École des Langues Orientales
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| Motto | Reach out the world |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1669 by Colbert |
| Endowment | 14M€ |
| President | Manuelle Franck |
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Academic staff
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200 |
| Students | 8,000 |
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| Location | Paris, France |
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (English: National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations) is a famous French institution teaching languages that span Central Europe, Africa, Asia, America, and Oceania. It is often informally called Langues O’ (pronounced [lɑ̃ɡ.z‿o], an abbreviation for langues orientales) or more recently by the acronym Inalco.
The language and civilization courses are taught by world-class academics who are specialists in their fields and by native-speaking tutors of the languages studied at Inalco. From the undergraduate to the doctorate level, the Inalco's research-led teaching is open to inquiring minds from all backgrounds, be they fresh out of high school, undergraduate or graduate students, or adult students in continuing education.
The undergraduate, graduate and continuing education courses offered at Inalco allow students to gain
These courses lead to career paths in international business, international relations, communication and intercultural training, language teaching and multilingual computing.
INALCO is considered as being the most difficult institution in which to learn oriental languages in France. Although the Institute does not make any selection by exam, endemic failure rates every year show the difficulty of most programs. Failure rates are particularly significant among students studying Japanese, Chinese, Russian and Arabic, historically the largest departments.
Below is a table with approximate students numbers, successful students numbers and failure rates in the first, second and third year of the Department of Japanese Studies.
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