FLAS Fellowships: Get paid to learn foreign languages!

Each year the Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program, funded through the US Department of Education, provides almost $1 million in funding to UT undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to study foreign languages and cultures at UT and elsewhere in the US and abroad. Applications for these fellowships generally open in early to mid-November and close in early to mid-February.

Information Sessions Wed & Thur, Nov 17 & 18 at 5pm online Register Here

FLAS Languages Approved for Study

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish*, Persian/Tajik*, and other pre-approved contemporary Russian/East European languages.
*Must be studied in a context relevant to Eastern Europe/Former Soviet states. CREEES FLAS are not intended for students studying these languages in a West European or Middle Eastern Studies context.


Center for European Studies
Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese*, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish*, Ukrainian, Yiddish.

Graduate FLAS also available in French*, Spanish*, & German (intermediate & advanced levels only)
*Must be studied in a European context. CES FLAS are not intended for students studying Brazilian Portuguese, nor the study of Spanish for Mexico/Latin America.


South Asia Institute
Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Persian*, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, and other pre-approved contemporary South Asian languages.
*Must be studied in a context relevant to South Asia.


Middle Eastern Studies
Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish*
*Must be studied in a context relevant to the Middle East.


Latin American Studies
Portuguese*, K'iche', Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Quechua, Haitian Creole, Chatino, and other Latin American modern language
*Must be studied in a context relevant to Latin America.


Learn more at tinyurl.com/FLASatUT