Schools & universities for translation and interpreting studies

BeTranslated has been compiling this list of universities and schools offering translation degrees since 2002. This list contains translation schools and universities throughout the world which have a website. These institutions mostly provide full degrees while some have shorter translation courses. If you represent an institution or know of an institution which is not on this list, feel free to send your suggestion to: mike@betranslated.com

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Algeria

• Département de Traduction – Université d’Alger

Australia

• Department of Linguistics, School of Modern Languages, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sidney

Argentina

• Universidad Católica de Salta
• Universidad del Salvador
• Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
• Universidad Nacional de La Plata
• Universidad Nacional del Comahue
• Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
• Universidad de Morón
• Universidad CAECE
• Universidad Nacional de Catamarca
• Universidad Adventista del Plata
• Universidad del Museo Social Argentino
• Universidad de Lanús
• Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires
• Universidad Católica Argentina
• UADE
• Universidad de Belgrano – There are other translation courses but delivered by higher institutions. This university offers a chance for students who studied at these places to take one more year and obtain a university degree:
• Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano Higher institutions where students obtain a diploma in scientific and literary translation:
• Lenguas Vivas SBS:
• Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández”
• IES Olga Cossettini
• Instituto San Miguel
• Instituto Anglo

Thanks to Oscar Rivera for providing this comprehensive list of Universities in Argentina

Austria

• Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Translationswissenschaft, Universität Graz
• Institut für Translationswissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck
• Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, Universität Wien

Belgium

• Vakgroep Vertalen, Tolken en Communicatie, Universiteit Gent
• Ecole d’Interprètes Internationaux, Université de Mons – Hainaut
• Institut supérieur de traducteurs et interprètes (ISTI), Haute École de Bruxelles
• Traduction et Interprétation à la Haute Ecole de la ville de Liège
• Licence en traduction et interprétation, Institut Libre Marie Haps, Bruxelles
• Research Centre for Translation, Communication and Cultures (CETRA), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Vertaalkunde, Erasmushogeschool Brussel

Brazil

• Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
• Departamento de Letras, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Canada

• • Université du Québec en Outaouais in Gatineau, Canada
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Concordia University – See also
  • Université Laval
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Département de traduction et des langues, University of Moncton
  • Département de linguistique et de traduction, Université de Montréal
  • French, Foreign Languages and Translation Studies, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto
  • School of Interpretation and Translation, University of Ottawa
  • Baccalauréat, certificat de traduction (cours par Internet), Faculté des arts, Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, (Manitoba)
  • School of Translation, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario
  • Translation Studies – Centre for Continuing Education, McGill University, Montreal
  • Brown +1: UPF Masters in Translation & Language Sciences

Chile

• Intérprete/Traducción, Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, Facultad de Filosofía y Educación, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

China

• English Department, Peking University
• Department of Chinese, Translation & Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong
• Department of Translation, Faculty of Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Associate Degree in Bilingual Business Communication and Higher Diploma in Translation and Interpretation, Caritas Francis Hsu College, Hong Kong

Czech Republic

• Institute of Translation Studies, Charles University, Praha

Denmark

• MA in Translation and Interpretation, Copenhagen Business School

Egypt

• Arabic and Translation Studies Division, Centre for Adult & Continuing Education, American University in Cairo

Finland

• Department of Modern Finnish and Translation, University of Vaasaes, University of Joensuu
• Department of Translation Studies at Kouvola, University of Helsinki
• Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere
• English Translation Studies, University of Turku
• Savonlinna School of Translation Studies, University of Joensuu

France

• Centre de Formation de Traducteurs, Terminologues & Rédacteurs, Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes 2), Rennes
• Ecole Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs (ESIT), Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III
• Institut de Traducteurs, d’Interprètes et de Relations Internationales, Université de Strasbourg
• ISIT – Institute of Intercultural Management and Communication, Paris

Germany

• BA-Studiengang Internationale Kommunikation und Übersetzen, Universitä Hildesheim
• Diplom-Fachübersetzerin/Fachübersetzer, Fachbereich Fachkommunikation, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
• FASK-Germersheim
• Institut für Sprach- und Übersetzungswissenschaften, Universität Leipzig
• Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen (IUeD), Universität des Saarlandes
• Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Sprachen- und Dolmetscher-Institut München
• Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache , Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaften, Universität Hamburg
• Studiengang Technikübersetzen, Fachhochschule Flensburg
• Studiengang Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, Fachhochschule Köln

