德语是西欧使用最广泛的语言，并且在东欧作为商务语言正变得越来越重要。德国的历史，科学和文化在全世界范围内都产生了巨大的影响，毕业生雇主认识到需要进行广泛的文化教育在爱丁堡大学，您将与德语学习一起探索这种历史和文化。爱丁堡的德国人以其研究而享有盛誉。它涵盖了广泛的主题，包括德国犹太人的写作，中世纪研究，东德研究，第三帝国和大屠杀，性别与政治，残疾，旅行写作，戏剧和翻译。<br>哲学一直是核心至少有2500年历史的西方知识生活，对我们了解世界以及我们在世界中的位置和与之互动至关重要。哲学提供了可以系统和批判地
German thought has had a profound impact on philosophy, culture and science, with many of the most influential European thinkers emerging from the German-speaking world, such as Leibnitz, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Wittgenstein, Arendt, Husserl, and Heidegger. Through intensive study of German language and culture, this programme will enable you to read and appreciate the German source texts in the original language, and with an excellent understanding of the cultural context. Uniquely in Scotland, studying at Edinburgh enables you to take a full year abroad as part of your four-year undergraduate programme, either studying, teaching or working. You'll therefore spend Year 3 in a country where German is spoken.