Specialisation possible in all degree programmes; Excellent career prospects thanks to high levels of practical experience; Concept of "German Studies in dialogue" (close cooperation between sub-disciplines); Innovative course content (semiotics and multimodal communication/gesture research, digital humanities); Competency module with speech science and practical rhetoric; Information literacy; Technical media competence; Intercultural Communication: Social and cultural orientation and critical cultural communication; Intensive project-based learning; Peer-to-peer learning; Innovative exam formats

The institute's overall focus is on interculturality; Specialisation options (German as a foreign language/German as a second language or Intercultural Literary Studies) without the risk of narrowing your opportunities; Degree courses that are both research-oriented and at the same time practice-oriented or project-oriented (e.g. Applied Literature); Wide range of supplementary modules imported from other subjects, structured according to subject areas and designed to be productive for the core curriculum

A particular university-wide contribution to the mobility of students and to the international character of TU Chemnitz is made by the professorship for "Intercultural Communication" and "German as a Foreign and Second Language", who are also responsible for supervising the ERASMUS programme (incoming and outgoing students). The close links between the courses in the fields of Intercultural Communication and German Studies strengthen the department's international orientation. In addition: Foreign language modules integrated into the curriculum (intercult. German), semester abroad (intercultural competence) and international alignment of teaching and research.

Research: “Multimodal Interaction Lab" (Prof. German linguistics, semiotics and multimodal communication) for video analysis and processing, eye-tracking studies and data collection. Teaching: For experience-based learning in virtual settings and for carrying out teaching research projects, which includes HMDs (such as Oculus Rift) and eye-tracking glasses (Tobii Pro Glasses 2). The university library maintains numerous subject-specific databases. Students plan and execute projects independently (Intercultural Communicative Competence – IKK; Intercultural German studies).

German Research Foundation (DFG) project for the digital historical-critical edition of a novel by S. Heym; "Sound studies" in the pre-modern era (German Research Foundation (DFG) network); Medieval tourism in Saxony (EU project with regional partners and students); German Research Foundation (DFG) project "Between Exclusion, Integration and Inclusion – On the Practical Limits, Conditions and Possibilities of Alterity Politics in Chemnitz"; Research field Digital Intercult. Communication; Sub-project "Intentionality and Joint Attention in Multimodal Interaction" in Collaborative Research Centre 1410 "Hybrid Societies"; Cooperation with the Ars Electronica Futurelab Linz; Cooperation with regional partners

The department is characterised by a very good working and study environment; close networking with other faculties of the faculty in teaching and research; in addition, diverse and productive contacts with other faculties (University of short distances); Strong commitment to knowledge transfer and science communication; With an eye on Chemnitz as the Cultural Capital 2025 : Numerous collaborations with municipal cultural institutions; Various opportunities for students to get involved in the Cultural Capital 2025 process (job offers, work placements, realisation of their own projects, etc.)