Doctorate-level study is an opportunity to expand upon your interests and expertise in a community that really values research; and to make an original, positive contribution to learning in literature and related fields. Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in all periods and genres of literature and literary analysis. Given the breadth and depth of our expertise, we are able to support students wishing to develop research projects in any field of Anglophone literary studies.

The Department of English Language Teaching aims to train English teachers who can meet the needs of globalization. The department also aims to help teacher candidates to develop themselves both personally and professionally.

Our program has been designed in a way to train translators and interpreters equipped with theoretical information and practices necessary to meet market demands under the control of an academic staff having a high command on translation and intrepreting and various academic publications as well as projects.The objective of our program is, by using modern education techniques in line with scientific methodologies and approaches, to train translators and interpreters who are aware of language differences and are equipped with knowledge of the field and terminology on various subjects such as law, economics, literature, social and applied sciences, political sciences, international relations, and media and communication.

This undergraduate program of English Translation and Interpreting is designed to give the students the basic insight of translating and interpreting as well as major them in their professional field. It includes courses covering the main types of translating and interpreting, practical areas and project works for common business areas. Translation and interpreting practice and analysis constitute a significant part of the undergraduate program. Students are also offered courses in English literature, linguistics, foreign language teaching methods, social sciences, academic English and other elective foreign language courses.

With the globalization process gaining momentum, the importance of international communication has increased. Contacts with the world at large in the fields of international relations, economics, law and politics has increased the need for communication, and therefore for translation and interpretation. Our department aims to educate the students and equip them with necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to satify this need as well as the sectoral needs for qualified translators in the areas of law, economics, medicine, tourism and media.