studii Arabe, Universitatea din București (Center for Arab Studies)

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest

Research on Classical and dialectal Arabic, Arabic literature and Islamic thought; publishes Romano-Arabica since 2001.

Romania · Bucharest

Centre of Arabic and African Studies (CAAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU

Teaching and research in modern Arabic language, literature and translation up to PhD.

India · New Delhi

Pusat Kajian Bahasa Arab dan Tamadun Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

One of five research centres of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, covering Arabic language, literature and culture and Islamic civilisation.

Malaysia · Bangi

Semitistik – Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients, Universität Heidelberg

Universität Heidelberg

Semitic studies with a long tradition in the dialectology of Arabic and Neo-Aramaic.

Germany · Heidelberg

Instytut Orientalistyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Arabic Studies

Jagiellonian University

Research and teaching in Modern Standard Arabic and its dialects, in literature and linguistics.

Poland · Kraków

Institut für Arabistik, Freie Universität Berlin

Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin

Arabic literature from pre-Islamic times to the present; runs the Kalila wa-Dimna project, the kalimat project on key terms of the Arabic manuscript tradition, and an edition of Aristotle's Poetics in Arabic and other translations.

Germany · Berlin

Seminar für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft I, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Research on classical and modern Arabic literature, Arabic theatre, hadith and Arabic-Islamic philosophy.

Germany · Göttingen

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter

University of Exeter

Multidisciplinary institute including linguists, with strength in Arabic language and literature.

United Kingdom · Exeter

Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft, Universität Münster

Universität Münster

Arabic language and literature research, incl. an edition of Ibn Nubātah's works and an Encyclopedia of Arabic Stylistic Devices.

Germany · Münster