Part-time recreational evening course held by the Language Centre.

Course Description

The Language Centre offers part-time courses to which all adults are welcome to attend. Courses are offered in the evenings.

The term 1 and term 2 courses run for 12 weeks, 2 hours once a week, classes are designed to develop and consolidate language skills, suitable for a range of learners from complete beginners to those looking for something more advanced. In the summer term, we offer 6-week courses, 2 hours once a week, classes are designed to strengthen your conversational skills which consists of six units with different discussion topics.

Please note that all our part-time courses are for recreational purposes only. They are not intended as preparation for any formal examinations that participants may wish to take in their own time (apart from the IELTS Preparation and the Japanaese level 5/6 courses.  The Japanaese level 5/6 course is suitable for both recreational study and for JLPT N5 exam candidates). Our part-time courses do not include any assessments or tests.

Term dates for 2025/26:

Autumn: starting w/c 06/10/25 - ending w/c 12/01/26 (includes 3 week break).  Deadline has now passed. Thank you to all who applied.

Spring: starting w/c 09/02/2026 - ending w/c 11/05/2026 (includes 2 week break).  Booking open. 

Summer: starting w/c 25/05/26 - ending w/c 29/06/26 (6 weeks).  Booking will open Monday 2 February 2026

Term 2 dates:

Monday 9 February to Friday 27 March 2026 (7 weeks)
Break Monday 30 March to Friday 10 April 2026 (2-week break)
Classes resume Monday 13 April to Friday 15 May 2026 (5 weeks)

Japanese Online Course: Term 1 Timetable – booking open

Language	Level	Day	Start Date	End Date	Time	Fee
Japanese on Microsoft Teams	1	Monday	09/02/2026	11/05/2026	6-8PM	£192/£176

12-week Course Fees:

Course Fee	General Public	£192.00
Course Fee	University of Aberdeen Student/Staff/NHS Staff receive one free class – you must use your UoA email/NHS email when booking.	£176.00

 Evening Classes term 3 dates for 2025 – 2026.

TERM 3: 6-week conversational courses Booking will open for Term 3 of 2025-2026 on Monday 2 March 2026
Term Opens	Monday 25 May 2026
Term Closes	Friday 3 July 2026

Please note we will only advertise one term at a time. 

Course Content:

Before you book, you can check the course content and textbook details for each level on the Language Centre website. Please do not purchase the textbook until the course is confirmed to run. The status of each course (running or cancelled) will be emailed to participants approx. 1 week before the scheduled start date.

Important: Upon completion of booking, you will receive an email to confirm your place.   Approx. 1 week before the scheduled start date an email with details of class location, start date, time, and tutor will be sent out. Please look out for an email entitled "Course Details".

Terms and Conditions:

Your registration on an evening language course will be subject to the following terms and conditions:

• Terms and Conditions

FAQs:

Have a look through our frequently asked questions page for further information.

In-person teaching:

Our teaching will be done in-person in. Rather than allocate rooms at this stage, we will make decisions just before courses begin, based on the numbers enrolled.

To contact the Language Centre:

email:                lc-eveningclasses@abdn.ac.uk