Students in our programs have access to interdisciplinary programs of study offered through the Middle East Center, the Asia Center, and the various interdisciplinary programs offered in the College of Humanities. We pride ourselves in our ability to provide students with a truly interdisciplinary and international education and encourage our students to pursue a concentration in a second language or work toward a dissertation with an interdisciplinary or multinational focus. We highly encourage study abroad and international experiences.

Our students are an engaging and diverse group. Students in the Department of World Languages & Cultures organize the bi-annual Confutati Conference that brings to campus graduate student scholars from the Intermountain West. Our department is also the home of the Utah Foreign Language Review, a journal operated entirely by World Languages & Cultures graduate students. Our students present at national and international conferences and have gone on to excellent doctoral programs and/or secured jobs in secondary as well as university education around the country. We encourage our students to view their education broadly and supplement their programs of study with courses in foundation and non-profit management, Museum Studies and/or International Studies.