布朗德文研究系提供博士学位。该计划既提供了对现代（1517年至今）德文文学，文化和批判思想重大发展的一致观点，也为学生提供了发展自己对德文研究的兴趣的机会。该计划要求第二个学习领域，包括系外四个课程的连贯顺序。在研究生院院长的指导下，每个学生都将在一个特定的兴趣领域中计划这个顺序。可能的专业学习课程的一些示例是媒体研究，历史，犹太研究，视觉艺术，哲学，音乐或戏剧。借助这些领域的知名学者的专业知识，他们在布朗在德文研究系内外教授课程，因此该计划培育了德文研究领域的跨学科方法。
The Department of German Studies at Brown offers a Ph.D. program which both provides a coherent perspective on major developments in German literature, culture, and critical thought in the modern period (1517 to the present) and provides students with the opportunity to develop their own specialized interests in German Studies. The program requires a secondary field of study consisting of a coherent sequence of four courses outside the Department. With guidance from the Director of Graduate Studies, each student plans this sequence in a specialized area of interest. Some examples of possible specialized programs of study are Media Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Visual Arts, Philosophy, Music, or Theater. Drawing on the expertise of eminent scholars in these fields, who are teaching at Brown both in and beyond the German Studies Department, the program thus fosters a transdisciplinary approach in the field of German Studies.