Humanities and social sciencesUWA Language Hub
Become a bilingual citizen of the world, with WA's widest range of language study options.
With our unique course structure, you can combine a language with your other interests to create your perfect study plan. French and Finance? Chinese and Chemistry? German and Geography? Japanese and Jurisprudence? It is up to you. All of our languages are undergraduate majors within our Bachelor of Arts.
You’ll learn to translate not just words, but ideas. During your studies, you can put your skills into practice by travelling overseas with one of our many global learning opportunities, from short courses to long-term student exchange programs.
After completing an undergraduate major in any of our eight modern languages, you could continue on to our Master of Translation Studies (the only course of its kind in Western Australia) to gain a prestigious professional qualification. The Master of Translation Studies (12520) is accredited by the National Accreditation Authority of Translators and Interpreters (NAATI).
Where could your language studies take you? UWA is the leading institution in WA for language learning.
Languages at UWA
Explore the European, Asian and classical languages available to study at UWA.
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Language courses in focus
See some of our undergraduate and postgraduate language study options, including an assured pathway.
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Discover a new language with our short courses
Follow your interests, stay curious, and enjoy learning through AccessUWA, enabling you to study individual units without being enrolled in a degree course at UWA.
Open to everyone, learn a language without the stress of assignments and as a non-assessed student through AccessUWA.
View our range of language units*
*We recommend selecting first year units (codes starting with ‘1’).
Student work placements
Students in the Master of Translation Studies can complete a six-week internship in Australia or overseas to get practical training and establish professional contacts.
Student Bei Zhou (Master of Translation Studies – Chinese specialisation) completed her internship with the UWA Confucius Institute in 2018.
This six weeks’ work placement has definitely been a rewarding experience for me. I gained experience in terms of handling ethical issues, getting along with co-workers, and choosing different strategies as per translation theories (learned in the course at UWA).
Bei Zhou
Graduate of Master of Translation Studies (Chinese specialisation)