Established in 1963, Northern Illinois University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies[24] (CSEAS) is currently one of seven federally recognized National Resource Centers (NRC) for Southeast Asian foreign language and area studies. NIU has been awarded the Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies[25] (FLAS) Fellowships since 1974 and Undergraduate NRC grants since 1997.[26] NIU's CSEAS operates within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and offers an undergraduate minor and a graduate concentration in Southeast Asian studies, enrolling more than 1,500 students each year.