All our students study two languages, one of which can be learnt from scratch (the exceptions being French and Latin, for which A Level/IB Higher Level standard is required). No matter what your proficiency when you arrive, you leave with near native-speaker competence in at least one of your languages. Most of our language classes are run by native speakers.

Our Faculty is one of the largest in the country. It consists of six departments, whose members are internationally renowned experts in their fields. In the Guardian University Guide 2016, Cambridge came top for modern languages and linguistics.

Languages available

You study two languages for at least the first two years of the course. You can choose from:

  • French

  • German

  • Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Russian

  • Spanish

Alternatively, you can combine any of these with either Classical Latin (if youÕre taking it at A Level/IB Higher Level) or Classical Greek (which can be studied post-A Level or from scratch).