Tibetan Study in China

Tibetology is a comprehensive study of various aspects of Tibet, including Tibetan history, religion, culture, economy, politics and society. Currently, over 50 Tibetology research institutions have been set up in Tibet and other parts of China. In 1986 the China Tibetology Research Center was established in Beijing. These institutes have undertaken a large number of research projects, such as the economic and social development strategy of Tibet, the concise history of Tibet, collation and research of Sanskrit Pattra-leaf scriptures, and the origin of Tibetan religion and its different schools. About 30 Tibetan, Chinese and English periodicals, such as Tibet Study, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Social Development Study, Tibetan Arts Study, Snowland Culture, Chinese Tibetology and China's Tibet, are in circulation. With the expansion of international exchanges on Tibet studies which have carried on since the 1980s, 130 scholars from over a dozen countries and regions, including Tibetan scholars living overseas, have visited Tibet on academic trips and cooperative research programs. Certain Tibetan scholars from China have also visited foreign countries on lecture tours or for academic conferences.