Overview
This European Studies (German Pathway) BA will teach you all about the history and politics of Europe and equip you with the language skills to truly understand the German perspective. You’ll spend a year studying in German at a Berlin university and graduate as both a German speaker and an expert in European Studies.
Key benefits
- Become a German speaker, even if you’ve never studied it before, with the ab-initio pathway.
- Shape your syllabus from a range of interdisciplinary optional modules covering politics, government and national identity.
- Spend a year studying in Germany at the Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.
- Learn from a research-active, multi-national team of academics
- Enjoy extracurricular activities such as guest lectures or activities organised by the student-led European and International Studies King's Association (EISKA).
- Benefit from the department’s range of contacts with cultural institutes, libraries, international firms and government agencies.
- Develop analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, opening up career opportunities in politics, diplomacy, administration, business and journalism.
I particularly liked being surrounded by students and lecturers from all around Europe. I also really enjoyed the relatively small number of students in lectures and seminars, and the fact that everyone knew each other.
Course essentials
In your first year of your European Studies (German Pathway) BA, you’ll learn about the German state and begin your language studies with modules that are matched to your language ability. You’ll begin to build your knowledge of European Studies by learning about the Making of Modern Europe and you’ll strengthen this in Year Two with more language modules, plus lessons on the European Union and Germany during the Cold War period.
Your third year of your European Studies (German Pathway) BA will be spent studying abroad at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. You’ll get to immerse yourself in student life in Berlin, and deepen your language skills to become a German speaker. When you return to King’s for Year Four, you’ll complete your final language modules and spend the rest of the time on your optional modules.
This European Studies (German Pathway) BA gives you the opportunity to choose your own syllabus and develop a personal specialism. You’ll get to combine views to develop a well-rounded understanding of Europe, and from a German perspective.
This degree’s many multidisciplinary modules cover politics, history, economics, linguistics, culture and more. You can learn about topics ranging from European and public law to economics, Cold War German history – and beyond.
You also have the opportunity to enhance your studies by embracing the range of extracurricular activities on offer, such as guest lectures, student societies and more.
Special features
Study abroad
Key Information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-Levels:
ABB
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026
Application deadline:
08 September 2025
Administrative bodies
Regulating body
Base campus
Strand Campus
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