ISK offers teaching in the following fields: linguistics, literature studies, art history, media and documentation studies, English, Kven, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, Sami, Spanish, and German as one-year studies, as well as full Bachelor and Master programmes (including three international programmes). The department is also involved in teacher education level 8-13 and provides teaching in North Sami, Spanish, English, Nordic, Russian and German. In addition, the department is responsible for all the Sami language teaching (mother tongue and second language) at UiT. The department has continuing education courses in Northern Sami, German, and Nordic. Furthermore, the department offers doctoral education in cultural/literature studies, art history, media and documentation studies, and linguistics.