Fixed courses on six Romance languages and literatures, sometimes more (e.g. Sardinian, Catalan, Occitan); Many parallel lectures for virtually no overlap and a broad selection of specialised lectures for students (depending on their interest); Strongly research-oriented teaching, wide variety of theories and methods; Cross-disciplinary offers through cross-listing between related subjects (e.g. comparative romance studies); At faculty level: Writing Centre for the promotion of academic writing practice.

Fixed courses on six Romance languages and literatures, sometimes more (e.g. Sardinian, Catalan, Occitan); Many parallel lectures for virtually no overlap and a broad selection of specialised lectures for students (depending on their interest); Strongly research-oriented teaching, wide variety of theories and methods; Cross-disciplinary offers through cross-listing between related subjects (e.g. comparative romance studies); At faculty level: Writing Centre for the promotion of academic writing practice.

A very wide range of partner universities, especially in Europe as well as in North and South America. Recognition of coursework abroad possible. Guidance centres and work placement portals for work placements abroad. Support for student research projects abroad (e.g. for final theses).

Media laboratory for Phonetics and Phonology and some research-supported courses in the field of Digital Humanities; Computer workstations in the department library; Film screenings for film seminars; General: Lecture halls with audiovisual technical equipment, online learning platforms in all subject areas, electronic receipt and examination management system; File depositories for the individual courses; Huge selection of e-media through the university library and the Bavarian State Library.

Student involvement through research-oriented teaching and annual study conferences. Key content areas: Fashion theory, images of the civil war, gender theory, middle ages and the early modern age, Latin American studies and Francophonie, aesthetic experience, networking with schools/literary learning, intermediality, media history, language variation, grammaticalization and language transformation, language history, Old Occitan dictionary, multilingualism of the Alpine region, cognitive and perceptive linguistics, media linguistics, digital humanities (e.g. linguistic landscaping).

Services: "Environmental Studies" or "Sustainability in Education" certificate, "Intercultural Communication" certificate; Cooperation with the Queer Unit of the student representative