The Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) is a full-time research organization within the Universiti Brunei Darussalam located in the historic Sultanate of Brunei. The Institute boasts of excellent research facilities and support.
The Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei’s national university, is currently accepting applications from students for admission to its PhD programme in Critical Asian Studies to commence in January and August of every year.
With their academic home at the newly established Institute, the graduate students will carry out multidisciplinary research under the close supervision of senior researchers in the following five areas, namely:
- Borneo Studies
- South China Sea Studies
- Popular Culture
- Economic and Financial Integration in Asia, and
- Human/ Capital Movements in Asia