page_title: University of Greifswald Faculty of Arts
section_title: German
hierarchical_section_title: University of Greifswald Faculty of Arts / Departments / German
caption_attribution_description: Institut für Deutsche Philologie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
context_page_description: The Faculty of Philosophy of Greifswald University is one of five faculties and the founding faculty of the University of Greifswald in Greifswald, Germany.
  The faculty's research and teaching focuses on languages and cultures of Northern and Eastern Europe. Subjects, such as Latvian and Lithuanian Studies, Slavic Studies, Finnish Studies and Scandinavian Studies are offered by only a few other universities in Germany.
  Other classic disciplines, such as German Studies, English Studies and studies of History, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Church Music and Music are offered as well. The Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut, which was named after the 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich, who was born in Greifswald and received his first artistic lessons here, offers degrees in Fine Arts and Art History.
  Like many other universities in Germany, the Faculty of Philosophy of Greifswald University is now offering bachelor's and master's degree courses to cater to the wider interests of students. The undergraduate programmes have course duration of three years; the postgraduate programmes have course duration of two years.
context_section_description: The Department of German was founded in 1876 and is divided into the following areas of expertise:
  Medieval German language and literature
  German Linguistics
  Modern German Literature
  German as a Foreign Language
  Wolfgang Koeppen Archive
  Pomeranian Dictionary
caption: Dept. of German studies (outside)
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