The precondition for the free movement of research workers, staff, students, and economic partnerships across Europe is the ability to communicate.
Mobility means crossing linguistic and cultural barriers.
Recognition of the important career requirement of language proficiency and cultural understanding, the projected growth of the European Union, and the increase in co-operation between European universities in teaching and research will ensure a steady future demand for language provision. The University provides undergraduate teaching and promotes research in all the official EU languages, as well as the Scandinavian and Celtic languages, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Persian. The University of Edinburgh is distinguished by its appreciation and cultivation of the diversity of European life.