• You should be curious, critical, and eager to gain a deeper understanding of the world around you.
• You should have a desire to think outside the box and to find out how the challenges of our time are considered and discussed in different parts of the world.
• You should want to study in a highly international context and engage in discourse with people from abroad.
• You should be in search of a challenging program of study and possess a high level of motivation and initiative.
• You should have a strong interest in languages and be prepared to constantly work to improve your own language skills.
• You should enjoy communication (whether oral, written, or digital) and be eager to expand your media skills.
• You should like to read and be able to engage with complex texts.
• You should enjoy writing and be able to write well.

Certain language requirements apply to this degree program. You can find the required proof of language proficiency for your specific language combination on the faculty’s website.

Course sequence

In the Languages, Cultures, Communication degree program, you will select two languages of study from a wide range of options:

• Arabic
• German
• English
• French
• Italian
• Modern Greek
• Dutch
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Turkish

You will develop and advance your proficiency in your selected languages within the program section “Language Competence.”

Further key content of the degree program includes:

• Multilingual communication, media, and target audience-oriented text production
• Communication skills
• Regional knowledge (related to your languages of study)
• Getting oriented in the professional field
• The fundamentals of academic papers
• Interdisciplinary perspectives on transculturality and multilingualism

Within the compulsory elective area, you will be able to dedicate the focus of your studies to various areas, such as:

• Proficiency in other languages
• Introduction to interpreting and translating
• Memory studies

Stays abroad

Would you like to live abroad for a semester or a year? Do you want to learn another language and get to know a new culture? Or gain a different perspective on your particular subject? A stay abroad provides you with the perfect opportunity to achieve this and is possible with every degree program – either self-organized or by taking advantage of one of the popular exchange programs. This is made possible by various cooperation agreements and partnerships with foreign universities.

For more information on this topic, please visit our websites on studying abroad. Visit our student exchange platform for an overview of cooperating universities in your field.

This program of study does not require you to spend time abroad, but you nevertheless have the opportunity to do so.

It is particularly recommended for this degree course that you partake in a stay abroad. The faculty works with more than 100 partner universities worldwide. The International Office in Germersheim will help you communicate with the partner universities.

Internships

Through the department’s own internship and career services, you will receive support in finding the right internship position for you.

This program of study does not include a mandatory internship. However, voluntary internships are a great way to gain insight into a professional field.

An internship allows you to discover whether everyday life in a particular occupation suits your career expectations and interests. You can gain qualifications for a professional field and acquire important professional and personal skills to start a career. An internship helps you both shape your career path, and mold the remainder of your course sequence – in particular by selecting specializations that suit your practical experience.

You can find further information and relevant internships on the Career Service website.

Upon graduation, you will be able to mediate and engage professionally in multilingual, transcultural contexts. You will be able to write complex texts on various topics and work well with digital context.

Furthermore, you will have acquired linguistic skills and regional knowledge in at least two languages and cultures.

You will possess strong analytical skills thanks to the program’s academic focus on interdisciplinary topics that are relevant today. Additionally, you will learn how to apply methods from the humanities and train your critical thinking skills.

Typical employers and fields of work are:

• International organizations
• NGOs and foundations
• Cultural institutions
• Regional administrative bodies
• Companies that operate internationally
• Development cooperation
• Transnational cooperation
• Integration
• Partnership organizations between cities
• Corporate communication
• (Multilingual) marketing research, social media monitoring
• Event and project management

Not sure what to do after graduation? Don’t worry!

A university degree generally does not prepare you for a single profession but qualifies you for a wide range of career paths – for example, in research, in a typical profession related to your field of study, or in one of many other academic fields.

This is why career orientation is also part of your studies. Gaining practical experience is key, and you can do so through internships, working student positions, part-time jobs or voluntary work, for example.

JGU’s Career Service will support you throughout the entire process with information, advice, workshops and numerous events – from career orientation and working on your profile and skills to finding your dream job and successfully applying for it.