(a). As  “Regional and Research Centre” of the Mahatma Gandhi University at Kottayam, Kerala, India, SEERI offers:  

Ø      Master’s Degree Course in Syriac Language and Literature.

Ø      Research Programmes leading to Ph. D in Syriac Language and Literature.

Ø      A single semester Certificate course in Syriac Language.
(The successful completion of this Course is a prior requirement for graduates to initiate the M.A Syriac course, unless they had done Syriac as second language).  

(b). SEERI has collaboration agreement with:

1. Oriental Institute of the Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany.

2. Institut Orientalist of the Catholic University, Louvain - la -Neuve, Belgium

3. Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon

(c). On specific programmes this Institute works in close collaboration with :

-         Peshita Institute, Leiden University, Holland.

-         CNRS members, Institute for Semitic Studies, College de France and E.P.H.E., Paris, France.

-         Catholic University, Paris, France.

-         University of Oxford, U.K.

-         Catholic University of America, Washington DC, U.S.A.

-         Institute for Liturgy and Hymnology, Graz University, Austria.

-         Evangelische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium

-         CERO, Antelias, Lebanon

-         Georg- August University, Göttingen, Germany

-         Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Studies, Univ. of Toronto, Canada

-         Catholic University, Addis - Ababa, Ethiopia

-         Academia, Yerevan Armenia

(d). Research and study at SEERI are conducted in consultation with reputed scholars such as:

-        Dr. Sebastian P. Brock, U.K.

-        Dr. Günther Claas, Harsewinkel, Germany.

-        Dr. Andrea Schmidt, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium.

-        Dr. Sidney Griffith, C. U. A., Washington D.C.

-        Dr. Françoise B. Chatonnet, College de France.

-        Dr. Alain Desreumaux, CNRS, Paris.

-        Dr. Jürgen Tubach, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany.

-        Dr. Wolfgang Hage, Marburg University, Germany.

-        Dr. Harald Suermann, Missio, Achen, Germany

-        Dr. Rifaat Ebied, University of Sidney, Australia.

-        Dr. Herman Teule, University of Nijmegen, Holland.

-        Dr. Martin Tamcke, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.

-        Dr. Karl Heinz Kuhlmann, Leuven University.

-        Dr. Terry C. Falla, Melbourne, Australia.

-        Dr. Abdo Badwi, Holy Spirit Univ. Lebanon.

-        Dr. Louis Hage, Holy spirit University, Lebanon.

-        Dr. Istvan Perczel, Central European University, Budapest. Hungary.

-        Dr. Arnon Armand, Abbot,  Scourmont, Belgium

-        Mr. Thomas Abraham IFS (Retd.) Trivandrum.