Taking full advantage of the intellectual, educational, and cultural resources of two great universities, the program combines individual attention in small seminars in German Studies with the broadest possible spectrum of interdisciplinary opportunities.
The Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies is a fully merged graduate program that draws on the largest German Studies faculty in the country, as well as the considerable library holdings of each institution. Students apply to a single program and graduate with a diploma bearing the names of both Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Program features a combination of disciplinary rigor and interdisciplinary flexibility that recognizes the fundamental interrelation of all the cultural expressions of societies where the German language is spoken. Taking full advantage of the intellectual, educational, and cultural resources of two great universities, the program offers an attractive combination of individual attention in small classes and a close connection to the broader communities of literature, cultural studies, and German Studies at Duke University and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Admission is competitive and limited to about seven students a year. Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are committed to offering five years of full funding, including tuition, to students in good academic standing.
Note: The previous Ph.D. programs in German Studies at Duke University and in Germanic Languages at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill no longer admit new students.