The aim of the Transnational German Studies (=TNGS) EMJM is to improve the quality of German Studies by offering a master programme with an historically grounded, comparative European approach and structured connections to the world of work. The TNGS EMJM promotes internationalisation through mobility in DE, IT, LU and PT, providing 100 students in four course editions with different European perspectives of an academic field traditionally viewed as a ‘national philology’, thereby allowing them to understand how German culture and identity can best be understood within the wider European context. This transnational course, with key input from professional Associated Partners in four countries, will provide students with competences important for their future employment: students will be participating in an innovative German Studies environment in which they will gain the necessary transcultural awareness and acquire all-important competitive competences for today’s globalized labour market. The course offers a two-year integrated study programme which has been accredited as a Joint Degree at the Universities of Luxembourg, Mainz, Palermo and Porto. The students, who study for a semester at each of the participating HEIs (with integrated internship schemes), take three taught modules (1. Culture and Language; 2. Literature; 3. Employability & Promotion of Competence) and present a final dissertation. This structure enables students to deepen their knowledge in fundamental areas of German Studies and specialise in domains which they find of particular interest, while also honing skills for their future careers. The TNGS EMJM envisages a high degree of interdisciplinarity, underscores European core values and will allow students in German to master those competences necessary for professional success. The consortium’s activities are underpinned by a number of Associated Partner universities outside Europe and important cultural and media institutions in the EU.