diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/admin.py b/common/djangoapps/student/admin.py
index 1c73937c15..677b74b1bf 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/admin.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/admin.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 
 from functools import wraps
+from dal_select2.views import Select2ListView
+from dal_select2.widgets import ListSelect2
+from django_countries import countries
 
 from config_models.admin import ConfigurationModelAdmin
 from django import forms
@@ -11,12 +14,14 @@ from django.contrib.admin.sites import NotRegistered
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import unquote
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as BaseUserAdmin
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import ReadOnlyPasswordHashField
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserChangeForm as BaseUserChangeForm
 from django.db import models, router, transaction
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.http.request import QueryDict
-from django.urls import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse, path
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.translation import ngettext
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ from common.djangoapps.student.models import (
     UserProfile,
     UserTestGroup
 )
+from common.djangoapps.student.constants import LANGUAGE_CHOICES
 from common.djangoapps.student.roles import REGISTERED_ACCESS_ROLES
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
 
@@ -309,9 +315,81 @@ class CourseEnrollmentAdmin(DisableEnrollmentAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
         return super().get_queryset(request).select_related('user')  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=no-member, super-with-arguments
 
 
+@method_decorator(login_required, name='dispatch')
+class LanguageAutocomplete(Select2ListView):
+    def get_list(self):
+        if not self.request.user.is_staff:
+            return []
+        return [lang for lang in LANGUAGE_CHOICES if self.q.lower() in lang.lower()]
+
+
+@method_decorator(login_required, name='dispatch')
+class CountryAutocomplete(Select2ListView):
+    """
+    Autocomplete view for selecting countries using Select2.
+
+    Only accessible to authenticated staff users. Filters the list of countries
+    based on the user input (query string) and returns matching results.
+    """
+
+    def get_list(self):
+        """
+        Returns a filtered list of country tuples (code, name) based on the query.
+        """
+        if not self.request.user.is_staff:
+            return []
+        results = []
+        for code, name in countries:
+            if self.q.lower() in name.lower():
+                results.append((code, name))
+        return results
+
+    def get_result_label(self, item):
+        """ What the user sees in the dropdown """
+        return dict(countries).get(item, item)
+
+    def get_result_value(self, item):
+        """ What gets sent back on selection (the code) """
+        return item
+
+
+class UserProfileInlineForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    """
+    A custom form for editing the UserProfile model within the admin inline.
+    """
+    language = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        widget=ListSelect2(url='admin:language-autocomplete')  # pylint: disable=no-member
+    )
+    country = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        widget=ListSelect2(url='admin:country-autocomplete')   # pylint: disable=no-member
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = UserProfile
+        fields = '__all__'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        if self.instance and self.instance.pk:
+            if self.instance.country:
+                code = self.instance.country
+                name = countries.name(code) if code in countries else code
+                self.fields['country'].widget.choices = [(code, name)]
+                self.initial['country'] = code
+
+            if self.instance.language:
+                language = self.instance.language
+                self.fields['language'].initial = language
+                self.fields['language'].widget.choices = [(language, language)]
+
+
 class UserProfileInline(admin.StackedInline):
     """ Inline admin interface for UserProfile model. """
     model = UserProfile
+    form = UserProfileInlineForm
     can_delete = False
     verbose_name_plural = _('User profile')
 
@@ -359,6 +437,18 @@ class UserAdmin(BaseUserAdmin):
             return django_readonly + ('username',)
         return django_readonly
 
+    def get_urls(self):
+        urls = super().get_urls()
+        custom_urls = [
+            path(
+                'language-autocomplete/',
+                LanguageAutocomplete.as_view(),
+                name='language-autocomplete'
+            ),
+            path('country-autocomplete/', CountryAutocomplete.as_view(), name='country-autocomplete'),
+        ]
+        return custom_urls + urls
+
 
