German Language and Literature, Department
Philosophische Fakultät
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Germanistische Literaturwissenschaft; Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft; Institut für Auslandsgermanistik/Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache
Fürstengraben 18
D-07743 Jena
Telephone: +49 3641 930-0
https://www.uni-jena.de
Uni Jena
Department on the internet
Institut für Germanistische Literaturwissenschaft; Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft; Institut für Auslandsgermanistik/Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache
Fürstengraben 18
D-07743 Jena
Telephone: +49 3641 930-0
https://www.uni-jena.de
Uni Jena
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
- German Language and Literature (B.A.)
- German as a Foreign and Second Language (B.A.)
- International Master programme German Studies for Foreign Nationals/German as a Foreign or Second Language (M.A.)
- Literature-Art-Culture (M.A.)
- German Linguistics (M.A.)
- German Classical Period in the European Context (M.A.)
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Basic information
- Teaching staff at the department
47
- Total number of students at the department
1,260
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
260
Teaching in core subjects
- German as a foreign language: 31.9%
- Ancient German Literature: 9.6%
- Modern Literature: 20.2%
- Linguistics: 3.2%
- Historic Linguistics: 28.7%
- Other fields: 6.4%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
13/14 points
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital teaching elements
- Teaching foreign language skills
- Research orientation
- Rooms
- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
30
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching
Clearly structured range of study offers with various topics; manageable participant numbers; strong collaboration among teaching staff; GFL (German as a Foreign Language)/GSL (German as a Second Language)High practical orientation, through practical teaching exercises for example; High level of intercultural exchange through more than 40 Erasmus agreements.
Special features regarding the international orientation
International master's degree in German as a Foreign and Second Language with over 80% international students. High level of international demand.
Special features regarding the equipment
Lecture theatres and seminar rooms are all very well equipped with media; Work using the ‘Moodle’ online learning platform
Special features regarding research activities
Collaboration with non-university institutions (Weimar Classics Foundation); large edition project (historical-critical Wieland edition); intensive interdisciplinary collaboration (Philosophy, History of Art, English Studies, Psychology, Medicine, Computer Science); German as a Foreign Language/German as a Second Language: second-language acquisition and multilingualism research (German as a Second Language office ); development of teaching materials (office for textbook research, materials development); German in careers; further teacher training; internet-based learning.
Further information on research activities
Further information about study entry phase
Information on access restrictions
online-application
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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the
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