北京大學外國語學院于1999年6月由英語語言文學系、東方學系、西方語言文學系、俄語語言文學系四個系組建而成。下設英語語言文學系、俄羅斯語言文學系、法語語言文學系、德語語言文學系、西班牙葡萄牙語言文學系、阿拉伯語言文化系、日本語言文化系、南亞學系、東南亞語言文化系、西亞語言文化系、朝鮮（韓國）語言文化系、亞非語言文學系、外國語言學及應用語言學研究所、世界文學研究所、翻譯碩士專業學位教育中心、語言中心，共計12個系2所2個中心； 擁有英語、俄語、法語、德語、西班牙語、葡萄牙語、日語、阿拉伯語、蒙古語、朝鮮語、越南語、泰國語、緬甸語、印尼語、菲律賓語、印地語、梵巴語、烏爾都語、波斯語、希伯來語20個本科語種專業。與元培學院、曆史系共建有外國語言與外國曆史專業；與元培學院、考古文博學院聯合開設外國語言與外國曆史專業-外國考古方向。

School of Foreign Languages, Peking University

School of Foreign Languages, Peking University was founded in June 1999 by four departments: Department of English Language and Literature, Department of Oriental Language and Literature, Department of Western Language and Literature, and Department of Russian Language and Literature. Consists of English language &literature, Russian language &literature, French language literature language &literature, Spain, Portugal, German language &literature, Arabic language and culture, the Japanese language and culture, language and culture to the department of South Asia, southeast Asia, west Asia, language and culture, north Korea (South Korea) language and culture, the Asian and African language literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics research institute , the Institute of World Literature, the Education Center for Master's Degree in Translation and Interpreting, and the Language Center, a total of 12 departments and 2 centers; It has 20 undergraduate language majors, including English, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Mongolian, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Indonesian, Filipino, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Persian, and Hebrew. Foreign Languages and Foreign History is a major jointly established with Yuanpei College and History Department. The major of Foreign Languages and Foreign History -- the direction of Foreign Archaeology is set up jointly with Yuanpei College and College of Archaeology and Museology.