Purpose and career opportunities
The PhD programme in Comparative Languages, Literatures and Cultures aims to create an outstanding European centre for higher education and advanced research in the field of literary and linguistic studies.
It covers the FORLILPSI department research areas of modern and comparative literature, German studies, philology and general linguistics, Oriental studies, and modern language linguistics from a comparative, intercultural and interdisciplinary perspective.
The objectives of the PhD programme include:
- promoting comparative research including studies in European cultural history, taking a close look at the relationships between visual arts, music and literature, also from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective;
- training doctoral students to develop an in-depth awareness of the range of approaches, methods and contexts of linguistic and literary disciplines in their areas of expertise;
- training scholars capable of mastering the theoretical and methodological tools relevant to the study of Germanic, Romance, Slavic and Oriental languages, philology, literature and culture.
Last update
16.04.2026