Languages Offered at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is one of the nation’s leading institutions for language teaching, offering over 50 languages in a typical year.
Not all languages are offered every year or every quarter. Click here to search the course catalog for specific offerings, or contact the instructor or department with questions.
Our Languages
Languages by Academic Unit
East Asian Languages & Civilizations
Chinese
Classical Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Germanic Studies
German
Norwegian
Yiddish
Linguistics
African Languages
American Sign Language
Kinyarwanda
Modern Greek
Swahili
Middle Eastern Studies
Akkadian
Arabic
Aramaic
Armenian
Babylonian
Egyptian
Hebrew (Modern and Classical)
Hittite
Kazak
Luwian & Lycian
Persian
Old Turkic
Syriac
Turkish
Uzbek
Classics
Ancient Greek
Latin
Divinity School
Biblical Hebrew
Koine Greek
Qur’anic Arabic
Romance Languages & Literatures
Basque
Catalan
French
Haitian Creole (Kreyòl)
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Czech
Polish
Russian
Ukrainian
South Asian Languages & Civilizations
Bangla
Hindi
Sanskrit
Tibetan
Urdu