Fachbereich 09 - Philologie at the Uni Münster

Germanistisches Institut und Institut für Niederländische Philologie

Uni Münster

Schlossplatz 34
48143 Münster
Phone: +49 251 832-4639

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Teaching staff at the department	54
Total number of students	4,740
Number of master degree students	230

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	73.9 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	63.0 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.2
Support in studies	2.3
Courses offered	2.4
Study organisation	2.2
Exams	2.4
Digital teaching elements	2.5
Teaching foreign language skills	3.1
Research orientation	2.2
Rooms	2.1
Library	1.9
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	2.2

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	4,200
Teacher qualification programmes
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

did you know?

About studying German Language and Literature in Germany

About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
The acquisition of additional qualifications is possible through the DaF certificate (German as a Foreign Language), the oral certificate and the written certificate. The Centre for Speech, Communication and Theatre Practice, the co[n]TEXT writing guidance office and the Writing and Reading Centre provide training in key qualifications.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Collaborations on a range of different levels with universities in the USA (Princeton, Seattle), Great Britain (Sheffield), China (Xi’an, Shanghai), Africa (Libreville, Gabon) and Uzbekistan (Taschkent). Approx 30 ERASMUS partnerships, special guidance programmes for foreign students, work placement positions for students of the WWU at foreign German Studies departments, Humboldt scholarship holders (including from Brazil and China), exchange between doctoral candidates in the form of international doctoral candidate colloquiums.
Special features regarding the equipment
Media room (CIP computer room) with equipment for film editing including audio databases and media archive.
Special features regarding research activities
The research projects are so numerous and varied that the individual teaching and research areas must be referred to at this point. Overall, the research activities at the German Studies Institute can be organised into three areas: "Literature, Culture, Media"; "Reading, Writing, Speaking" and "Language Variation, Interaction, Multilingualism".
Further information on research activities
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Philologie/forschung/forschungsschwerpunkte/index.html
Information on access restrictions
https://www.uni-muenster.de/studieninteressierte/zulassung/auswahlgrenzen/index.html