The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) is a central university located in Hyderabad, India, devoted to the teaching and study of English and several foreign languages. It is the only university of its kind dedicated exclusively to languages in South Asia.
EFLU offers programmes in English along with a range of foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Turkish. The curriculum spans diverse areas of language and culture, providing a broad academic base for learners and researchers interested in global linguistic traditions.
Academic activity at the university is organised around fields such as Teacher Education, Literature, Linguistics, and Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies. Through these areas, EFLU caters to students seeking specialisation in language pedagogy, literary studies, theoretical and applied linguistics, as well as cross-disciplinary cultural enquiry.
As a central university with a focused mandate on languages, EFLU plays a distinctive role in the higher education landscape of India, supporting both the practical study of languages and scholarly engagement with the literatures and cultures associated with them.