Greece

• Department of Foreign Languages Translation and Interpreting, Ionian University, Corfu
• Metafrasi School of Translator Training – Athens, Greece
• SCG – Scientific College of Greece

Hungary

Ireland

• School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University

Israel

• Department of Poetics and Comparative Literature, Faculty of the Humanities, Tel Aviv University
• Translation and Interpreting Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Italy

• Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori (SSLiMIT), Università di Bologna – Forlì
• Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori (SSLMIT), Università di Trieste
• Scuola Superiore Europea per Interpreti e Traduttori, Perugia University
• Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori, Milano
• Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori, Roma
• Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT
• Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori, Vicenza
• Scuola Superiore Universitaria per Interpreti e Traduttori, Regione Trentino Alto Adige
• Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori, Mantova
• Istituto Universitario per Interpreti e Traduttori di Trento, Trento
• Scuola superiore per mediatori linguistici Vittoria – Piazza vittorio veneto, 13 – 10124 TORINO

Japan

• Translation school Babel University Tokyo, Japan. They offer Japanese/English Master degree translation courses with administration office located in Honolulu Hawaii USA

Jordan

• MA Translation, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan, Amman

Lebanon

• Ecole de Traducteurs et d’Interprètes de Beyrouth (ETIB), Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut

Lithuania

• Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, Kaunas, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Malta

• University of Malta – Translation, Terminology & Interpreting Studies

Morocco

• Ecole Supérieure Marocaine de Traduction et d’Intrépreratiat

Netherlands

• Steunpunt Literair Vertalen
• Vertaalacademie Maastricht, Hogeschool Zuyd
• Specialisatie Vertalen, Faculteit der letteren, Universiteit van Utrecht
• ITV Hogeschool voor Tolken en Vertalen, Utrecht
• Hogeschool West-Nederland voor Vertaler en Tolk, Den Haag
• SNEVT – Stichting Nationale Examens Vertaler en Tolk (Nederlands <-> Duits, Engels, Frans, Italiaans, Russisch of Spaans)
• VERTOL, beroepsopleidingen voor tolken en vertalers Spaans, Amsterdam
• LOI – HBO Vertaler Engels

New Zealand

• Translating and Interpreting, School of Languages, Auckland Institute of Technology
• Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland

Norway

• Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand, Norway (look under Humanistiske fag)

Pakistan

• The University of Gujrat, a Public sector University, has established the first dedicated centre “Centre for Translation Studies” in Pakistan. The Centre is supposed to create awareness and to make the people aware of the significant role of the discipline of Translation Studies in this global situation especially in those countries who have ca olonial experience like Pakistan. Currently, the centre offers M. Phil program in “Applied Translation Studies”.
• International Islamic University Department of Translation & Interpretation – The International Islamic University is a unique institution of higher learning which integrates the two parallel streams of religious and other education systems prevailing in the Muslim world. Facebook page

Poland

• Postgraduate School for Translators and Interpreters, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
• School of Translation, Interpreting and Languages, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
• Centre for Modern Translation and Interpretation Studies, University of Lód
• Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Center for Translation Studies, University of Warsaw Institute of Applied Linguistics
• Programs leading to M.A. degrees in Conference Interpreting and Translation, Adam Mickiewicz, University in Pozna, School of English

Portugal

• Departamento de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, ULHT – Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa
• Curso de Especialização em Interpretação de Conferência, Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade do Minho .

Romania

• Sapientia University, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Department of Applied Linguistics

South Africa

• Graduate School for Translators and Interpreters, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• Department of Translation Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria

South Korea

• Hankuk University of Foreign Studies – Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation
• Ewha Womans University – Translation and Interpretation
• Seoul University of Foreign Studies – Interpretation Translation
• Busan University of Foreign Studies – Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation

