Fachbereich 05: Sprache, Literatur, Kultur

Institut für Romanistik

Uni Gießen

Karl-Glöckner-Straße 21G
35394 Gießen
Phone: +49 641 99-31100

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Basic information

Teaching staff in core subjects

Teaching staff at the department	13
Total number of students	210 *
Number of master degree students	60

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	85.6 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	56.5 %

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	4/9 points
International orientation, master's	4/9 points
Outgoing students	8.0 %

Research

Doctorates per professor

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
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Courses offered
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Research orientation
Job market preparation
Support for stays abroad
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IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	240
Teacher qualification programmes	teacher qualification (B.Ed./M.Ed./StEx)
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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About studying Romance Studies in Germany

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Wide range of languages (French, Portuguese, Spanish and complementary language courses in Italian and many other languages at the Centre for Foreign Language and Occupational Skills [ZfbK]); Interdisciplinary degree courses; Very good student-teacher ratio; High-quality academic training; High-quality practical language training; Excellent learning environment (the self-learning workshop has workplaces and materials for individual or joint working and studying); international focus; Involvement in research; Practical relevance. Uni-Cert (planning)
Special features regarding the international orientation
At the Giessen Institute for Romance Studies, teaching and research have a strong international focus; All students (including those studying for a degree without a mandatory period abroad) are encouraged to deepen their specialist knowledge through international experiences, foreign language skills and intercultural competence. The Romance Studies department supports this project with funding programmes such as Erasmus and DAAD, and with numerous partnerships and exchange programmes with European and Latin American universities (and scholarships).
Common partner universities for exchange
Carlos III, Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Kolumbien; Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Kolumbien; UNAM, México; Universidad de Navarra, Spanien; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasilien; Uni de Montpellier I, Frankreich; Unversité de Paris X - Nanterre, Frankreich; Uni de Toulouse II - Jean Jaurès, Frankreich
Special features regarding the equipment
Separate Romance studies library in the institute; Access to the digital version of the "Romance bibliography"; There are modern computers in all staff rooms and in the library rooms; Digital equipment in all classrooms including interactive whiteboards.
Special features regarding research activities
The research projects of the Giessen Romance studies institute cover the institute's interests from cultural studies to interdisciplinary and internationally oriented subject areas. The projects include: From the American to the "European Dream"? Europe a
Other special features
Introduction of the UNIcert® language certificate level C1 for French and Spanish in the Bachelor's degrees and in teacher training.