The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is made up of 48 academics, each of them belonging to one of 17 different scientific areas; the Department is organized into 5 branches, according to the areas of research and language involved.

There are also another 50 foreign language teachers, as well as 10 members of administrative staff. Six post-doctoral research fellow contribute to the research activity in the Department, whereas 29 contract teachers contribute to the teaching programmes.