Dates for your diary
Language Grammar Workshop: Wednesday 19th November 2025
All students of European languages at levels 1 and 2 eligible
This page is aimed at students already registered on a Languages module within the Imperial Horizons/I-Explore programmes. Below, you will find important links and information to get the most out of your language module.
The language modules currently offered free to Imperial undergraduates are Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Classes are organized by year group as well as level and can be taken for degree credit, extra credit or non-credit.
For language-specific information, please check your language's Blackboard course.
Location
All our language classes are face to face unless otherwise advertised, and take place on the South Kensington campus (map can be found here, with the accessible route map here). Room confirmation details will be sent to enrolled students the week prior to classes starting: please make sure to check your emails. There may be classroom changes throughout the course; always check your inbox for notifications received from horizons@imperial.ac.uk, the main email address for Horizons/I-Explore timetable updates.
Links, FAQs, YiE/LfS, Assessment, AI guidance
- Language Level Allocation
- Year in Europe
- Language for Science
- Assessments, Marking & Feedback
- Useful links
Language modules are offered at a range of different levels from complete beginners (Level 1) upwards. Please make sure that you are eligible for the language module that you are choosing by checking the pre-requisites chart on the relevant language-specific page. If you are in any doubt about your eligibility, please contact the appropriate coordinator.
Once the autumn term has started, a move to a lower/higher level must be discussed with your class teacher in the first instance and the move made as soon as possible - within the first two weeks of term at most. Should there be no spaces available in the correct level, you will be enrolled to an alternative Horizons/I-Explore module of your choice where possible.
Only for students taking French, German, Spanish or Italian
These classes prepare students registered on a degree with a year in Europe (or a Language for Science degree - see next tab) for their stay abroad. Students on such programmes need to attend these classes in addition to their Horizons classes.
The Year in Europe classes are tailored to students’ needs and usually focus on:
- Developing your communicative skills within academic, scientific, and technical contexts
- Developing your intercultural awareness
Classes take place on Fridays 12:00 - 13:00 or 13:00 - 14:00. We will be hosting two Year in Europe information sessions in the autumn term:
Friday 3rd October (online)
Tuesday 7th October (in person)
Eligible Year 1 students have been sent details about the above events via email
Further information can be found on the Year in Europe web page
These modules are offered to Life Sciences students registered on a combined degree in Biology/Biotechnology/ Biochemistry and are an integral part of their curriculum. They include:
- History and Politics (1st year)
- History of Science (2nd year)
- Translation (3rd/4th year)
They are taught in addition to the Horizons language and Year-in-Europe modules with classes taking place on Thursdays.
The 2025-26 Language for Science information session will be taking place on Wednesday 1st October. Language for Science students have been sent the details via email
Further information can be found on the Language for Science web page
You can find an assessment breakdown for each level, including weightings of each assessment element, by going to the relevant language's webpage. You will also find learning outcomes and indicative content on the language webpage.
Communication of final grades
At the end of the academic year, an external examiner verifies marks and the marking procedures. Grades awarded are not final until ratified by the external examiner and confirmed by the Board of Examiners. You will receive your final grades for individual modules as well as overall year grades through My Imperial after the Board of Examiners has approved these; if you take a module for degree credit you will be given your final result as a percentage.
Extra credit results appear on transcripts as Pass, Merit or Distinction, except for fails.
Detailed marks & feedback
Results and feedback on each individual coursework piece will be communicated as per your module assessment calendars found in Blackboard, usually two weeks after hand-in (later in the case of written examinations/in-class tests which are usually marked by two examiners). You may request feedback about your oral examination from the appropriate language coordinator once final grades have been published.
Information on mitigating circumstances, coursework extensions, deadlines and late penalties can be found on the general CLCC UG module handbook page.
If in doubt, please check either the Horizons FAQs or I-Explore FAQs in the first instance
Languages: Links to individual language course pages
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/languages/
Imperial Horizons: General information on the Horizons course catalogue
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/horizons
After:Hours Adult Education: Evening class programmes open to the Imperial community and the general public
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes
CLCC Language Exchange: Informal language practice with peers
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/languages/clcc-language-exchange/