 @admin.register(UserAttribute)
 class UserAttributeAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/constants.py b/common/djangoapps/student/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43607f1373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""# Generate a sorted list of unique language names from pycountry """
+import pycountry
+
+LANGUAGE_CHOICES = sorted({lang.name for lang in pycountry.languages if hasattr(lang, 'alpha_2')})
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_admin_views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_admin_views.py
index 2914bcd61c..968ba330a9 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_admin_views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_admin_views.py
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Tests student admin.py
 
 
 import datetime
+import json
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import ddt
 import pytest
+
 from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=imported-auth-user
 from django.forms import ValidationError
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ from common.djangoapps.student.admin import (  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=l
     UserAdmin
 )
 from common.djangoapps.student.models import AllowedAuthUser, CourseEnrollment, LoginFailures
-from common.djangoapps.student.tests.factories import CourseEnrollmentFactory, UserFactory
+from common.djangoapps.student.tests.factories import CourseEnrollmentFactory, UserFactory, UserProfileFactory
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.content.course_overviews.tests.factories import CourseOverviewFactory
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.site_configuration.tests.mixins import SiteMixin
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import SharedModuleStoreTestCase  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
@@ -532,3 +534,164 @@ class AllowedAuthUserFormTest(SiteMixin, TestCase):
         db_allowed_auth_user = AllowedAuthUser.objects.all().first()
         assert AllowedAuthUser.objects.all().count() == 1
         assert db_allowed_auth_user.email == self.other_valid_email
+
+
+@ddt.ddt
+class TestUserProfileAutocompleteAdmin(TestCase):
+    """Tests for language and country autocomplete in UserProfile inline form via Django admin."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.staff_user = UserFactory(is_staff=True)
+        self.staff_user.set_password('test')
+        self.staff_user.save()
+
+        self.non_staff_user = UserFactory(is_staff=False)
+        self.non_staff_user.set_password('test')
+        self.non_staff_user.save()
+
+        self.client.login(username=self.staff_user.username, password='test')
+
+        self.language_url = reverse('admin:language-autocomplete')
+        self.country_url = reverse('admin:country-autocomplete')
+
+        user1 = UserFactory()
+        user1.set_password('test')
+        user1.save()
+        UserProfileFactory(user=user1, language='English', country='PK')
+
+        user2 = UserFactory()
+        user2.set_password('test')
+        user2.save()
+        UserProfileFactory(user=user2, language='French', country='GB')
+
+        user3 = UserFactory()
+        user3.set_password('test')
+        user3.save()
+        UserProfileFactory(user=user3, language='German', country='US')
+
+    def test_language_autocomplete_returns_expected_result(self):
+        """Verify language autocomplete returns expected filtered results."""
+        profile = UserProfileFactory(user=self.staff_user, language='Esperanto')
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.language_url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        data = json.loads(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any('Esperanto' in item['text'] for item in data['results']),
+            f"Esperanto not found in: {data['results']}"
+        )
+
+        profile.language = 'French'
+        profile.save()
+
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.language_url}?q=Fren')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        data = json.loads(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any('French' in item['text'] for item in data['results']),
+            f"French not found in: {data['results']}"
+        )
+
+    def test_country_autocomplete_returns_expected_result(self):
+        """Verify country autocomplete returns expected filtered results."""
+        profile = UserProfileFactory(user=self.staff_user, country='SE')
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.country_url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        data = json.loads(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any('Sweden' in item['text'] for item in data['results']),
+            f"Sweden not found in: {data['results']}"
+        )
+
+        profile.country = 'JP'
+        profile.save()
+
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.country_url}?q=Japan')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        data = json.loads(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any('Japan' in item['text'] for item in data['results']),
+            f"Japan not found in: {data['results']}"
+        )
+
+    @ddt.data('eng', 'fren', 'GER')
+    def test_language_autocomplete_filters_correctly(self, term):
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.language_url}?q={term}')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        data = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertTrue(any(term.lower() in item['text'].lower() for item in data['results']))
+
+    def test_language_autocomplete_returns_empty_on_no_match(self):
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.language_url}?q=not-a-lang')
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content)['results'], [])
+
+    @ddt.data('United', 'Kingdom', 'Pakistan')
+    def test_country_autocomplete_filters_correctly(self, term):
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.country_url}?q={term}')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        data = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertTrue(any(term.lower() in item['text'].lower() for item in data['results']))
+
+    def test_country_autocomplete_returns_empty_on_gibberish(self):
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.country_url}?q=asdfghjkl')
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content)['results'], [])
+
+    def test_admin_inline_autocomplete_urls_render(self):
+        admin = UserFactory(is_staff=True, is_superuser=True)
+        admin.set_password('test')
+        admin.save()
+
+        user = UserFactory()
+        user.set_password('test')
+        user.save()
+        self.client.login(username=admin.username, password='test')  # re-login as admin
+
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:auth_user_change', args=[user.id]))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertContains(response, self.language_url)
+        self.assertContains(response, self.country_url)
+
+    def test_language_autocomplete_blocks_non_staff(self):
+        self.client.logout()
+        self.client.login(username=self.non_staff_user.username, password='test')
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.language_url}?q=english')
+        data = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertEqual(data['results'], [])
+
+    def test_country_autocomplete_blocks_non_staff(self):
+        self.client.logout()
+        self.client.login(username=self.non_staff_user.username, password='test')
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.country_url}?q=pakistan')
+        data = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertEqual(data['results'], [])
+
+    def test_language_autocomplete_blocks_anonymous_user(self):
+        """Ensure anonymous user gets blocked or redirected."""
+        self.client.logout()
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.language_url}?q=English')
+        self.assertIn(response.status_code, [302, 403])
+
+    def test_country_autocomplete_blocks_anonymous_user(self):
+        """Ensure anonymous user gets blocked or redirected."""
+        self.client.logout()
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.country_url}?q=Pakistan')
+        self.assertIn(response.status_code, [302, 403])
+
+    def test_language_autocomplete_status_for_non_staff(self):
+        self.client.logout()
+        self.client.login(username=self.non_staff_user.username, password='test')
+        response = self.client.get(f'{self.language_url}?q=English')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)  # still 200, but empty results expected
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content)['results'], [])
+
+    def test_unknown_autocomplete_path_404s(self):
+        logged_in = self.client.login(username=self.staff_user.username, password='test')
+        assert logged_in, "Login failed — test user not authenticated"
+
+        response = self.client.get('/admin/myapp/mymodel/fake-autocomplete/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 68dda72b69..3ace69ab06 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -3042,6 +3042,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.sites',
 
