Why Learn a New Language?
Learning languages gives you access to new people, places, and professional opportunities. Whether your career goals involve politics, health, art, science, social services, architecture, technology, or communications, knowing more than one language will open doors.
UWM Language Programs
Learning new languages, developing cultural dexterity, and fostering global understanding gives you access to new people, places, and professional opportunities. Taking courses in one of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s many world language and culture programs will help you to communicate with more people and see the world through new eyes, and it may also enable you to travel the world, earn more money, and pursue new career opportunities. From introductory classes to graduate degree programs, in the traditional classroom or through online, hybrid, or distance learning formats, UWM offers a wide range of internationally-focused coursework to meet your individual needs.
World Languages & Cultures News
- Boren Awards Information SessionThe National Security Education Program awards Boren Scholarships and Fellowships to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students committeed to long-term overseas study and to federal service. Applicants must …
- Remembering Larry BaldassaroIt is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Larry Baldassaro, Professor Emeritus of Italian, passed away peacefully on September 8. The grandson of Italian immigrants, …
- Critical Languages Scholarship information sessionThe U.S. Department of State supports the Critical Languages Scholarship (CLS) program, which provides immersive summer study abroad programs of 7-10 weeks for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to …
- Muslims in Milwaukee Co-Authors at Boswell Book CompanyJoin us at Boswell Book Company for an evening with Caroline Seymour-Jorn (Comparative Literature and Global Studies) and her co-authors Anna Mansson McGinty (Geography) and Kristin Sziarto …
World Languages & Cultures Events
- November 12, 2026, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- November 13, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- November 13, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- November 13, 2026, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
- November 16, 2026, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
