IU offers instruction in more languages of the region than does any other university. Between our top-ranked Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, our unique Department of Central Eurasian Studies, the Institute for European Studies, and the Department of Germanic Studies, you can choose from at least fourteen area languages.
IU is the only university in the United States at which students can earn a master’s degree focusing not only on Czech, Polish, Russian and South Slavic Area Studies, but also less commonly taught regions like the Baltics, the Caucasus, Hungary and Romania.
IU’s summer Language Workshop, the largest in the world, gives you an opportunity to add proficiency in a second area language.
IU offers advanced levels of instruction in more languages than any other university. This includes sixth-year Russian and a third year of most East European languages.
We offer content courses in the languages of the area and specialized language courses in areas such as politics, business, and environmental science.