Agency Details:

Language Institute

The Language Institute fosters and promotes collaboration for research, education and community outreach efforts in languages, literature and cultures.

Description:
Over 60 languages are taught at UW-Madison, more than any other university in the country. The University is home to eleven internationally prominent departments of languages and literatures, eleven prestigious area studies centers covering every region of the world, and two national programs, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Languages Resource Center. Students at UW-Madison can apply to over 100 study abroad programs to every continent of the world except Antarctica.

History:
The formation of the UW-Madison Language Institute in 2004 represents the culmination of many years of cooperation and collaboration among the numerous units on campus that conduct research and provide instruction in world languages, literature and cultures.

Contact person: Wendy Johnson, Outreach Coordinator, (608) 262-1473, (email)

Office fax number: (608) 265-4591

Address:

1322 Van Hise Hall, 1200 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.languageinstitute.wisc.edu

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Last updated on February 2, 2009