Deutsch | German
Why Study German?
* Most widely spoken language in Europe - and official language in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland and commonly used language in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Belgium, and Luxembourg
* More than 750 major US firms do business in Germany and 1,100 German companies do business in the US
* Key language in the European Union and the rapidly growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe
* Germany is the US 's largest European trading partner
* Widely used as a business and scientific language in Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia
* Hundreds of US students complete paid internships annually with German companies in the US and abroad
* More closely related to English than French or Spanish
* German-speaking European countries are popular destinations for US tourists
* More than 25% of all tourists to the US come from German-speaking countries
* More than 60 million US citizens are at least partly of German heritage
* One of every 10 books published in the world is published in German.
* 20 million people in the world are currently learning German as a foreign language.
* 68% of all Japanese students study German.
* Germany is the most powerful country in Europe politically, financially and economically.
* Germany is the fifth largest trading partner of the U.S.
* In a 1994 survey conducted by the German-American Chamber of Commerce, 65% of all respondents stated they were looking specifically for German/English bilingual skills when hiring new employees.
* German companies in the U.S. pay German-speaking employees premium salaries.
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GERMAN IS USEFUL FOR MAJORS OR CAREERS IN
Astronomy, art history, biochemistry, biology, biomedical physics, botany, chemistry, design, engineering, film studies, genetics, international studies, linguistics, logic and methodology of science, molecular biology, music, Near Eastern studies, philosophy, physical science, physics, physiology, religious studies, zoology
LIST OF GERMAN COMPANIES:
* Adidas Salomon * Agfa * Allianz AG * Audi * BASF * Bayer * Blaupunkt * BMW
* Celanese * Commerzbank *Continental * DaimlerChrysler * Deutsche Bank * Deutsche Telekom * Dornier GmbH * E.ON AG * Grundig * Hakle * Heidelberg Druck * Hoechst
* HypoVereinsbank * ifm-Electronics * Intershop * Karstadt Quelle * Klöckner * Lindauer DORNIER GmbH * Linde * Lufthansa * MAN * Metro AG * Münchener Rück (Munich Re)
* Porsche * RWE * SAP * Schering * Sennheiser * SGL Carbon * Siemens AG * Singer
* Thyssen * VAG * Volkswagen