Study Abroad Opportunities

The Great Pyramids and Giza at night

CMES Programs Abroad

CMES-IBA Karachi Summer School

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan, offer an intensive summer program in reading Arabic texts. The aim of the program is to train advanced students in some of the foundational texts of the Dars-e Nizāmī and to do so from within a decolonizing humanities framework.

The program is cosponsored by the American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology.

CMES-Morocco Program

In partnership with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco's premier research hub, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies invites applications from graduate students for two fellowships to conduct research in Morocco between May and August, 2026.