The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers a fully funded PhD in German Studies. Candidates for the Ph.D. in German may additionally obtain a certificate in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE). Candidates for the Ph.D. in German may specialize in older German literature, modern German literature, Germanic linguistics, or Scandinavian literature. All students accepted into the program have financial support, usually in the form of an Assistantship, Research Assistantship, or Fellowship.