University of Nanking
In the 1930s, the institute supported the development of what became the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard and founded the Harvard-Yenching Library as well as the "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies". During the 1930s and 40s, the institute provided direct support to Yenching University in Peiping (Peking), because of its focus on the humanities, along with five other colleges in China, University of Nanking (Nanking), Fukien Christian University (Foochow), Lingnan University (Guangzhou), Cheeloo University (Tsinan) and West China Union University (Chengtu), and Allahabad Agricultural Institute in India.