German

Ten Reasons to Study German at Kent

  1. Career prospects: German graduates rank among the most employable of all university-leavers (74% of UK employers are looking for foreign language skills).
  2. Teaching quality: Modern languages at Kent ranked 11th (out of 64 universities) in the Guardian 2012 university guide. Modules are linked to staff areas of research expertise and cover a broad range of material across German language, literature, and culture. Groups are carefully kept small to guarantee students more personal involvement, whilst conversation classes are always taught by native speakers.
  3. Student satisfaction: Modern Languages at Kent consistently score highly on the National Student Survey.
  4. Student culture: student-led activities include German society, film nights, new German films in the Gulbenkian cinema, Tandem language learning, study trips to Germany.
  5. ERASMUS exchanges: students can spend their year abroad at prestigious German universities, including Erlangen, Heidelberg, Jena, and Marburg.
  6. Research strengths: Internationally recognised staff, with close links to leading Germanic institutions such as the Deutsches Literaturarchiv and the Austrian Literature Archives. German staff also work closely with colleagues across the School of European Culture and Languages, and co-direct the Centre for Modern European Literature and the Centre for Language and Linguistic Studies.
  7. Facilities: A modern building housing state-of-the-art multi-media facilities.
  8. Location: Situated on an attractive, self-contained campus overlooking the city of Canterbury, with excellent transport links to London and mainland Europe. The Complete University Guide 2012 has named Canterbury as the safest city for students in England and Wales.

    9. Reasons to Study German

  9. Germany has the most powerful economy in Europe and the 4th strongest one in the world, as well as the UK’s number one export market, and is a vital business language within the EU.
  10. German is the first language of more than 24% of the population of the European Union (more than any other language).

 

German, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF

Enquiries: +44 (0)1227 827159 or email German

Last Updated: 15/12/2011