The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (est. 1976) is an unaccredited, for-profit, degree-granting institution and resource center in the field of sexology located in San Francisco, California. Degree and certificate programs focus on public health, sex therapy, and sexological research. The Institute grew out of research in the 1960s highlighting the general lack of understanding of and formal training in human sexuality. The library and archives, are a collection of adult films, academic sexological and erotological resources, and sex therapy training materials.