• Xochimilco, Mexico
  • Front entrance of the Institut De France
  • A walkway in Germany
  • Front entrance to the Good Wish Garden
  • Graduating students walking up the stairs.

Speak the World

Welcome, Bienvenido, Willkommen, Bienvenue, 欢迎, Benvenuto, ようこそ, Salve, χαῖρε

Castle in Germany

Academic Programs

Our department offers a variety of programs designed to increase global understanding and competence; foster awareness of international literature, music, and film; improve a student’s employment potential; sharpen cognitive and analytical skills; make travel more feasible and enjoyable; improve entry into graduate studies; and broaden knowledge of the past and other cultures while increasing a student’s understanding of their own language and culture.

Language Placement

For all language course levels, students must be placed into their appropriate level prior to registration.

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What's Happening

students working with infant manikins as part of nurse camp

Students from across the country attended the weeklong program to learn more about what it's like working in the nursing field.

Members of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Class of 2028 during orientation week.

Members of the class of 2028 were treated to a week full of activities where they were introduced to the medical school and their fellow classmates.

Students wearing virtual reality headsets and holding video game controllers inside a Dreamscape Learn facility

UNLV partners with Dreamscape Learn to infuse virtual reality into curriculum; immersive learning facility expected to debut at university’s Lied Library in 2025.

A man on a UNLV site on his laptop. A UNLV branded mug and notebook on the coffee table by him.

The new online MBA empowers students to earn a top-tier business degree and achieve their career goals, no matter where they are in the world.

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The Department of World Languages and Cultures is one of the departments in the College of Liberal Arts.