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Welcome to German.

The German section is a leading institution in the field of German studies and has always achieved excellent results in successive national research assessment exercises, as well as sharing in the outstanding rating awarded to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics in the last Teaching Quality Assessment.

The German section is happy to answer any questions that current or prospective students may have. Please contact us via e-mail with any questions.

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Interview with Sharon Dodua Otoo 

Watch the inspiring keynote from our annual Undergraduate Conference by filmmaker Sheri Hagen, entitled ‘Die selbstverständliche Unterbrechung'.

Watch our annual Schröder event, a conversation with leading German theatre director, Thomas Ostermeier.

 

Listen to current student experiences with our new series of Podcasts. Students talk about the Cambridge interview, Year Abroad, learning a language from scratch, a 'typical day in Cambridge' and much more!

Take a look at this short video produced by some of our current students of German.

On our special events and news page you will find details of current and forthcoming items of interest, with links to our research events and any special seminars or lectures

 

Listen to this sample German lecture by Dr Charlotte Woodford

 

 

Listen to this talk on translation by Silke Mentchen 

 

Latest News

PhD student Frederick Hauke publishes article

26 September 2023

We are happy to share that while working on his PhD project on human dignity in German intellectual history, Frederick Hauke has written an article published in 'The Conversation.'

Dr. Joe Prestwich features in ZDF news item on Pride Month in the UK

19 June 2023

Our very own Dr. Joe Prestwich has been featured on ZDF News. Watch him speak about Pride Month in the United Kingdom at the following link: https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-europa/pride-month-in-grossbritannien-100.html

Applying to Cambridge

Information for prospective applicants thinking of studying German at Cambridge.

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Cambridge Online German for Schools

Cambridge Online German for Schools (COGS) is a core element of the Cambridge German Network

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