Sempena Pertandingan Pidato Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu (PABM) tahun 2012, seramai 69 orang daripada 59 buah negara telah menyertainya. Berlaku peningkatan berbanding tahun lepas seramai 52 negara menyertainya. Angka ini menunjukkan bahawa pembelajaran bahasa Melayu telah berkembang ke seluruh dunia. Bahasa Melayu bukan lagi dianggap bahasa kampungan atau bertaraf Asia Tenggara sahaja. Bahasa ini berkembang dan kian diminati.
Sehingga kini, menurut Menteri di Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT), Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, terdapat 140 buah institut pengajian tinggi (IPT) di 50 buah negara menawarkan pembelajaran pengajian Melayu.
Antara universiti-universiti tersebut ialah Institut Ketimuran Amali, Moscow; Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow; Moscow State University; St. Petersburg University (Rusia); World Language University (Uzbekistan); Beijing Foreign Studies University; China Radio International; Guangdong University of Foreign Studies; Guangzhou University of Foreign Language; Beijing Broadcasting University; Peking University (Republik Rakyat China), Pyongyang University of Foreugn Studies (Korea Utara), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Pusan University of Foreign Studies; Sungshim University of Foreign Studies; Woosong University (Korea Selantan); Chou university; Daigaku University; Japan-Malaysia Associat on, Tokyo; Kanada University of International Studies; Kelo University Shonan Fujikawa Campus; Kyoto University; Kyoto Sangyo University; Osaka University of Foreign Studies; Ritsumeikan Asia Pasific University; Setsunan University; Takashoku University; Tenri University; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; University of Shizuoka (Jepun); Chulalongkom University; Prince of Songkla University; Ramkhamhaeng University; Thaksin University; Thammasart University; Walailak University; Pattani Islamic University (Thailand); Cambodian Muslim Development Foundation (Kemboja); Institute for Southeast Asean Studies; Vietnam Nasional University (Vietnam); Mindanao State University; University of the Philippines (Filipina); Nanyang Technological University; Nasional University of Singapore (Singapura); Australian Nasional University; Deakin University; La Trobe University; Monash University; University of Melbourne; University of New South Wales; University of Sydney; University of Tasmania; University of Western Sydney; University of Queensland; University of Southern Queensland (Australia); University of Auckland; Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand); Jawaharlal Nehru University; Indira Ghandi Nation Centre fo Arts (India); University of Kelaliya (Sri Lanka); Fikambanana Melela (Madagaskar); University of Western Cape (Afrika Selantan); University of Dar-es-Salam (Tanzania); Pakistan Academy of Letters (Pakistan); Ain Sham University; Cairo University (Mesir); Azerbaijan State Economic University (Azerbaijan); Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations (Ukraine); Research Centre for Islamic History, Arts and Culture (Turki); Al-Banyat University (Jordan); University of Copenhagen (Denmark); Lund University (Swedwn); University of Hull; University of London; The United World College of South East Asean; University of Kent; University of Leeds; University of Reading Oriental Studies (England); Institute fo Indonesian Language Course; Inter Consultancy Bureau-Leiden; Leiden Institute of education; Royal Institute of Linguistics and Antropology at Leiden; Royal Institute of Tropics-Amsterdem; University of Leiden (Belanda); University of British Columbia; University of Victoria (Kanada); Arizona State University; California State University; Cornell University; John Hopkins University; Northern Illionis University; Ohio University; University of California; Yale University; University of Delaware; University of Hawaii; University of Michigan; University of Oregon; University of Washington; University of Wisconsin-Madison (Amerika Syarikat); Universitate Nova de Libson (Portugal); Instituto Universitario Orientale Naples (Itali); Centre d'Histoire et Civilication de la Peninsule Indichinoise; Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient; Institut Nasionale des Langues et Civilication Orientales; Universite de la Rochelle (Perancis); University of Born; University of Hamburg; University of Applied Science; Hamboldt University; University of Cologne; University of Frankfurt; University of Pasau (German).
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