This course is ideal for students who want to learn a new language or improve their existing foreign language skills. The Faculty offers classes at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.  

The Diploma of Language Studies is a flexible pathway or standalone course that allows you to undertake additional language studies independently of a full course.

You will complete the diploma in one of three ways by undertaking:

• a language major
• a language minor with additional language elective units taken from any of the language subject areas
• language elective units only taken from any of the language subject areas.

Impact on duration

• If you choose to only complete cultural units of study or electives, then the course can be completed in one year full-time.
• If you choose to complete an in-sequence language major, due to the availability of these units, it will take at least 2 years to compete.

• You can choose from 15 languages offered by the School of Languages and Cultures, ranked 1st for modern languages in NSW.

• Graduates who can speak a second language and demonstrate a high level of cultural competence are especially sought-after.

• Our graduates are ranked 1st in Australia and 4th in the world for employability by the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.

• The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is ranked 23rd in the world in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

• With over 100 partner institutions worldwide, you can do short-term or semester-long study – or even longer. The Open Learning Environment (OLE) intensive in-country units also allow you to get a taste of a new language and culture.

• We offer a wide range of travel scholarships to support your study abroad endeavours.