A Masters by Research (MScR) programme is ideal if students have a clear idea of the independent research they wish to undertake at Masters level. One of the University of Edinburgh’s larger Modern Language subject areas, German has earned its place as a significant centre for research, supporting a broad range of cultural and literary research themes, from the medieval period to the present.

Join the community and produce a portfolio of assignments totalling 12,000 words, and a 15,000-word dissertation, under the guidance of an experienced and well-published supervisor. Our research expertise includes:

18th century and Romanticism studies
Bertolt Brecht
censorship studies
contemporary German literature
cultural and political studies and literary theory
Film Studies
Gender Studies
identity studies
LGBTQI+ representation
literature and culture of the German/Austrian fin-de-siècle
literature and culture of the Weimar Republic and the National Socialist era
migrant literature in German
palaeography and Medieval textual studies