Languages Gateway: Your Passport To A World Of Opportunity

20 languages, from absolute beginners to advanced level, which will you choose?

Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Luxembourgish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

You can also study taster courses with our Students’ Union including British Sign Language, Urdu, Persian, Thai and Madi.

“In an increasingly competitive labour market…having the ability to speak, write and understand a second language can make a difference.”

Thomas (Politics graduate, Italian as an elective), works in Italy

At the University of Sheffield you can gain a truly international outlook through your course. You will share learning experiences with students from around 130 countries and experience teaching by internationally renowned academics of almost 90 nationalities.

Depending on your chosen language you can study:

• as an accredited module during your degree
• as an elective module during your degree
• as part of your study abroad experience
• through your employment experience
• at evening, weekend and vacation classes
• through ‘tandem learning’ with native speakers
• through our many international clubs and student societies.