A pontifical institution founded in 1917 by Pope Benedict XV, the Pontificio Istituto Orientale in Rome is dedicated to the study of the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches and their theological, liturgical and canonical traditions.
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt hosts the Prince Max of Saxony Chair for Theology of the Christian East and its affiliated Research Center for the Christian Orient (Forschungsstelle Christlicher Orient), directed by Prof. Thomas Kremer.
The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, tracing its origins to the theology faculty founded in 1397, hosts an Institute of Ecumenism and Dialogue that fosters academic exchange with Eastern Christian traditions.
The Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, successor to the Greek Catholic Theological Academy founded in 1928 by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, is an open academic community rooted in the Eastern Christian tradition of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Founded in 1875 by the Jesuit Fathers, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth is one of the leading research hubs for Eastern Christianity and Christian Arabic literature in the Near East.
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria is a Catholic university founded in 1993 in Pozuelo de Alarcón, near Madrid, that fosters interdisciplinary theological and cultural research and contributes to academic exchange on Eastern Christian heritage as an APECS partner institution.
The Institut Chrétiens d’Orient (ICO) is a Paris-based academic institute founded in 2020 that offers teaching, research and public programs on the history, theology and contemporary life of Eastern Christian communities.