圣路易斯华盛顿大学日耳曼语言文学系提供北美最好的研究生课程之一。它致力于培训杰出的学者，全面的讲师和熟练的管理人员，这些技能应能够满足并超越当今和未来大学就业市场的期望。我们的教师在研究中采用多种方法，并提供研讨会，以使理论与德文文学和文化的历史保持健康的平衡。该系为跨学科研究提供了许多机会，其中包括具有比较文学的一项独一无二的联合博士学位课程和创新证书课程。教师和学生都在广泛的相关学科中进行教学和研究，包括艺术史，比较文学，欧洲研究，电影与媒体研究，中世纪和文艺复兴研究，宗教研究以及妇女，性别和性研究。
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis offers one of the finest graduate programs in North America. It is dedicated to training exceptional scholars, well-rounded pedagogues and skillful administrators able to meet and exceed the expectations of the university job market today and in the future. Our faculty pursue a multiplicity of approaches in their research and offer seminars that provide a healthy balance of theory and the history of German literature and culture. The department offers numerous opportunities for interdisciplinary study, including a one-of-a-kind joint doctoral program with Comparative Literature and innovative certificate programs. Both faculty and students teach and conduct research in wide range of related disciplines, including Art History, Comparative Literature, European Studies, Film & Media Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Religious Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The joint doctoral program with comparative literature consists of a complete graduate program in German and intensive course work in comparative methodology and literary theory.