Inside Melbourne

Arabic is currently the 5th most commonly spoken native language in the world, with about 230 million people speaking it as their first language. Australia itself has a sizeable Arabic-speaking community. Arabic is also the liturgical language of Islam studied by many millions of non-Arab Muslims around the world.

Study Ancient Greek and gain an insight into your world today by exploring how ancient cultures have contributed to the development of our modern world.

Study Ancient Egyptian and discover the ancient world of Egypt and the Near East from 3000 BCE to the 4th century CE.

Make the most of your University of Melbourne degree by broadening your world with languages. There are several ways to incorporate language learning into your studies at the university. If the idea of living in another country or travelling overseas and really engaging with culture isn’t reason enough, why choose to study a language?

With more than 500 million speakers globally, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world and an official language in 25 countries.

Russian is one of the world's major international languages: it is spoken by over 140 million people and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language in all its aspects including its structure, its diversity, how it changes and evolves, how people learn and make use of it to communicate.

Study Latin and gain an insight into your world today by exploring how ancient cultures have contributed to the development of our modern world.

Studying the Korean language as well as its history, politics, security, economy, culture and society provides students with a deeper understanding of the issues pertaining to the Korean peninsula and its neighboring countries.