Overview

Yale University affirms the importance of the study of foreign language and culture by offering an extraordinary array of courses in more than fifty languages. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students can benefit from the incorporation of language learning into their educational experiences, and the university encourages and supports students in this endeavor. Yale offers undergraduate majors and graduate-level degree programs in a large number of language and literature programs, though equally emphasized are opportunities for students pursuing other specializations who wish to benefit from linguistic and cultural fluency as they prepare to participate in, and ultimately shape, our increasingly internationalized society.

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Yale's Language Programs

Guide to Language Study for Undergraduates

Placement Testing
The Foreign Language Requirement

Information Sheets by Placement Test Score
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Eight Reasons the Foreign Language Requirement Isn't Enough
FAQ for Undergraduates
Getting Help with Language Study

Graduate Students (page in development)

Guide to Language Study for Professional Students

CLS-Administered Programs

Directed Independent Language Study (DILS)
Foreign Language Tutoring and Conversation Partners
Fields, a discipline-specific language study program

Learning Language Before and After Yale (page in development)

Pre-Yale Language Study
Life Long Learning
Careers in Foreign Language
Yale Language Learners: A Portfolio of Diverse Successes

Learning English as a Second Language (ESL)

Policies & Oversight