Czech Language and Literature
Bachelor's degree in full-time form. The language of instruction is Czech.
The programme can be studied as a single subject or in combination with another programme.
Submission deadline until midnight 28 February 2025.
What will you learn?
The programme Czech Language and Literature is aimed at students interested in specialized training focused on linguistics and theoretical approaches to literature. In the extent adequate to B.A. degree, students will gain complex knowledge on contemporary Czech language and literature, an insight into their historical development and elementary knowledge of theoretical approaches to language and literature. The programme also offers numerous specialized courses providing background and perspective for possible future specialization in studies or in practice (within the linguistic orientation e.g. courses focused on dialectology, corpus linguistics, proof-reading etc., within the literary orientation e.g. courses focused on its specifics during the course of time, on fantasy, on literature for children and youth etc.). The qualification gained enriched with systematically developed readiness for professional practice will provide graduates with prerequisites for continuing the studies at the M.A. level (including the programme for future teachers) and also opens wide range of possibilities to find positions in practical life already after completing the B.A. programme. Knowledge of Czech language and literature at a professional level, the capability to use the prestigious variety of Czech for the purpose of practical communication, acquiring practical skills in work with sources of information and in creating texts provide graduates with the possibility to work in a wide range of cultural institutions and media.
The programme Czech Language and Literature offers several study plans. Students of single-subject and double-subject programmes may specialize by choosing suitable selective courses, focusing on some aspects of Czech studies from literary or linguistic points of view (the development of language, present-day codification, theories of grammar, corpus linguistics, the development of Czech literature, interpretations of fiction from viewpoints of history, theoretical approaches and criticism). The programme Czech Language and Literature includes a specialized study plan Czech for foreigners aimed at non-native speakers of Czech at high level of communication skills (B2), who strive at the complex study of Czech language and literature. Graduates with this specialization will increase their language competences to the level C2 and will also gain training providing a firm basis for further qualification in the sphere of teaching Czech as a foreign language or in the sphere of translation. This kind of B.A. study programme is not available in the Czech Republic, there is only a similar M.A. programme at the University of Ostrava.
Career opportunities
Graduates from the single-subject B.A. programme can find positions in a wide scale of occupations where expert knowledge of Czech language and literature is required. They are able to work in media, in publishing houses and in other cultural institutions, in state administration and in the private sphere as experts ready for a wide range of work with texts, for communication with the public, for organizing events etc. Graduates form the double-subject programme can find a wider scale of positions, in relation to the other subject (e.g. in relation to journalism as editors in media, in relation to foreign languages as experts in specialized positions in publishing houses or in PR etc.). Graduates from the specialization Czech for foreigners are able to work as experts in representative offices of their home countries in the Czech Republic as well as in representative offices of the Czech Republic abroad, as language experts in private companies or in cultural institutions focused on international cooperation.
Admission requirements
The criteria for admission for studies are the results of the Learning Potential Test (TSP). Applicants may also be admitted based on other criteria, see Admission without the Entrance Examination. The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University disregards the results of SCIO National Comparative Examinations.
You can submit your e-applications for studies from 1 November to 28 February.
The date and time of the examination will be stated in the electronic invitation for the examination, which will be uploaded to your e-application. The faculty will not be sending paper invitations.
Applicants applying for the major study plan and minor study plan in a combined study must comply with the conditions for admission into both plans.
You can submit your e-applications for studies from 1 November to 28 February.
The date and time of the examination will be stated in the electronic invitation for the examination, which will be uploaded to your e-application. The faculty will not be sending paper invitations.
Applicants applying for the major study plan and minor study plan in a combined study must comply with the conditions for admission into both plans.
Learning Potential Test (TSP)
This test is only in Czech. For up-to-date information, click here
Field of Study Examination
For admission for studies of this degree programme, you do not need to take the Field of Study Examination.
Admission without the entrance examination
You may be exempt from the entrance examination based on at least one of the following criteria:- successful participation in the regional round of Students’ Professional Activities (SOČ) in the field of study 15 - Teorie kultury, umění a umělecké tvorby. Successful applicants are considered to be those who have been ranked 1st to 3rd. In justified cases, and on the basis of an assessment of the content of the work, the above-mentioned ranking in another SIC subject may be taken into account at the applicant's request. The application must include the work in question, accompanied by a certificate from the secondary school;
- secondary school results in the profile subjects Czech language (not Slovak), English language and a choice of two other subjects from the following options: history, French, Italian, computer science, Latin, mathematics, German, Russian, Spanish, basic social sciences / civics.
Secondary school results may be applied for an exemption from the entrance examination by those applicants whose average grade was 1.0 in each of the four profile subjects. The total average result in all subjects is not taken into consideration. Secondary school seminars are also disregarded. The average grade of each profile subject is calculated based on the results of the last four years of study in the following way: the mid-year grade is calculated from the final year, whereas the final grades are calculated from the previous three years. It is also necessary that applicants have studied each of the profile subjects for at least three years during the last four years.
Enter your grades in your e-application. Then print the grades out and let your secondary school certify them with a stamp and a signature. Upload the scan of the certified grades into your e-application. You can also upload officially certified school reports or any other documents certifying your school results.
Please upload the officially certified documents directly to your e-application in the section Application for the Exemption from the Entrance Examination no later than 28 February.
Criteria for evaluation
Limit for TSP percentile for successfully passing the entrance examination: 40
Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years
Study options
Single-subject studies
Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.
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Full-time studies in czech
What will you learn?
Combined studies
In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes. An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Catalan language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Classical archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Classical Greek language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ German language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Information studies and librarianship (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Latin language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of interactive media (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Contemporary History (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Human resource development and employment (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Security and Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Czech Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
Czech Language and Literature as a minor degree programme
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Aesthetics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Ancient History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Catalan Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Classical Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Greek and Latin Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Combined Art Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
English Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
French Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Japanese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Greek and Latin Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Modern Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Polish Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Russian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Ukrainian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Science
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Mathematics focused on teaching – Faculty of Science, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Contemporary History (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Human resource development and employment (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) -
Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor)
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Follow-up studies
After fulfilling conditions for an admission, graduates from the B.A. programme are able to continue with an M.A. programme focused on Czech studies at various universities.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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| Type of studies | Bachelor's | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | No | |
| distance | No | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | Yes |
| single-subject studies with specialization | No | |
| major/minor studies | Yes | |
| Standard length of studies | 3 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |
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