For centuries, German-speaking cultures have had a profound international influence. German ranks in the world’s top 20 languages and in Europe, more people speak it as their native language than any other.

On this joint honours programme, you will have the chance to gain professional skills in all aspects of German, including writing, speaking, presenting and translating. You will spend a year of the programme studying and using your German abroad.

Alongside your language studies, in German classes you will explore and compare historical and cultural developments in the German-speaking world from different perspectives. This will enable you to critically appraise topics such as:

German identities
Encounters with non-Germans
Nationalism and anti-nationalism
Nature and culture
Minority cultures
Migration in the German-speaking world