There are many reasons to learn German at Duke including fantastic teachers, a close community of fellow students, and fun activities in and out of class!
- In Europe, more people speak German as their native language than English, French, or Spanish.
- Germany is Europe’s largest economy, one of the world’s biggest exporters, and plays a major political role in the European Union. It is also a leader in environmentalism and renewable energy.
- Germany has a tremendously rich cultural heritage and German, Austrian, and Swiss-German composers, philosophers, and authors have changed the way we think and live. German is the language of Goethe and Kafka, as well as Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler.
- German is an excellent language to learn in preparation for professional careers in international business or law, engineering, government and international affairs, economics and finance, and education, as well as for academic careers in such fields as history, religion, philosophy, art history, political science, literature, and music.
