School of Languages, Gujarat University (GU)

The University School of Languages is a school of seven post-graduate departments of various languages. Out of these seven departments there are two departments, viz. The Department of Sanskrit & THE DEPARTMENT OF Prakrit-Pali which provide the facil DEPARTMENT OF Prakrit-Pali which provide the facilities for learning old Indo-Aryan languages. The Department of Hindi and THE DEPARTMENT OF Gujarati are dealing with two modern Indo-Aryan Languages, viz. Hindi and Gujarati, respectively. By these two departments the school takes care of teaching the national language and the regional language of the Gujarat state. One European language, viz. English, is also being taught here in The Department of English. THE DEPARTMENT OF English also takes care of The James Reaney Canadian Study Centre, which is sponsored by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Delhi. There is a department for Urdu and Persian language also, which takes care of another two classical languages. Seventh is THE DEPARTMENT OF Linguistics, which trains students in linguistic analysis of a language. In the age of globalization, when “Translation Studies” is of utmost importance the school also runs a one year P. G Diploma course in Translation. In this way the school on one end takes care of its national muti-lingua heritage and on the other end the present-day need. These seven departments are working under one umbrella of the "University School of Languages", while teaching these various languages each department has also taken care to teach a vast range of literature written in that particular language. Various Departments of the School Department of Sanskrit Department of Gujarati Department of Hindi Department of English Department of Pali, Prakrit & Apabhransha Department of Urdu & Persian Department of Linguistics