Languages

RMIT offers language programs and courses at TAFE, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Our language programs provide students with linguistic skills and cultural knowledge to engage and communicate in diverse local and global contexts.

A key feature of the language program is its strong connections with local community and international partners. Students have opportunities to participate in in-country language and cultural study tours and exchanges programs that enhance their knowledge and overall personal and professional development.

The following languages are offered at RMIT:

• Higher Education Sector: Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Advanced English
• TAFE Sector: Chinese, Japanese and Spanish
• Short courses in Arabic, French, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese and Spanish are available pending market needs.

Various scholarships are available each year for students to study in targeted language countries.

A new award program for higher education students is under development and will provide students with greater capacity in obtaining skills and capabilities for a global career.

The RMIT language team also provides a number of professional development and training programs for Language other than English (LOTE) teachers from ethnic schools in Victoria.

RMIT’s HSK Test Centre hosts Chinese Proficiency Tests in conjunction with the Office of Chinese Language Teaching International, China every year since 1993. The tests include specially designed for adults and school students.

News and events

	RMIT and Spain strengthen links RMIT University recently welcomed the cultural representative of the Embassy of Spain, Santiago González Fernández-Corugedo, and the Spanish Education Advisor in Melbourne, Rosa María Prieto Gallego.
	Reuben wins Australian-Asian language award Engineering student Reuben Chung has won an Australian-Asian Association of Victoria award for his study of Japanese.
	Students of Japanese pick up prizes RMIT University students picked up three prizes in the Victorian final of the 40th Japanese Language Speech Contest, held on 5 September at the University of Melbourne.