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Masters in German Studies

InformationO curso/CE encontra-se acreditado pela Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES).


The Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), accredited this second-cycle degree programme unconditionally (see the documents here).
Please consult the study cycle official documents.


The Master in German Studies, with a duration of four semesters (and a total of 120 ECTS credits), allows students to choose between two different study paths:

  • A national study path (‘Mestrado em Estudos Alemães’), taught exclusively at the University of Porto, with lectures in the first year, the second year being dedicated to research leading to the elaboration of a dissertation or to a project (and respective report). Within the framework of this profile, students attend courses in German culture, language, linguistics, literature and pedagogy and may specialize in either German culture / literature or in the teaching of German as a foreign language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache).


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Regulation - Incentive Scholarship

  • An international study path (‘Mestrado em Estudos Alemães - Master in Transnational German Studies’), which is a joint degree course of four European universities with structured student mobility, taught in the first semester at the UP, in the second semester at the Université du Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , in the third semester at Johannes Gutenberg-Universtät Mainz (Germany), and in the fourth semester at Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy). In the first three semesters of this international profile (the fourth semester is dedicated to the preparation of the dissertation), modules are taught in:
  1. German language and culture,
  2. German literature,
  3. Employability.

Objectives

The Mestrado em Estudos Alemães aims to achieve the following objectives:
  1. To develop the students’ skills in critical thinking and problematization in an interdisciplinary and transnational framework, thereby promoting academic creativity and cultural and social entrepreneurship;
  2. To promote the transversality of knowledge and skills through contrasting and converging critical perspectives, methodologies and conceptual and professional instruments;
  3. To encourage intercultural competences acquired within academic and social contexts, thereby sponsoring active citizenship, the promotion of civic competences and mutual understanding;
  4. To offer students integrated training in the specialization area of German Studies, through contact with different academic realities;
  5. To solidify and deepen the students’ knowledge of German language, literature and culture, thereby promoting their research capacity and their scientific interest in this area;
  6. To analyse the culture and literature of the German area in the European context, assessing the (diachronic and synchronic) processes of intercultural transfer that, from the very outset, underpinned the development of German culture and literature;
  7. To train a) professionals in the area of German (in the widest sense), b) specialists who participate in national and international teams and networks for the management and supervision of cultural and literary heritage in the context of German Studies, c) future teachers of German as a foreign language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache) in Portugal and abroad.

Employment Prospects

The career prospects for the course are:
  • Teaching German as a foreign language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache) in Portugal and abroad;
  • Working in German-speaking companies in Portugal and abroad, among others in those dedicated to translation and the management and the supervision of German cultural and literary heritage, such as associations, publishers, museums and other cultural bodies.

Information

For more information see:
Candidate webpage | Academic Portal
Applications calendar and number of vacancies

For the first phase, applications for the Master in German Studies (Joint Master in Transnational German Studies), with stipends within the framework of the 'Erasmus Mundus Joint Master' Programme will be open to all (national and international) candidates, from 15 February to 31 March 2022; there will be a second phase for any remaining places, also open to all (national and international) candidates from 15 April to 31 May 2022.

Tuition Fees


Comments

The Master in German Studies-national study was approved under Art. 54 of the Teaching Career Statute, regulated by Ordinance number 334/2008, of 30/04, for the group: 340 (Order of April 22th, 2021).This degree enables those who are already in the teaching profession to advance in their career, but it is not a teaching qualification degree.

Contacts

For scientific and academic issues - contact the Course Director: meal@letras.up.pt
For administrative issues - contact the Academic Management Office: sga@letras.up.pt
For international mobility students - contact the International Office:sri@letras.up.pt

General information

Official Code: 9660
Director: John Greenfield
Acronym: MESTAL
Academic Degree: Master
Type of course/cycle of studies: Masters Degree
Start: 2019/2020
Duration: 2 Years

Study Plan

Certificates

  • Master in German Studies (120 ECTS credits)
  • Master in Transnational German Studies (120 ECTS credits)
  • German Studies (60 ECTS credits)

Main Scientific Areas

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