加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校的宗教研究系为硕士和博士学位提供南亚宗教研究生课程。学生们。预计专门研究南亚宗教的研究生将获得有关南亚宗教传统的历史，文本和语言的专业知识，以及对南亚宗教和文化中当代问题的理解。在进入宗教研究系攻读研究生课程后，将为每位研究生分配一名教师导师，他们将协助该学生规划与其南亚专业领域相符的学习课程。一旦学生选择了他或她的首席教职顾问，他将主持文学硕士或博士学位。委员会，教员顾问将承担以前由教员指导员担任的顾问角色。
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, offers a graduate program in South Asian religions for M.A. and Ph.D. students. Graduate students specializing in South Asian religions are expected to obtain expertise in the history, texts, and languages of South Asian religious traditions along with an understanding of contemporary issues in South Asian religions and cultures. Upon entering the graduate program in the Department of Religious Studies, each graduate student will be assigned a faculty mentor, who will assist the student in planning a program of study that accords with his or her area of specialization within South Asia. Once the student has selected his or her principal faculty advisor, who will chair the M.A. or Ph.D. committee, the faculty advisor will assume the advisory role previously assumed by the faculty mentor.