The aim of the study program Foreign Languages and Cultures is to train well qualified bachelors in the Humanities with a broad range of knowledge and competences, who have a knowledge of Italian or German (C1 level) and an additional foreign language (B2 level). 

Graduates will grasp the fundamentals of linguistics, literary studies, translation, intercultural communication, and production of spoken and written texts, and become familiar with the culture of a chosen country, its history, political and economic situation.

Students will be able to interpret and analyse different countries’ cultural phenomena in the European and global context. Graduates will be able to apply their linguistic, communicative, cultural, social and other competences in professional and academic areas.

Career opportunities:

Graduates of Italian Studies and Romance Languages specialization can work as experts of either Italian, Spanish or French languages.

They can be consultants, translators in various educational institutions, translation offices, cultural centres, and publishing houses. Graduates can work as experts of Italy and other Mediterranean countries in travel agencies, state and EU institutions as well as private companies whose activities are associated with Italy and other Mediterranean countries. 

They can work in branches of those companies located in Lithuania or abroad as well as teach the language in informal language schools. In addition to the study programme, upon completion of minor studies in pedagogy, graduates can also be granted a teacher’s qualification, which gives them the opportunity to work as teachers.