The faculty and students of the Buddhist Studies Program have academic relationships with their counterparts in various institutions in Asia where Buddhism is taught or studied. These institutions include:

• Mahidol University in Thailand,
• the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences in Lhasa,
• the American Center for Mongolian Studies in the National University of Mongolia in Ulan Bator, and
• Fudan University in China.
• Bodhi Mandala Summer Session on Buddhism, 2005

Sources of support for undergraduate and graduate Buddhist studies at UCSB or in Asia:

• The Freeman-ASIA- Awards Program is specifically intended to support undergraduates wishing to pursue studies in Asia. Applicants must be accepted in a recognized study abroad program.

Links to reliable on-line digital resources for the study of Buddhism :

• General Scholarly Resources in Buddhist Studies:
  Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
  International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism
  East Asian Buddhist Studies: A Reference Guide

• Dictionaries:
  Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (East Asian-based, multi-lingual)
  Nitartha international Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary
  Diamond Way Tibetan-English-Dictionary of Buddhist Teaching & Practice
  Online Tibetan Translation Tool
  The THDL Tibetan Collaborative Dictionaries
  The Pali Text Society Pali-English Dictionary
  Cappeller's Sanskrit-English Dictionary

• Buddhist Texts:
  The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (Tibetan texts)
  Asian Classic Input Project (Asian philosophy and history in Tibetan)
  Buddhist Digital Library and Museum: On-line Sutras (multi-lingual)
  Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association Tripitika