About Us

The Chair of German at Trinity College, founded 1776, is thought to be the oldest in the world. The Department today combines the strengths of this tradition with a modern, dynamic, interdisciplinary approach to Germanic Studies. We teach and research in German language, literature, culture and society, German business studies and intercultural communication, and German law. The staff of the Department currently consists currently of seven Professors, a German language instructor, Lektors for German and German Law, and also a number of part-time staff, postdoctoral research fellows and research associates. We also offer a thriving Dutch evening class programme.

There are about 300 students in the Department,

• taking undergraduate courses in: TSM Germanic Studies (German plus one other subject);European Studies; Computer Science, Linguistics and German; Business Studies and German; Law and German.
• taking postgraduate courses: MPhil in German literature and language pedagogy.
• or studying for research degrees of MLitt and Ph