Spain

• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Traducció i Interpretació – Barcelona – Bellaterra
• Departamento de Traducción e Interpretación, Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación, Universidad de Granada
• Departamento de Traducción, Lingüística e Teoría da Literatura, Facultade de Filoloxía e Traducción, Universidade de Vigo
• Escuela de Traducción e Interpretación, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid
• Escuela de Traductores de Toledo, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
• Licenciado en Traducción e Interpretación, Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación de Soria, Universidad de Valladolid
• Licenciatura en Traducción e Interpretación, Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca
• Facultat de Ciències Humanes, Traducció i Documentació, Universitat de Vic, Barcelona
• Facultat de Traducció i d’Interpretació, Universitat Autonóma de Barcelona
• Facultat de Traducció i Interpretació, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
• Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación, Departemento de Filología Moderna, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• Instituto Universitario de Lenguas Modernas y Traductores, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Málaga
• Unitat Predepartamental de Traducció i Comunicació, Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana
• Master’s Degree in Translation (English-Spanish), University de Deusto, Bilbao
• Licenciatura en Traducción e Interpretación, Facultad de Lenguas Aplicadas, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid
• Departamento de Filología Moderna, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de León
• Universidad Complutense Madrid – Grado en traducción e interpretación
• Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain): If you go to “Grados” (Bachelor’s degrees) and “Posgrados” (Graduate Studies) you will find different translation and interpreting programmes.Universidad de Valencia: Facultad de Filología, Traducción y Communicación, Valencia
• Curso Intensivo de Formación de Intérpretes de Conferencia, Universitat de València

Sweden

• Institute for Interpretation and Translation Studies, Stockholm University

Switzerland

• Ecole de traduction et d’interprétation, Université de Genève
• Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) – The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) has existed for a number of years now. The Department of Applied Linguistics has emerged from the former Interpreters’ School Zurich (DOZ), which was merged with another institute some 7 years ago. DOZ has produced a large number of professional interpreters and translators for decades, and as the new Department.

Taiwan

• Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei
• Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation, National Taiwan Normal University
• National Changhua University of Education – Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation
  (no English version)
• National Taiwan Normal University – Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation

Turkey

• Atilim University -Translation and Interpretation Department in Ankara – provides an assertive education for Turkish and International students. It has both BA (4 years) and MA (Thesis or non-thesis, 1-2 years) programmes.
• Department of Translation and Interpreting, Hacettepe University, Ankara
• Translation and Interpretation, Vocational Program in Translation, Bilkent University
• Department of Translation and Interpreting, School of Foreign Languages, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul
• Beykent University (Beykent Univertesi) in Istanbul, Turkey.

UK

• Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies, The Graduate School, University of Warwick, Coventry
• Chinese-English, English-Chinese Translating and Interpreting, MA/Diploma, Language Centre, University of Newcastle
• Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
• Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey
• Department of Modern Languages, University of Bradford
• MA and Msc Programmes, School of Languages, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
• MA Applied Translation Studies, University of North London – a oint venture between the University of North London (United Kingdom), the Maastricht School of Translation and Interpreting of the Hogeschool Maastricht (The Netherlands), and Institut Libre Marie Haps in Brussels (Belgium)
• MA in Translation Studies, Centre for British and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry
• MA Translation Studies (Linguistics), Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham
• Translation Studies (TRA), Middlesex University, Tottenham
• Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath
• Department of Diplomacy & Applied Languages (DDAL), University of Westminster, London
• School of Languages & European Studies, Aston University, Birmingham
• Preparatory Courses for the Diploma in Translation – University based/Distance learning, Centre for Language Studies, City University London
• University of Salford, Manchester

Ukraine

• Translation Department of Odesa National Mechnikov University, Odesa, Ukraine

Uruguay

• Traductor Publico, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de la República, Montevideo

USA

• The Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
• Center for Interpretation and Translation Studies, University of Hawaii
• Center for Translation Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, TX
• Critical Language Institute and Center for Translation Services, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee
• Department of American Sign Language, Linguistics and Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
• Graduate Program in Bilingual Legal Interpreting, University of Charleston, SC
• Translation Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY
• Professional Translation Certificate Program, University of Pittsburgh, PA
• Professional Translator Training Program, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
• Translation and Interpretation Institute, Washington Academy of Languages
• Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP), Binghamton University, NY
• Translation Research Group, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
• Translation Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
• Translation school Babel University, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, offer Japanese/English Master degree translation courses with administration office in Honolulu Hawaii USA
• Wake Forest Graduate Program in Interpreting and Translation Studies, Winston Salem, North Carolina

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