Osaka University, the only national comprehensive university in Japan with a School of Foreign Studies, offers “Special Foreign Language Courses” as part of its liberal arts curriculum. These courses provide students with opportunities to learn a wide range of languages from around the world, with a focus on Asia, in addition to conventional subjects such as English and various second foreign languages (German, French, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Italian, and Spanish). All courses are taught by full-time faculty members specialized in high-level education for each respective language at the School of Foreign Studies.
The following languages are currently offered:
Cantonese (Spoken in Hong Kong and Guangdong province, China)
Vietnamese
Thai
Burmese (Official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
Indonesian
Mongolian
Urdu (Spoken in Pakistan and other parts of South Asia)
Hindi (Spoken in India and other parts of South Asia)
Turkish
Hungarian
Danish
Swedish
Portuguese