The Department of German Language and Literature began its undergraduate and graduate activities in the 1966/1967 academic year. The aim of the department is to conduct research in the fields of languages, literatures, and cultures of German-speaking countries within the framework of linguistics and literary science, to develop German teaching methods, and to meet the need for qualified personnel in our country in both scientific studies and application areas by training experts in these fields. Another aim of the department is to produce solutions that will enable these societies to understand each other better by researching the language and cultural characteristics of Turkish and German-speaking countries.

Education is conducted in classes of 30-40 people in accordance with the contemporary understanding of education. A department library containing five thousand books on field knowledge has been made available to students. Graduates can work in various public institutions and private organizations, especially the Ministries of Tourism, Culture, and Foreign Affairs; they can work especially in banking, press publishing, foreign trade, and tourism sectors. Our graduates, who also have job opportunities in other areas related to German or Germany, can teach German at our universities, and those with a teaching certificate can work as teachers in public and private schools. In addition, our graduates can have job opportunities in different fields as German Translator – Interpreter.

The language of instruction in the department is German, students who fail the proficiency exam are required to undergo one year of preparatory education.

Master’s and Doctoral programs are conducted in the Department in the fields of German Language and German Literature.