Career Paths with German

What can you do with a major or minor in German? Just about anything!

Check out some examples of what our alumni are doing now!

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  • Customer Success Manager at FourKites

    Nathan Tuncula was a Germanic Studies major with a Business minor.

  • Senior Vice President, City National Bank

    Patricia Hausknost was a Teaching of German major.

  • Teacher, Maine West High School

    Rogelio Cabrera was a Teaching of German major.

  • Associate Prof. and Preservation Librarian, UIUC

    Kyle Rimkus was a Germanic Studies major.

  • Social Worker, Kaleidoscope

    Osiris Flores was a Germanic Studies major.

  • Cleveland Foundation public service fellow

    Zuka’a Joudeh was a Germanic Studies and Political Science double major with a Public Policy minor.

    She completed a Fulbright following graduation.

  • Pharmacist, Walmart

    Julia Lang was a Germanic Studies major.

  • Midwife

    Nicole Apel was a Germanic Studies major with an Art History minor.

  • IT Risk Management Team Leader, Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago

    Denis Halilovic was a Germanic Studies major.

  • Business Development Research Coordinator, Locke Lord LLP

    Sarah Ando was a Germanic Studies and Mathematics double major.

  • Architect in Munich, Germany

    Hunter Sikorski was a Germanic Studies and Architecture double major.

  • MA student in Library Science, UIUC

    Katharine Andrew was a Germanic Studies and Political Science double major with a History minor.

  • PhD student in Pharmacy at UIC

    Minnie Pham was a Germanic Studies major.

  • PhD students in German at U of Michigan

    Rhiannon Muncaster was a Germanic Studies and Spanish double major.

    Elizabeth Sokol was a Germanic Studies major with a History minor.

  • MA students in Germanic Studies at UIC

    Andrew Tuider was a Germanic Studies and Political Science double major with an International Studies minor.

    Lily Schreiner was a Germanic Studies major with a Biological Sciences minor.

  • MA student in Comparative Literature at Ruhr University, Germany

    Tavia Sons was an English major with a Germanic Studies minor.