All this means the demand by employers for Asian Studies graduates is keen and ever increasing. Asian language graduates may obtain employment as translators and interpreters following additional professional training. A number of foreign language newspapers, radio programs and the SBS employ translators. Asian language graduates who complete a postgraduate Diploma of Education can teach languages in secondary schools. Asian Studies graduates are also employable in areas not directly related to their language and cultural studies because of their ability to research social issues, communicate ideas and suggest solutions to problems.
Employers value their high level of intellectual training.
Detailed advice on the career implications of particular degree choices is available from the University's Careers and Employment Centre. The Australian National University is a major world centre for the study, research and teaching of Asia and is the leading centre for Asian Studies in Australia. The Faculty of Asian Studies seeks to give students a combination of expertise in a discipline and a depth of knowledge of a particular Asia region. Courses are designed specifically to support the study of an Asian language as a major field of study, along with a non-language Asian Studies major in Asian Histories, Contemporary Asian Societies, Asian Politics and International Relations, Asian Religions or Japanese Linguistics. This page was authorised by the Faculty of Asian Studies Executive Officer.