Institut Mésopotamie (Bethnahrin) de Bruxelles aims to educate about the past and contemporary history and culture of the Syriac people and bring together different fields of study about Mesopotamian societies, cultures, and peoples such as the Syriacs, but also of other peoples with whom they are in contact, such as Armenians, Arabs, Kurds, Turks, and Yazidis.

Institut Mésopotamie aims to do this in an institutional and academically qualified manner and structure by carrying out educational activities and research in the cultural, social, and linguistic fields. It conducts its academic activities on Mesopotamian civilizations, especially in Syriac studies, together with researchers who are experts in their fields. Multiple events, seminars, conferences and workshops are organized each year. Our institute aims to be an institution with high academic ethics and quality, and transparent and responsible governance.

The Institut aims to help and train students and researchers and provide scholarships to students and researchers, to maintain academic vitality, provide training programs, contribute to the production of literature, and the opening of relevant departments within the Institut. By bringing together different disciplines such as sociology, linguistics, religion studies, history, mythology, and literature studies, by offering tools for a more comprehensive analysis, by providing interdisciplinary perspectives and by educating researchers through various activities, the Institut aims to constantly increase academic vitality and introduce Mesopotamian communities to each other and to introduce them to the world.