Department of German, School of Spanish, Tianjin International Studies University

This department recruits undergraduate students and the duration of study is four years. In 1989, with the sponsorship of the German Volkswagen Foundation, the "German Language Center" was established.

In order to adapt to the development of economic construction and meet market demand, the German Department has established the professional direction of interpretation and translation, and established courses focusing on basic courses for the first and second years, and for the third and fourth years focusing on interpretation and translation teaching. system. ***There are 12 compulsory and elective courses, namely basic German, advanced German, reading, audio-visual and listening, translation theory and skills, oral interpretation theory and skills, writing, Chinese-German language comparison, Chinese-German cultural comparison, and applied linguistics , National Conditions of German-speaking Countries, etc. "Basic Course Teaching" and "Interpretation Course Teaching" have been rated as school-level excellent courses and key courses, and the German subject has been declared as a school-level key development discipline. The department has more than 10,000 volumes of the latest original German books and a large number of audio-visual materials.

The Department of German has established a cooperative relationship with the Mannheim Institute of Languages ??in Germany and the University of Leipzig, and conducts regular personnel exchanges, creating good conditions for young teachers to further their studies. Since 2001, 3-4 third-year students have been selected to study in Germany for one year every year.