Arabic programmes for non-native speakers

Linguistic Preparation Diploma (Diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers) — Intensive Morning Programme

Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — Arabic Language Teaching Institute, Department of Language Preparation

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Linguistic Qualification Diploma

Umm Al-Qura University — Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Makkah

Diploma of Proficiency in Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages (Intensive Programme)

King Saud University — College of Language Sciences, Department of Language Preparation for Non-Arabic Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Associate Diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers (women)

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University — Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers

King Abdulaziz University — Arabic Language Institute for Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Jeddah

Accredited Scholarships Online platform

Digital Diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers

Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — 'Bu'd' platform (Afaq initiative)

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Accredited Online University

Diploma in Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers (language programme for learners)

Qassim University — College of Languages and Humanities, Department of Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Buraydah

Accredited Scholarships Institute

Arabic for Non-Native Speakers — Enjaz Institute for Languages

Enjaz Institute for Languages (private)

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Non-Intensive Arabic Programme for Non-Native Speakers (General and Specific Purposes)

King Saud University — Department of Language Preparation for Non-Arabic Speakers, with the Training and Community Service Centre

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Short Fixed-Term Courses and Standard Arabic Test Preparation

King Khalid University — Unit for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Abha

Certificate of completion Online platform

Arabic Online

Saudi Electronic University — Arabic Language Institute for Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Certificate of completion Online National body

Language Immersion Programme

King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language

Saudi Arabia

Language Courses Programme (Non-Intensive Evening Programme)

Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — Arabic Language Teaching Institute

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Language Proficiency Programme

King Khalid University — Unit for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Abha

Certificate of completion Online platform

Distance Learning Language Proficiency Programme

King Khalid University — Unit for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Abha

Certificate of completion Online National body

Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Programme — Abjad Centre

King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language — Abjad Centre for Arabic Language Education

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Certificate of completion Scholarships Institute

General-Purpose Arabic Programme for Non-Native Speakers

University of Prince Mugrin — Global Centre for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Saudi Arabia · Madinah

Certificate of completion Institute

Arabic Courses for Non-Native Speakers — Learn Arabic Academy

Learn Arabic Academy (run by Al-Saqifah Business Development Company, Islamic University of Madinah)

Saudi Arabia · Madinah

Certificate of completion In person and online Online platform

Ahlan Wa Sahlan Arabic Learning Platform

King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Certificate of completion Online Institute

Arabic Courses for Non-Native Speakers (Rabwah)

Al-Rabwah Association for Dawah and Community Guidance — Education Department

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Teaching only University

Summer Arabic Program

Jordan University of Science and Technology — Language Center

Jordan · Irbid

Arabic Program for Speakers of Other Languages (APSOL)

Yarmouk University — Language Center

Jordan · Irbid

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages — UJ Language Center

The University of Jordan — Language Center

Jordan · Amman

Center for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Zarqa University

Jordan · Zarqa

Center for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers (Bayan)

The World Islamic Sciences and Education University (WISE)

Jordan · Amman

Certificate of completion Institute

Ali Baba International Center (International House Amman)

Ali Baba International Center (private)

Jordan · Amman

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture

Sijal Institute (private)

Jordan · Amman

Certificate of completion Institute

Qasid Arabic Institute

Qasid Arabic Institute (private)

Jordan · Amman

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Bachelor of Arts in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers

University of Sharjah — College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

Accredited University

Arabic for Non-Native Speakers — AQU Language Center

Al Qasimia University

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers Courses — Language Institute

University of Sharjah — Language Institute

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

Mubeen Arabic Learning Platform

Al Qasimia University — Language Center

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

Certificate of completion Online University

Arabic as a Second Language — KU Language Center

Kuwait University — College of Arts, Language Center

Kuwait · Kuwait City

Certificate of completion Scholarships University

Arabic and North African Studies Program (ARANAS)

Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane — School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Morocco · Ifrane

Accredited Institute

Moroccan Center for Arabic Studies (MCAS)

Moroccan Center for Arabic Studies (private)

Morocco · Rabat

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

Area and Arabic Language Studies in Morocco

Amideast, with the Faculty of Letters, Mohammed V University

Morocco · Rabat

Certificate of completion Scholarships Institute

Qalam wa Lawh Center for Arabic Studies

Qalam wa Lawh Center (private)

Morocco · Rabat

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

ALIF — Arabic Language Institute in Fez

ALIF (American Language Center, Fez)

Morocco · Fes

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

Arabic Program — Center Sidi Bou Said for Languages

Center Sidi Bou Said for Languages (private)

Tunisia · Sidi Bou Said

Arabic as a Foreign Language — Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes (IBLV)

University of Tunis El Manar — IBLV

Tunisia · Tunis

Certificate of completion National body

Sultan Qaboos Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Government of the Sultanate of Oman

Oman · Manah

Certificate of completion In person and online Scholarships Institute

Noor Majan Arabic Institute

Noor Majan Arabic Institute (private)

Oman · Muscat and Nizwa

Certificate of completion Scholarships University

Learn Arabic — Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Programmes

An-Najah National University — Institute for Arabic for Non-Native Speakers

Palestine · Nablus

Palestine and Arabic Studies Program (PAS)

Birzeit University — Palestine and Arabic Studies (PAS)

Palestine · Birzeit

Brother Vincent Malham Center — Arabic School

Bethlehem University

Palestine · Bethlehem

Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Center (ANNS)

Qatar University — College of Arts and Sciences

Qatar · Doha

Accredited In person and online Online platform

Takalam Arabic Learning Platform

Qatar Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Islamweb)

Qatar · Doha

Teaching only Online University

Arabic as a Foreign Language — CAMES

American University of Beirut

Lebanon · Beirut

Accredited University

Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic Language and Culture (SINARC)

