Undergraduate German studies degree (whole spectrum of the subject); Interdisciplinary vocational specialisation options from the 2nd semester; Cooperation with neighbouring disciplines in the humanities and with suitable subjects for specialisation; Research-oriented curriculum; Applied component (project work); Individual specialisation options; Focus on career opportunities

International cooperation with European and non-European universities (student and lecturer exchange); International exchange within the subject

Exhibition project "Book Series of the Second World War" developed with students with strong learning-through-research element (includes publication of an exhibition catalogue with student contributions); Disaster literature; Low German; Language and Politics; Author database; Old Saxon; Phüla interphase teacher training FD German, DU in the context of migration and immigration; Adaptive learning through interactive learning pens

Full-time degree course; One quarter of the period of study is spent in class (mostly lectures, seminars and exercises); Majority consists of private study and working groups (preparation and follow-up of classes, exercises, project work, writing of study-related texts, independent reading)