Arabic is a dynamic international language of the world which is spoken by over 300 million Arabs and is recognized as one of the official languages of UNO and other international organizations.
It is a liturgical language of more than one billion Muslims across the globe.

The department of Arabic is among the oldest departments of GDC Sogam and enjoys high reputation in the college and is one among the active departments of the college.

At present, the department conducts undergraduate courses and a good number of students are registered in many semesters. One of the key features of the department is that the courses are designed to lay special thrust on language skills and multiple teaching techniques are employed from time to time. We are focusing to make the subject more skill based, professional and job oriented through different skill and Generic courses, which are opted by a good number number of students.

However, the fact is that due to lack of exposure of the subject, very little number of students used to opt for Arabic subject. In this regard, the concerned faculty member(s) have been taking many steps to aware students about the scope and job opportunities (in and outside J&K) in this subject.
Moreover, due to the counseling at the time of admission process, attention of the students has been grabbed towards the scope of the subject which has resulted in the student enrollment in Arabic. Thus, the number of students has been increasing each year considerably.

The department mainly focuses on translation and interpretation and tries to shift the subject towards skill oriented. Arabic language skills boost marketability when it comes to job opportunities. Many of the countries where Arabic is the primary language are becoming giants in the world’s leading industries, which brings to the forefront the need for the individuals who are able to communicate effectively with the businesses in these countries. The department has always kept this aspect in mind.

The department is working on multiple objectives which include:

To import high quality education of Arabic language and literature to the students at undergraduate level.

To enhance exposure of students to the knowledge of Arabic language

To teach Modern Standard Arabic by focusing mainly on communication, translation and interpretation so that job opportunities increase manifold.

To link Arabic as a foreign language to J&K tourism.

To develop all skills of Arabic language; listening, speaking, reading and writing among the students.