Lebanese American University

Lebanon · Beirut

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

Ifpo Arabic Language Programmes

French Institute of the Near East (Ifpo)

Lebanon · Beirut (and Amman)

Certificate of completion Scholarships Institute

Saifi Institute for Arabic Language

Saifi Institute (private)

Lebanon · Beirut

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Arabic Language Intensive Summer Program (ALIS)

The American University in Cairo — Department of Arabic Language Instruction

Egypt · Cairo

Accredited University

Arabic Language Intensive Program (ALIN)

The American University in Cairo — Department of Arabic Language Instruction

Egypt · Cairo

Accredited University

Arabic Language and Translation Program for Non-Native Speakers

Ain Shams University — Faculty of Al-Alsun (Languages)

Egypt · Cairo

Accredited In person and online National body

Egyptian Cultural Center for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education — Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector

Egypt · Cairo

Certificate of completion National body

Arabic for Non-Native Speakers — Al-Azhar Centre for the Development of International Students' Education

Al-Azhar

Egypt · Cairo

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

Arabic Courses — International Language Institute (IH Cairo)

International Language Institute (ILI), International House member

Egypt · Giza

Certificate of completion In person and online Institute

Fajr Center for the Arabic Language

Fajr Center (private)

Egypt · Cairo

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Cairo University Center for Arabic Language and Culture

Cairo University

Egypt · Giza

Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA@AUC)

The American University in Cairo — Center for Advanced Arabic Study in Cairo

Egypt · Cairo

Arabic courses — Centro de Lenguas Modernas, University of Granada

Universidad de Granada — Centro de Lenguas Modernas

Spain · Granada

School of Arabic Studies — Beijing Foreign Studies University

Beijing Foreign Studies University

China · Beijing

Accredited National body

Arabic courses — Landesspracheninstitut NRW (LSI Bochum)

Landesspracheninstitut NRW at Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Germany · Bochum

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Arabic MA (Hons) programmes — University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh — Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

United Kingdom · Edinburgh

Accredited University

SOAS Language Centre — Arabic Short Courses

SOAS University of London

United Kingdom · London

Certificate of completion In person and online University

Certificate / Diploma / Advanced Diploma in Modern Arabic — Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia — Department of Arabic

India · New Delhi

Accredited University

Intensive Arabic Language Program (Summer) — The Ohio State University

The Ohio State University — Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

United States · Columbus

Accredited Online University

Master in Arabic — Middlebury Language Schools

Middlebury College — Language Schools

United States · Vermont

Accredited In person and online Scholarships University

Arabic Summer Institute (ASI) — University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin — Department of Middle Eastern Studies

United States · Austin

Accredited Online Scholarships University

Arabic Summer Language Institute — University of Maryland

University of Maryland — School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

United States · College Park

Arabic Flagship Program — Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University, part of The Language Flagship

United States · Bloomington

Middlebury Language Schools — Arabic School (Summer Immersion)

Middlebury College — Language Schools

United States · Vermont

Summer Language Institute: Arabic — University of Virginia

University of Virginia

United States · Charlottesville

Accredited Online University

Summer Arabic Language Institute — American Islamic College

American Islamic College

United States · Chicago

Accredited Online National body

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) — Arabic

U.S. Department of State

United States

Accredited In person and online Scholarships University

I'dad Lughawi (Language Preparation) — LIPIA Jakarta

LIPIA — branch of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University

Indonesia · Jakarta

Certificate of completion Scholarships University

Faculty of Arabic — International Islamic University Islamabad

International Islamic University Islamabad

Pakistan · Islamabad

Accredited University

IHU Summer Language School — Arabic, Ibn Haldun University

Ibn Haldun University

Türkiye · Istanbul

Arabic Preparatory Year — Marmara University Faculty of Theology

Marmara University — Faculty of Theology

Türkiye · Istanbul

Arabic Preparatory Programme — IHU School of Languages

Ibn Haldun University — School of Languages

Türkiye · Istanbul

Literal Arabic — INALCO

Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO)

France · Paris

Accredited Institute

Centre de langue et de civilisation arabes (CLCA) — Institut du monde arabe

Institut du monde arabe

France · Paris

Department of Arabic — Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies — College of Asian Languages and Cultures

South Korea · Seoul

Accredited University

General Arabic Courses (KUBA) — IIUM Institute for Language Advancement (IFLA)

International Islamic University Malaysia — CELPAD / IFLA

Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur

Arabic Proficiency Courses — IIUM CELPAD

International Islamic University Malaysia — CELPAD

Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur

Arabic courses — Leiden University Academic Language Centre

Leiden University — Academic Language Centre

Netherlands · Leiden

Certificate of completion In person and online Online platform

Arab Academy

Arab Academy (Cairo)

Online

Certificate of completion In person and online Online platform

ArabicOnline.eu

Pendragon Education (developed with EU Lifelong Learning Programme support)

Online

Arabic for non-Arabic Speakers I–III — Qatar University (edX)

Qatar University (QUx) via edX

Online

Arabic for Beginners Specialization — Khalifa University (Coursera)

Khalifa University via Coursera

Online

Arabic Language Fundamentals — Al-Dhad E-Training Institute

Al-Dhad E-Training Institute

Online

Introduction to Arabic — OpenLearn

The Open University

Online

Certificate of completion Online National body

Ahlan wa Sahlan platform — King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language

King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language

Online

Madinah Arabic

Online

Dream Arabic — Bayyinah TV

Bayyinah Institute

Online

Duolingo — Arabic (app)

Duolingo

Online

Qasid Online

Qasid Arabic Institute (Amman)

Online