Institute of Dunhuang Studies, Lanzhou University

The Institute of Dunhuang Studies (IDS), Lanzhou University is a key research base for humanities and social sciences jointly established by Lanzhou University and the Dunhuang Academy. It is accredited by the Ministry of Education of China. Its predecessor was Dunhuang Studies Research Group established at Lanzhou University in 1979, making Lanzhou one of the earliest higher education institutions in the country to conduct research on Dunhuang studies. In 1980, the IDS launched the first national professional journal on Dunhuang studies, Journal of Dunhuang Studies. In 1985, it established Lanzhou University Documentation Center for the Institute of Dunhuang and Turfan Studies of China (LUDCIDTSC). In 1998, it was awarded the authority to confer doctoral degrees in historical literature (including Dunhuang studies and ancient script studies), becoming the first doctoral program in Dunhuang studies in China. In 1999, it was selected as one of the first key research bases for humanities and social sciences by the Ministry of Education.

The IDS includes various departments and centers such as Dunhuang Literature Research Office, Dunhuang Cave Art Research Office, Religious Studies Research Office, International Buddhist Art and Culture Research Center, Tibetan Buddhist Art Center, LUDCIDTSC, and the editorial office of Journal of Dunhuang Studies. It specializes in Dunhuang literature, Dunhuang cave art, the history of Dunhuang studies, and the study of Dunhuang and Northwest history. As a higher education research institution, the IDS has established degree-granting programs covering master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels, along with research mobility stations, forming a comprehensive talent cultivation system, while continuously strengthening its communication and collaboration with academic circles both domestically and internationally. After more than 40 years of development, it has become an internationally renowned platform for Dunhuang studies, talent development, and academic exchanges.

蘭州大學(xué)敦煌學(xué)研究所

蘭州大學(xué)敦煌學(xué)研究所是由蘭州大學(xué)和敦煌研究院聯(lián)合建立的中國教育部人文社會(huì)科學(xué)重點(diǎn)研究基地。其前身是1979年蘭州大學(xué)成立的敦煌學(xué)研究小組，是中國最早開展敦煌學(xué)研究的高校機(jī)構(gòu)之一。

1980年創(chuàng)辦了全國首份敦煌學(xué)專業(yè)期刊《敦煌學(xué)輯刊》。1985年建立中國敦煌吐魯番學(xué)會(huì)蘭州大學(xué)資料中心。1998年獲得歷史文獻(xiàn)學(xué)（含敦煌學(xué)、古文字學(xué)）博士學(xué)位授予權(quán)，成為中國第一個(gè)敦煌學(xué)博士點(diǎn)。1999年入選為首批教育部人文社會(huì)科學(xué)重點(diǎn)研究基地。

該所下設(shè)敦煌文獻(xiàn)研究室、敦煌石窟藝術(shù)研究室、宗教學(xué)研究室、國際佛教藝術(shù)與文化研究中心、藏傳佛教藝術(shù)中心、中國敦煌吐魯番學(xué)會(huì)蘭州大學(xué)資料中心、《敦煌學(xué)輯刊》編輯部等機(jī)構(gòu)，主要研究方向?yàn)槎鼗臀墨I(xiàn)研究、敦煌石窟藝術(shù)研究、敦煌學(xué)史研究、敦煌與西北歷史研究。作為高校研究機(jī)構(gòu)，該所建立起包括碩士、博士和博士后在內(nèi)的學(xué)位授權(quán)點(diǎn)及科研流動(dòng)站，擁有一套完整的人才培養(yǎng)體系，并持續(xù)加強(qiáng)與國內(nèi)外學(xué)術(shù)界的交流聯(lián)系。經(jīng)過40多年的建設(shè)，蘭州大學(xué)敦煌學(xué)研究所已成為國際知名的敦煌學(xué)研究、人才培養(yǎng)、學(xué)術(shù)交流的重要平臺(tái)。