Which colleges in India are best for pursuing b.a in foreign languages?

Hello Akanksha,

About the course:

• A Bachelor in Foreign Languages is a three year undergraduate course. It runs as a full-time course. Most of the universities follow a semester system.
• The course's main aim is to inculcate knowledge regarding the communication style and grammatical structure of the language being studied.
• Admissions to colleges offering this course are based on university based admission tests and other personal interview and group discussion rounds conducted by respective universities.
• The languages which fall under the spectrum of this course include French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, German, Russian, Japanese etc.
• A student in order to be eligible for this course should have passed 12th board examinations and must have an understanding and fluency in the English language.
• You will after graduating from this course get employed as translators, trainers, research associated, interpreter, tourist guides, air hostess or steward, hotel attendants, freelance writers, public relation officers etc.

Colleges in India which offer this course:

• Department of Languages , University of Calcutta, Kolkata
• Department of European Studies, Manipal University, Manipal
• Green Flare Group of Institution, Palarivattom
• Loyola College, Chennai
• Department of Foreign Languages, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
• Maya School of Foreign Languages, Dehradun
• Ambition Institute of Foreign Languages, Jalandhar
• Department of Foreign Languages, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
• Institute of Foreign Language and Culture (IFLaC), Bangalore
• School of Languages - Department of English and Foreign Languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ghaziabad
• Department of Foreign Languages, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
• Symbiosis Institute of Foreign and Indian Languages, Pune
• Goethe Institute (Max Mueller Bhavan), Pune
• Alliance Française, Pune
• MIT School of Foreign Languages (MITSFL), Pune
• Sumati Deshmukh Institute of Foreign Languages, Pune
• Mahatma Gandhi Missions Institute of Indian and Foreign Languages, Aurangabad
• Department of Foreign Languages, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
• IIS University (International College for Girls, Autonomous), Jaipur
• Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
• St. Teresas College, Ernakulam
• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi
• Cosmolingua Institute of Foreign Languages, Dwarka
• FLACADEMIA Foreign Language Institute, New Delhi
• Fergusson College, Pune
• Institute of Translation Studies, Bangalore
• Amity University, Mumbai

All the best!

I hope this answers your queries.

Do revert back in case of any further questions.

Top colleges/universities for pursuing ba in foreign language are -

1. Jawahar lal nehru university

2. Delhi University

3. Banaras Hindu University

4. Jamia Millia Islamia University

5. University of calcutta

6. University of Mumbai

7. Amity university