The sub-programme prepares academically qualified specialists in Germanic studies and provides education that allows to focus on scientific research in the field of cultural heritage and current issues in Germanic studies in the Baltic region. The sub-programme highlights various aspects of Germanic studies in the general context of the humanities, but from an intercultural perspective – the Baltics – Germany – Scandinavia – special attention is paid to the study of historical and current links important to the Baltics.

Within the programme, students will study common study courses and specialization courses of the chosen sub-programme such as Regional and transnational aspects of the German cultural environment, Paradigms of cultural science in Germanic studies, Media, communication and cultural media processes in German studies, Development trends of modern literary theory, Word in diachronic and history of lexicography, Language and regionality, Contacts and contrasts of Nordic languages and cultures, Intercultural communication in economics and translational aspects of applied texts, Translation of literary texts, etc.