Want to see the world differently?  Study the languages, stories, ideas, and media that shape our global society—from literary classics to today's digital conversations. Through active-learning immersion, study abroad, and close faculty mentorship, you'll gain the skills and global perspective necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Build the Future With Others

Speaking more than one language is a superpower that opens doors across cultures, professions, and communities. For more than a century, students at UGA have studied French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese to prepare for lives that cross cultures and borders. 

Join over 1400 majors and minors who are currently enrolled in our programs. Our students become leaders who engage thoughtfully with the world's most pressing questions. Whether your future lies in healthcare, law, education, business, public service, technology, journalism, or the arts, a Romance Languages major provides ambitious students with a strong and flexible foundation of diverse perspectives.

See Degree Pathways and Student Stories

If we want to prosper as a species, not just in an economic sense but also in the vital sense, we will have to restructure relationships between modernity, our own human bodies, and the non-human world.

—Professor Mark Anderson

Keynote at Inquorum International Conference on Humanities Research, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico. Read story.

Learning another language is more than a hard skill

Language is a gateway to places, relationships, and professions that span the world. Our graduates become physicians, attorneys, educators, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, public servants, and global professionals, forming a supportive alumni network ready to mentor you on your path.

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