The Department of German was founded in March, 1950. At present, there are 2 majors in the department: German Studies and Swedish Studies. The discipline of German Language and Literature is able to confer the master’s degree and the PhD degree. It has been ratified as a National Key Discipline by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, and established 6 majors for graduate program (German Literature, German Linguistic, Translation Theory and Practice between German and Chinese, German Diplomacy and Economy, Intercultural and Economic Communication and Teaching German as a Second Language), and 4 majors for doctoral program (German Literature, German Linguistics, German Diplomacy and Economy, Intercultural Studies). Now there are in total 462 students in the Department of German.
Now the Department of German has 42 teachers, including 10 professors, 7 associate professors, 2 German experts and 1 Swedish expert. The teacher-student ratio is approximately 1:11.