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We do mention the War - and the Enlightenment, the Middle Ages, and Unification. Challenge expectations: study German at Birmingham. Dr Joanne Sayner, Lecturer in German Studies

Welcome to the Department of German Studies


Undergraduate courses

A wide variety of degree combinations involving German is offered, to allow students to choose whether to focus to a greater or lesser extent on German.

German can be studied ab initio at Birmingham in all the degree programmes above other than Single Honours German, for which an A-level in German is required.

Major/Minor combinations

  • BA Modern Languages with English Literature
  • BA Modern Languages with Mathematics
  • BA Modern Languages with Music
  • BA Modern Languages with Psychology
  • BA Modern Languages with Theatre Studies

'With German' programmes

  • LLB Law with German
  • BSc International Business with German
  • BA European Business Management
  • BSc Economics with German
  • BA International Studies with German
  • BSc Money Banking and Finance with German

Postgraduate research

MA/MPhil(B) Modern European Cultures

MPhil German Studies

PhD in German Studies by Research

PhD with Integrated Study in European Languages and Cultures


The Department of German Studies is part of the Centre for European Languages and Cultures.