Why study languages and cultures at UC Berkeley?

Did you know around 60 languages are taught at UC Berkeley? This makes it one of the premier US institutions in terms of breadth and depth of language offerings.

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Graduating 2025 Arabic and Linguistics Major Habiba Geweifal.

Language study opens doors.

"Language is a skill that you will carry on throughout your life. Wherever you go, whatever field you are going to be in, it will be a benefit. It will be something that will allow you to continue to connect with people and to learn about the world around you. And that is the thing that we are lacking in the most, in today’s day and age. 

Language will open those doors for you because it is the way we are able to communicate, connect, and understand one another. I really think language is key in everything we do."

—Graduating Arabic major Habiba Geweifal


Student Perspectives on Learning Languages at Cal

Why Study Language & Culture?

Why Study Language & Culture at UC Berkeley?