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The German Department was founded in 1956, being one of the first sections of the University of Timisoara. The graduate students of the department have become teachers and researchers in the field of German language and literature, teaching German both as mother tongue and as a foreign language, working as translators, editors, literary advisors, reporters, librarians, PR managers, staff managers in important institutions, or employed by embassies, consulates and other German and Austrian institutions in Romania.

The department has 18 teachers (professors, associate professors, lecturers, assistant lecturers), visiting professors from Germany and Austria and it also benefits from the cooperation of guest professors and other remarkable personalities from Romania or from abroad.

Since 1996, The German department has been organizing international conferences and has been editing a collective volume, Temeswarer Beiträge zur Germanistik, celebrated both in Romania and abroad.

Duration of study:

• 8 semesters (day courses)

• 2 semesters (postgraduate courses or a Master’s degree programme)

The entrance exam consists of one written paper (see the annual brochure of the Faculty).

Facilities:

1. the cooperation with Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, the University of Vienna, the University of Saarbrücken, the University of Innsbruck;

2. headquarters of DAAD visiting professors from Germany and OAD visiting professors from Austria

3. one-year specialization degree program

4. two years Master's degree program in German Studies

5. study grants and social grants offered by the Romanian Ministry of Education

6. study or research grants for shorter or longer periods in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

7. Socrates grants in Germany and Austria

8. access to the university library, the Austrian library, the German library, the department’s library;

9. access to information via the internet

10. cooperation with the German Cultural Center, the German State Theatre, the Democratic Forum of the Banat Germans and other German organizations in Timisoara

 Research directions:

1. Modern and postmodern Austrian literature

2. The Banat German culture from an interdisciplinary perspective

3. Dialectology

4. German language teaching as mother tongue or as a foreign language

5. Translation theory  and practice

6. The image of the German world in Romanian literature

7. Literature from an interdisciplinary perspective

Information:
Secretary of Department: Fibisan Maria
mfibisan@litere.uvt.ro