Languages at Sydney

Delve deeper into the world's languages and cultures

We've got your passport to become a global citizen. Discover how you can take your next step in language studies at the University of Sydney.

As the state's leading university in languages*, the School of Languages and Cultures offers a large selection of subjects that cover Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas, including through exchange, short-term and in-country opportunities that will broaden your skills through overseas immersion.

Keen to get a first-hand taste of what it's like to study languages and cultures at the University of Sydney? Discover your future with languages and cultures through our free events and resources for high school students, teachers and careers advisors.

*QS World University Rankings by Subject for Modern Languages 2025

Our events

2024

27 – 29 November 2024
The University of Sydney

With the theme of 'Trans/Formation: research and education in languages and cultures', the 2024 Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Colloquium brings together practitioners, scholars, early career researchers and postgraduate students to consider how (re)constructing ideas and practices can help us to think in new ways across the relationship between culture and language.

2 – 3 December 2024
The University of Sydney

The two-day conference will explore historical materials from national and international collections in languages other than English and the themes of ‘Multilingual archives and histories’ and ‘Multilingualism in translation’.  

Australian Anglocentrism raises essential questions about the dynamics of living in a multilingual society. This conference aims to mobilise Australia’s considerable, under-utilised non-English language resources to rethink our migrant and settler history.

2023

Monday 31 July 2023, 5–6 pm

Designed around the 'Spanish-speaking communities' theme of the HSC Spanish Continuers Stage 6 syllabus, explore Spanish-speaking communities in different countries through their music, art, literature and film, as well as their relevant position in a global and interconnected world at this ARTiculate webinar.

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Friday 9 June 2023, 9 am –2 pm

Join Indonesian Studies students, graduates and lecturers at the University of Sydney campus, and uncover a lifelong interest in Indonesia as we seek to strengthen the learning of Indonesian in NSW. This year’s event features fun activities and presentations aimed at increasing student engagement and exposure to Indonesian language and culture.

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Wednesday 8 March 2023, 4 –6:45 pm
Emanuel School, Randwick | Free

Teachers with an interest in Jewish education are invited to attend a free professional development symposium, co-hosted by Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod (Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies) and the University of Sydney.

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School of Languages and Cultures

Room 506, Brennan MacCallum Building A18,
The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006

Phone: 1800 SYD UNI (1800 793 864) (in Australia)
+61 2 8627 1444 (outside Australia)

Email: slc.enquiries@sydney.edu.au

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