German Studies and Film

Lancaster’s joint german studies and film degree is taught by the department of languages and cultures in conjunction with lancaster institute for the contemporary arts (lica). your german studies programme enables you to acquire high-level language skills while gaining a thorough understanding of the country’s historical, cultural, social and political background in a global context. in film, you’ll examine cinema’s aesthetic, social and political importance in the context of an increasingly visual and media-orientated culture, while also investigating the intersections between contemporary art, theatre, design, sound and film.

As well as language and subject-related skills, a degree in languages can help you to develop rich interpersonal, intercultural, cognitive and transferable skills that can be utilised across a variety of careers such as accountancy, it, business development, civil service, events management, finance, journalism, publishing, research and sales, as well as teaching and translating both in the uk and abroad. film graduates may go on to roles in tv or independent film production and jobs in advertising, marketing and media production, arts administration and management. for our graduate prospects we are ranked 4th in the uk for german (the complete university guide 2020) and 4th for film (the times and sunday times good university guide 2019). many of our graduates continue their studies at lancaster, making the most of our postgraduate research facilities. we offer masters degrees in translation, languages and cultures, as well as a phd research degree in film studies or an ma in arts management. lancaster university is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. we are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in the lancaster award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Lancaster University has partnerships with the following companies: