Welcome to the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

For more than a century, we have been committed to fostering research and imparting knowledge concerning the languages and cultures of South Asia and Tibet. In these fields, we have sought to maintain the highest academic standards to provide the best possible education to our students.

On the following pages, you will find detailed information about courses offered, main research areas, ongoing and completed research projects and theses, and our publication series: the Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies (Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, WZKS), the Vienna Studies in Tibetology and Buddhism (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, WSTB), and the De Nobili Research Library (Sammlung De Nobili, SDN). Get to know our team and learn about hte history of the Department from the first Sanskrit lesson at the University of Vienna in 1845 to the present day.

EVENTS

30.04.2026 18:00
 

A MANTRAMS Project Exhibition

Ausstellung | Exhibition
08.05.2026 17:00
 

Early Jesuit Use of Hindu Scripture: The Case of Marathi

17th SDN Annual Lecture

Pär Eliasson | University of Stavanger

Gastvortrag ǀ Guest lecture
28.05.2026 17:30
 

Ulrike Roesler | University of Oxford

Gastvortrag ǀ Guest lecture
18.06.2026 17:30
 

Giacomella Orofino | University of Naples “L’Orientale”

 

Gastvortrag ǀ Guest lecture
06.07.2026
 

Mantras between Language, Ritual, and Materiality

Workshop

NEWS

26.03.2026
 
24.02.2026
 

Project lead: Tawni Tidwell.

Start: Aug 3, 2026

12.02.2026
 

142167 EX Culture and Practice: Religious Pilgrimage Sites and Buddhist Architecture in the Himalayan Region (2026S)