Wide range of languages (French, Portuguese, Spanish and complementary language courses in Italian and many other languages at the Centre for Foreign Language and Occupational Skills [ZfbK]); Interdisciplinary degree courses; Very good student-teacher ratio; High-quality academic training; High-quality practical language training; Excellent learning environment (the self-learning workshop has workplaces and materials for individual or joint working and studying); Internationality; Involvement in research; Practical relevance. Uni-Cert (planning)

At the Giessen Institute for Romance Studies, teaching and research have a strong international focus; All students (including those studying for a degree without a mandatory period abroad) are encouraged to deepen their specialist knowledge through international experiences, foreign language skills and intercultural competence. The Romance Studies department supports this project with funding programmes such as Erasmus and DAAD, and with numerous partnerships and exchange programmes with European and Latin American universities (and scholarships).

Separate Romance studies library in the institute; Access to the digital version of the "Romance bibliography"; There are modern computers in all staff rooms and in the library rooms; Digital equipment in all classrooms including interactive whiteboards.

The research projects of the Giessen Romance studies institute cover the institute's interests from cultural studies to interdisciplinary and internationally oriented subject areas. The projects include the following: From the American to the "European Dream"? Europe as a place of longing for migration in Latin American media (2001-2015). Gautier as an actor of modernity, literature and economics, migration literature (DFG), aesthetics of the Roma (DFG). Povos e culturas tradicionais do Brasil. Language biographies in Francophony.

Introduction of the UNIcert® language certificate level C1 for French and Spanish in the bachelor's degrees and in teacher training.