Overview

Key facts

Course offerings in the German programme of Rutgers University include state of the art language instruction from beginning German to advanced proficiency, and an array of exciting topics in both German and English. Learn Business German or Translation. Take a class on “The Big Bang,” “The Cutting Edge,” or “Bargaining with the Devil.” Immerse yourself in “Enchanted Worlds,” “Animal Spirits,” "Tales of Horror," "Haunted Screen to Hyperreality," or Kafka. The FUBiS summer programme offers terrific courses onsite in Germany; generous scholarship support is available. You can also study in Konstanz or at the Free University of Berlin for a semester or full academic year!

Interested in an internship, a job, a scholarship, graduate school, or study abroad? We pride ourselves in working closely with students. One-on-one faculty advising makes all the difference! Our students have gotten jobs at the United Nations and in industry, gone on to graduate schools including Harvard and Duke, and regularly win prestigious Fulbright scholarships and other awards that provide educational and work experience in Germany and Austria. Representatives from the German-American Chamber of Commerce come to campus each year to discuss internship opportunities.

Want to practice your German in an informal conversation group, watch a German movie, live in a German language dorm, or see a staging of Wagner’s Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera? The Wessels Hall German Language & Culture Living-Learning Community offers great extracurricular activities! The German Club and the Delta Phi Alpha German Honors Society also organize a variety of events, including the ever-popular Oktoberfest and Fasching celebrations, and the Declamation Contest for area German students that the Honors Society co-hosts with the German Department each spring.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Intermediate German

Tales of Horror

Advanced German

German Studies

Literary and Cultural Analysis

Kafka & World Literature

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Brunswick, United States

Disciplines

German and Scandinavian studies View 321 other Bachelors in German and Scandinavian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Online Application - Complete the Rutgers Application or Common App carefully as it can’t be changed after it has been submitted. You should submit only one application.

Extracurricular Activities

Essay - Whether applying with the Common App or Rutgers Application, Rutgers requires that first-year applicants provide a short, original essay.

Application Fee - A $70 non-refundable application fee is required whether applying with the Rutgers Application or Common App.
GED Results - Students with a GED diploma/certificate are required to submit their official results.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

35758 USD / year

≈ 35758 USD / year
Out-of-State

35758 USD / year

≈ 35758 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

14933 USD / year

≈ 14933 USD / year

Living costs

New Brunswick

United States

1204 - 2963 USD / month

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Key information

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

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