+    'dal',
+    'dal_select2',
+
     # Tweaked version of django.contrib.staticfiles
     'openedx.core.djangoapps.staticfiles.apps.EdxPlatformStaticFilesConfig',
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/admin.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/admin.py
index 6414069942..851a70286a 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/admin.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/site_configuration/admin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 Django admin page for Site Configuration models
 """
-
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from .models import SiteConfiguration, SiteConfigurationHistory
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index dc254eeda1..852c618d11 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ django==4.2.21
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   django-appconf
+    #   django-autocomplete-light
     #   django-celery-results
     #   django-classy-tags
     #   django-config-models
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ django==4.2.21
     #   xss-utils
 django-appconf==1.1.0
     # via django-statici18n
+django-autocomplete-light==3.12.1
+    # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
 django-cache-memoize==0.2.1
     # via edx-enterprise
 django-celery-results==2.6.0
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index f2bc351e9f..345402efab 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ django==4.2.21
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   django-appconf
+    #   django-autocomplete-light
     #   django-celery-results
     #   django-classy-tags
     #   django-config-models
@@ -415,6 +416,10 @@ django-appconf==1.1.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   django-statici18n
+django-autocomplete-light==3.12.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
+    #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
 django-cache-memoize==0.2.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/doc.txt b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
index 107dafc09a..3b45fc0cdf 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ django==4.2.21
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   django-appconf
+    #   django-autocomplete-light
     #   django-celery-results
     #   django-classy-tags
     #   django-config-models
@@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ django-appconf==1.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   django-statici18n
+django-autocomplete-light==3.12.1
+    # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 django-cache-memoize==0.2.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/kernel.in b/requirements/edx/kernel.in
index 55fa2f2908..caec5c8c04 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/kernel.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/kernel.in
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ codejail-includes                   # CodeJail manages execution of untrusted co
 cryptography                        # Implementations of assorted cryptography algorithms
 defusedxml
 Django                              # Web application framework
+django-autocomplete-light           # Enhances Django admin with single-select autocomplete dropdowns for a better user experience.
 django-celery-results               # Only used for the CacheBackend for celery results
 django-config-models                # Configuration models for Django allowing config management with auditing
 django-cors-headers                 # Used to allow to configure CORS headers for cross-domain requests
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index efca14e92f..90175eb918 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ django==4.2.21
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   django-appconf
+    #   django-autocomplete-light
     #   django-celery-results
     #   django-classy-tags
     #   django-config-models
@@ -327,6 +328,8 @@ django-appconf==1.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   django-statici18n
+django-autocomplete-light==3.12.1
+    # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 django-cache-memoize==0.2.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt