约翰霍普金斯大学的德语课程是北美最杰出的课程之一。它一直是文学批评的主导力量，并且从启蒙运动到现在，它在德文和意第绪文学中的实力以及人文学科的跨学科研究方法在国际上都得到认可。
The German program at Hopkins is among the most distinguished in North America. It has been a leading force in literary criticism and is internationally recognized for its strength in German and Yiddish literature from the Enlightenment to the present, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to the humanities. German is an important language to learn. It has a rich history in an extraordinary number of fields from literature, philosophy and sociology to math and physics. Germany's status as a European leader and top export economy also makes it a crucial language for international diplomacy and trade.<br>In the German undergraduate program at Hopkins, students acquire communicative competence in the German language and become familiar with the literatures, philosophies, and cultures of the German-speaking tradition. In both language courses and upper-level topics courses (offered in English and German), students engage with diverse texts and cultural objects, trace their history from the Enlightenment to the present, discuss political and social issues, and develop the capacity for rigorous critical thinking in an interdisciplinary and trans-national context.