Indonesian is one of three Southeast Asian languages offered at SAIS. It is offered at levels based on students' needs and demands. For beginning students, Indonesian is offered over a two year (four-semester) period of instruction.

Students can study Indonesian between their first and second year at the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Advanced courses can be pursued in Indonesia. Advanced Indonesian can be studied through Ohio University of the Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay (COTIM). Students may also apply for the U.S. Indonesia Society Fellowship for Language and Area Studies.