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Apply Now: Study Arabic with CMES in Spring 2025

Arabic Courses

The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) will offer three Arabic language courses during Spring of 2025.

Applications are now open for the CMES language courses in Arabic. The following courses are offered during the Spring Semester of 2025:  

  • A1, Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part 2 (Only for students who took A1 Part 1 last term) 
  • A2, Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part 2 (Open for applications)
  • B1, Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, Part 2 (Open for applications)

The courses are free of charge and no credits will be awarded. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the course. 

The courses are taught and coordinated by Rafah Barhoum, language training expert at CMES. 

Schedule

The courses will run from early Febraury to late April 2025. More information and a detailed schedule will be published later.

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for the course, participants must either be employed at Lund University or enrolled as students at Lund University. Previous knowledge of Arabic is required and the language level of successful applicants will be assessed before classes commence.

Application Procedure

Your application should include:

  • full name;
  • reason for applying (e.g., fieldwork, research, internship);
  • previous knowledge of the Arabic language; and
  • if you are employed at LU, please include your LUCAT id. If you are a student at LU, please include your date of birth.

Please send your application to rafah [dot] barhoum [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (rafah[dot]barhoum[at]sam[dot]lu[dot]se) and state the course name in the subject line (for example “B1 Arabic Course”).

Application deadline is Monday 27th January 2025.


Read more about CMES Arabic Language Courses here.