24 monthsProgramme duration
3,000 EURTuition Fee/year
31 Mar, 2026Application Deadline
Oct, AprStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Students in the German Studies degree programme will focus on German language and literature from their inception through the current day, examining their social and cultural relationships as well as their theoretical bases.
The Master’s degree programme in German Studies: Literature – Knowledge – Language at Heidelberg University provides students with advanced knowledge in the areas of German linguistics, modern German literature, and medieval and early modern language and literature. The Master’s degree programme, with its traditional and exceptional access to a well-networked research environment, provides an interdisciplinary and international perspective on issues of key importance within German Studies research.
In the “German Linguistics” specialisation, the focus of the degree programme is on practical research surrounding the complex topic of “spoken knowledge”. In the “Modern German Literature” specialisation, particular attention is paid to a continuum in literary history that stretches from Humanism through the Enlightenment, the Classic and Romantic periods, the realism of the nineteenth century, the avant-garde movement of the early twentieth century, up to the current day. The paradigms of modern German literary history will be taught within their social-historical context. Intertextual relationships, interdisciplinary and comparative aspects, historical dimensions of knowledge, and poetological traditions will be covered in advanced modules.
In the “Medieval and Early Modern Language and Literature” specialisation, the focus will be on the entire history of linguistics and literature from the eighth to the eighteenth century.
The objective of the degree programme is to guide students, on the basis of representative examples, through an academically-grounded examination of the German language and literature of the pre-modern and early modern periods. During the course of the degree programme, students will be given the opportunity to pursue a specialisation in the medieval or early modern periods.
It is possible to choose a minor subject in combination with this Master programme. For further information please refer to the Examination Rules and Regulations.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Students in the German Studies degree programme will focus on German language and literature from their inception through the current day, examining their social and cultural relationships as well as their theoretical bases.
The Master’s degree programme in German Studies: Literature – Knowledge – Language at Heidelberg University provides students with advanced knowledge in the areas of German linguistics, modern German literature, and medieval and early modern language and literature. The Master’s degree programme, with its traditional and exceptional access to a well-networked research environment, provides an interdisciplinary and international perspective on issues of key importance within German Studies research.
In the “German Linguistics” specialisation, the focus of the degree programme is on practical research surrounding the complex topic of “spoken knowledge”. In the “Modern German Literature” specialisation, particular attention is paid to a continuum in literary history that stretches from Humanism through the Enlightenment, the Classic and Romantic periods, the realism of the nineteenth century, the avant-garde movement of the early twentieth century, up to the current day. The paradigms of modern German literary history will be taught within their social-historical context. Intertextual relationships, interdisciplinary and comparative aspects, historical dimensions of knowledge, and poetological traditions will be covered in advanced modules.
In the “Medieval and Early Modern Language and Literature” specialisation, the focus will be on the entire history of linguistics and literature from the eighth to the eighteenth century.
The objective of the degree programme is to guide students, on the basis of representative examples, through an academically-grounded examination of the German language and literature of the pre-modern and early modern periods. During the course of the degree programme, students will be given the opportunity to pursue a specialisation in the medieval or early modern periods.
It is possible to choose a minor subject in combination with this Master programme. For further information please refer to the Examination Rules and Regulations.
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