<p>What're some of the top schools for this subject? A few different ones come to mind -- Georgetown and Penn seem to be good -- but I don't know for sure. What do you think?</p>
<p>georgetown for sure... my interviewer for georgetown majored in international relations and minored in arabic and she absolutely loved it.</p>
<p>As a Middle Easterner and an Arab, here are the schools I know have excellent Arabic and N&MES programs.</p>
<p>Columbia University
Georgetown University (International Relations, not N&MES)
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Chicago (#1 in my opinion)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>I would have to say Harvard. I have heard so many good things about their program and professors in the Arabic language.</p>
<p>my decision for colleges have come down to Penn/Michigan/Chicago. i want to major in arabic/Middle eastern studies as well as some sort of business major Wharton/Ross/Chicago econ. what is the best place for me?</p>
<p>Alexandre or anybody else? Please don't place any school bias in your response.</p>
<p>All three are equal in terms of overall academics and in their Near/Middle Eastern offerings. I seriously believe that Chicago is the best in that particular field, but Michigan and Penn aren't significantly behind and are very good in their own right. I would actually chose between those three based on overall fit. On which campus do you think you feel most at home.</p>
<p>How about specifically for learning the language of Arabic, not N&MES? Are Penn, UMich, and UChicago still the best?</p>
<p>columbia has VERY strong programs in both of those areas</p>
<p>Those three (Chicago, Michigan and Penn) aren't necessarily the top 3 in Arabic, but all three are definitely among the top 10. Most rankings I have seen have them among the top 5. From an academic point of view, you cannot lose. Go for fit.</p>