For admissions in a foreign language or regional language courses, UGC is offering 19 additional languages that the student can pick from. They are French, Spanish, German, Nepali, Persian, Italian, Arabic, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Santhali, Tibetan, Japanese, Russian and Chinese. They will have to appear in a separate language test for these in the second session.