As far as I concerned, English should be a compulsory subject in university. The first reason is in education. There are many textbooks composed of specific vocabulary in English, students have to know the meaning. As a student of faculty of science, l acquire mostly lecture notes in English from teacher. The second is in communication. English is an international language. To communicate with other country, not only USA or UK, but also in the country that they have their own language, you have to use English as a medium between you both. When l studied in high school, there were exchange students from Japan studing with us for 1 week. We both communicated in English. The bottom line is in opportunity. The more you have an effective in using English, the more you gain the good changes in every ways. To illustrate, almost every big companys always identify qualification of applicants that they must have a good command in speaking and writing English.