In 1963, because of their common need for Chinese language personnel in the scholarly world, ten American universities organized the "Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei" (IUP). Because the Chinese and English names for this organization were too long and because Stanford University continued to take responsibility for attracting students, it has always simply been called the Stanford Center.
一九六三年，美國十所大學基於學術界對中文人才的共同需求，組成了「美國各大學中國語文聯合研習所」，由於這個機構的中、英文名稱太過冗長，加上招生事宜仍由史丹福大學負責，因此一直簡稱為史丹福中心。