The School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL & CS) is the largest school of the university. This is a premier and pioneer institution in the country which offers deep study and research in major foreign languages, literature and culture studies. Learning a new language in addition to one’s own mother tongue provides an informed and nuanced access to literature, culture and civilization. In Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS) was set up with this objective, a spirit of critical engagements with the concerned culture.
Here is the list of Centre of Studies and Programme of Study:
Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies
a. Ph.D. in Persian
b. M.A. in Persian
c. M.A. in Pashto
d. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Persian
e. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Pashto
f. *Certificate of Proficiency in Pashto
Centre of Arabic and African Studies
a. Ph.D. in Arabic
b. M.A. in Arabic
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Arabic
d. *Certificate of Proficiency in Hebrew
e. *Diploma of Proficiency in Hebrew
Centre for Japanese Studies
a. Ph.D. in Japanese
b. M.A. in Japanese
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Japanese
Centre for Korean Studies
a. Ph.D. in Korean
b. M.A. in Korean
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Korean
d. * Diploma of Proficiency in Mongolian
e. * Certificate of Proficiency in Mongolian
Centre for Chinese & South-East Asian Studies
a. Ph.D. in Chinese
b. M.A. in Chinese
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Chinese
d. * Diploma of Proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia
e. * Certificate of Proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia
Centre for French and Francophone Studies
a. Ph.D. in French
b. M.A. in French and Francophone Studies
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in French
Centre of German Studies
a. Ph.D. in German
b. M.A. in German (Literature, Translation, Translation & Interpretation)
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in German
Centre of Indian Languages
a. Ph.D. in Hindi
b. Ph.D. in Urdu
c. Ph.D. in Hindi Translation
d. Ph.D. in Tamil
e. Ph.D. in Kannada
f. M.A. in Hindi
g. M.A. in Urdu
h. *Advanced Diploma in Mass Media in Urdu
i. *Certificate of Proficiency in Urdu
Centre for Linguistics
a. Ph.D. in Linguistics
b. M.A. in Linguistics
Centre for English Studies
a. Ph.D. in English
b. M.A. in English
Centre of Russian Studies
a. Ph.D. in Russian
b. M.A. in Russian
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Russian
Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies
a. Ph.D. in Spanish
b. M.A. in Spanish
c. B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in Spanish