We had discussed in detail the facilities available in the Jawaharlal Nehru University at Delhi for learning foreign languages. Let us look at some other fine centres.
EFLU
This university with Hyderabad as its headquarters has regional centres at Lucknow and Shillong. Contacts: The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad - 500 605; Ph: 040-27098131, Web: www.efluniversity.ac.in
Moti Mahal Campus, 2, Rana Pratap Marg Lucknow - 226 001; Ph: 0522-2216073
NEHU Permanent Complex, Umshing - Mawkynroh, Shillong - 793022; Ph: 0364-2231648
Academic structure
The university has 11 schools and 38 departments, as shown below.
School of English Language Education
English as a Second Language (ESL) Studies
Materials Development, Testing and Evaluation
Training, Development and Education
School of Language Sciences
Phonetics and Spoken English
Linguistics and Contemporary English
Computational Linguistics
School of English Literary Studies
English Literature
English Literature of Commonwealth countries
American and Caribbean Literatures
Literary Theory and Criticism
School of Distance Education
English Language Teaching, Linguistics and Phonetics
Literatures in English
Distance Education in Foreign Languages and Literatures
School of Communication Studies
Media and Communication
Journalism and Mass Communication
Film Studies and Visual Communication
School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Arts, Aesthetics and Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Social Exclusion Studies
Hindi and India Studies
Translation Studies
School of Middle-East and African Studies
Arabic Language and Linguistics
Arabic Literature
School of Asian Studies
Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies
Persian Studies
Turkish Studies
School of Germanic Studies
German Language and Linguistics
German Literature
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Austrian and Swiss-German Literatures
School of Romance Studies
French Studies
Francophone Studies
Hispanic Studies
Portuguese Studies
Italian Studies
School of Russian Studies
Russian Language and Linguistics
Russian Literature
Academic programmes
Main programmes at Hyderabad:
English: Ph.D., M.Phil., five-year integrated MA English and MCJ, two-year MA, two-year MA TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), two-year MA English, linguistics, B.Ed. English, Postgraduate Diploma in the Teaching of English.
In addition to these classroom programmes, there are facilities for distance education for programmes such as Ph.D., M.Phil., MA, and PG Diploma/ Certificate in the Teaching of English.
Foreign languages
Research programme: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Advanced diploma: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Five-year integrated MA course in Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Two-year MA course in Arabic and French
PG diploma in the Teaching of Arabic
Diploma: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Certificate of proficiency: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Lucknow centre: Five-year integrated MA English, two-year MA English, PG diploma in the Teaching of English, M.Phil. and Ph.D. (linguistics and phonetics), part-time courses in French and German.
Shillong centre: five-year integrated MA English and MCJ, two-year MA English, PG Diploma in the Teaching of English, M.Phil. and Ph.D. (English language education), part-time courses in German
University of Delhi
Ph.D.: German, Hispanic, Linguistics, Persian
M.Phil.: Arabic, Bulgarian language, French, German, Hispanic Italian, Linguistics, Persian, Russian
MA: Arabic, French, German, Hispanic, Italian, Linguistics Persian
B.A. (Hons): French, German, Persian, Spanish, Zongha, Arabic,
Diploma / certificate/others: advanced diploma: applied linguistics, Bulgarian/ Croatian / Czech / French / German/ Hungarian/ Italian/ Modern / Persian / Polish / Russian / Serbian / Slovak languages
Contact: 011- 27667853; web site: www.du.ac.in
BHU, Varanasi
Ph.D.: Different departments
MA: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Persian, Russian, Nepali, Pali, linguistics
One-year PG Diploma in Japanese Studies
BA (Hons): Arabic, Persian, Pali, Nepali, Chinese, German, French, Russian, linguistics
Undergraduate diploma ( two years): Arabic, Chinese, French Studies, German Studies, Nepali, Persian, Russian, Sinhalese
(There may be differences in the programmes during certain academic years.)
Web site: www.bhu.ac.in
University of Madras
The Department of French and other Foreign Languages, Chepauk, Chennai - 600005 offers the following courses:
M.Phil.: French
MA: French
Diploma/ certificate: French, German, Italian, Spanish
Phone: 044-2539 9424; web site: www.unom.ac.in
Osmania University, Hyderabad
M.Phil.: Arabic, French
MA: Arabic, French, Persian
PG Diploma: Translation in Arabic, Applied linguistics
Junior Diploma: French, German, Russian, Arabic, Persian (Admission after Plus Two)
Senior Diploma: French, German, Russian (Admission after Junior Diploma with at least 50 per cent marks or a Bachelor's degree in the second class)
Advanced Diploma: French, German, Russian (admission after Senior Diploma with at least 50 per cent marks)
e-mail: registrar@osmania.ac.in; web site: www.osmania.ac.in
Jamia Millia Islamia
Ph.D.: Arabic, Persian
MA: Arabic, Persian
BA (Hons): Arabic, Persian
Advanced Diploma: Modern Arabic Language and Translation, Modern Persian, Turkemenian, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian
Diploma: Modern Arabic, Modern Persian, Turkemenian, Turkish, Pashto, Kazhaki, Uzbek, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian
Certificate: Modern Arabic, Modern Persian, Turkemenian, Turkish, Pashto, Kazhaki, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian
Phone: 011-26981717, web site: http://www.jmi.ac.in
University of Mumbai
Ph.D.: Arabic, French, Persian
MA: Arabic, French, Persian
BA: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Pali, Persian, Portuguese, Russian,
Advanced Diploma: Arabic, German, Russian
Diploma: Arabic, French, German, Pali, Persian, Russian
Certificate: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Persian, Polish, Russian
Web site: www.mu.ac.in
