At the Chung-hwa Institute students attend a three-year intensive course in Buddhist studies. The student can choose one of four sections four sections in which to persue his or her studies. The sections are: Chinese Buddhism, Indian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Buddhist Informatics. Education at the Chung-hwa Institute emphasizes training in the canonical languages of Buddhism: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan and classical Buddhist Chinese. The Buddhist Informatics section too puts an emphasis on (digital) textual studies. In seminars students study Buddhism in its philological, historical and philosophical aspects. In addition we offer courses in modern languages especially English and Japanese.
Courses in the last ten years were titled: Topics in Religious Studies, Studies in Indian Buddhist History, Chinese Buddhist History, Tibetan Buddhist History, Agama Studies, Chinese Buddhist Historiography, Logic in Tibetan Buddhism, History of Indian Philosophy, Comparative Study of Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism, Studies in Pure-land Philosophy, Tientai Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism, Methodology of Buddhist Studies, Tiantai Theories of Cessation of Thought, Selective Readings in Japanese Buddhism, Studies in Pure-Land Philosophy Scriptures on Yoga Asceticism, Alaya and Studies in Sanskrit Yogacara Literature, Thought of Ming Chu, Studies of Yogacarabhumi, Comparative Study of Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism a.o. All courses are taught in Chinese. For the current curriculum, please refer to the Chinese site.