亚洲和亚洲侨民研究专业是为对亚洲和/或亚洲侨民的语言，历史，政治和文化进行认真深入研究而感兴趣的学生而设计的。亚洲的地理区域包括孟加拉国，中国，印度，日本，韩国，蒙古，巴基斯坦，菲律宾，台湾和越南等国家。与主要顾问协商后，学生可以将他们的课程重点放在亚洲的一个分地区，一个亚洲散居者中，或者设计课程以提供跨不同地区和/或文化群体的比较研究。专业计划的目标是在该地区提供语言，人文和社会科学产品的均衡报道，并使学生了解该地区的一些比较观点。麻省理工学院全球研究与语言，历史和政治学系提供了大量与亚洲和亚洲侨民有关
The Major in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies is designed for students interested in serious intensive research on the languages, history, politics, and cultures of Asia and/or the Asian diasporas. The geographic region of Asia includes countries such as Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. In consultation with the major advisor, students may focus their coursework on a sub-region of Asia, on one of the Asian diasporas, or design their program to offer a comparative study across different regions and/or cultural groups. The goal of the Major program is to provide balanced coverage of language, humanistic and social science offerings on the region and to expose students to some comparative perspectives within the region. The MIT Departments of Global Studies and Languages, History, and Political Science offer a substantial number of subjects related to Asia and the Asian diasporas. All Interdisciplinary Major students must write a senior thesis on a topic of their choice to be determined in consultation with an MIT faculty member whose specialty falls within Asian studies. The thesis research may include knowledge of an Asian language.