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Masaryk University

Žerotínovo nám. 9, Brno, 60177
Phone: 549 494 479, 549 494 889, fax: 549 491 030
E-mail: studijni@rect.muni.cz, WWW Page: www.muni.cz

History of school
The foundation of Masaryk University on 28 January 1919, only three months after the creation of Czechoslovakia itself, marked the culmination of almost forty years of concerted efforts aimed at establishing a second Czech university in the Czech lands. Named after the country's first President, TomᚠGarrigue Masaryk, who had long supported the establishment of a Czech university in the capital of Moravia, it soon developed into an internationally respected academic institution, noted for the dynamism of its four founding faculties - Law, Medicine, Arts and Science - and their openness to new ideas. The university thrived throughout the 1920s and 1930s, when Brno too was very much a forward-looking centre of European Modernism in the arts and culture. But the promising development of the university was cut short by the advent of the Second World War and the closure of all Czech universities by the Nazis in November 1939. Following its reopening in May 1945 the university quickly began to recover, but with the Communist coup less than three years later it entered into its most difficult years, seeing hundreds of teachers and students dismissed, expelled and even imprisoned, and crippling ideological restrictions placed on research and teaching. The Communist authorities, fully aware that T.G. Masaryk remained a powerful symbol of independent leadership, even went so far as to deprive the university of its name, which was changed in 1960 to Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, in honour of the celebrated nineteenth-century Czech physiologist. For political reasons, the university was stripped of the Faculties of Law, Education and Pharmacy; later the Faculties of Education (1964) and Law (1969) were restored. The democratic revolution of 1989 allowed Masaryk University to reclaim its rightful name, and to embark with renewed energy on its course of providing true leadership in higher education. In 1991 the University established the Faculty of Economics and Administration and in 1994 the Faculty of Informatics. In 1998 the School of Social Studies was launched, followed, in 2002, by the Faculty of Sports Studies. Today Masaryk University is made up of nine faculties with more then 150 departments, institutes and clinics, embracing a broad spectrum of academic disciplines and fields of research. Almost 28,000 students study at the university, making it the country's second largest higher education institution. It is also one of the fastest growing, having made the decision to respond wholeheartedly to the increasing demands of young people for broader access to higher education. In this respect, the university assumes both an academic and a social responsibility: only large numbers of university-educated young people will enable Czech society to meet the economic, social, cultural and inPhonelectual demands of the twenty-first century. To cater to the increased student numbers and the need for up-to-date facilities, the university has embarked on an ambitious 216 million € project, unique in the region, to create a new campus and fully refurbish the existing facilities. The growth of the university has been coupled with a deep commitment to the changes now being introduced across Europe in the field of higher education. It has restructured virtually all of its degree programmes in line with the Bologna Declaration model - that is, three-year bachelor's and two-year master's programmes - and has adopted the European Credit Transfer System in order to ensure maximum student mobility. It has also been working hard to build stronger links with universities in Europe and elsewhere. The university is heavily engaged in mobility and research programmes with countries in the European Union and elsewhere, is a member of two very active university networks (the Utrecht Network and the ComposPhonea Group of Universities), and takes an active part in the activities of international organizations working to improve links among universities worldwide, EAIE and NAFSA in particular.

Structure of the Institution
The university comprises the following faculties: Faculty of Law Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Science Faculty of Arts Faculty of Education Faculty of Economics and Administration Faculty of Informatics School of Social Studies Faculty of Sports Studies Besides the faculties, the university has several university-wide institutes and offices for research, teaching and other purposes, the most important of which are the following: - International Institute for Political Studies - Institute of Computer Science - Department of Foreign Languages - Regional Development Centre - Educational and Consulting Centre - Support Centre for Students with Special Needs - Office for International Studies


List of Higher Education faculties: Phone 1 Phone 2 Fax E-mail WWW Page
- Faculty of Law+420 549 49 3324 (Mgr., obory Právo a mezinárodní obchod a Právo a finance Bc.), 549 49 6132 (zbývající o+420 +420 541213162studijni@law.muni.czwww.muni.cz/law
- Faculty of Medicine+420 549494710+420 549 496 767, 549 498 188, 549 498 076, 549 496 782, 549 498 283+420 549491325studijni@med.muni.czhttp://www.med.muni.cz/index.php?id=28
- Faculty of Science+420 549491405+420 549496118+420 541211214studijni@sci.muni.czwww.muni.cz/sci
- Faculty of Arts+420 549494819+420 549495169+420 549491520prij.rizeni@phil.muni.czwww.phil.muni.cz
- Faculty of Education+420 549 494 864 pro prezenční studium, 549 493 254 pro kombinované studium a CŽV+420 549 493 169, 549 493 068, 549 491 605+420 549491620prijimacky@ped.muni.cz pro prezenční formu; bednarova@ped.muni.cz pro kombinovanou formu a CŽVwww.muni.cz, www.ped.muni.cz/wstud
- Faculty of Economics and Administration+420 549491710+420 +420 549491720studijni@econ.muni.czwww.econ.muni.cz
- Faculty of Informatics+420 549491818+420 549 49 4187, 549 49 4185, 549 49 1805+420 549491820studijni@fi.muni.czhttp://www.fi.muni.cz
- Faculty of Social Studies+420 549491998+420 549491905+420 549491920prijim@fss.muni.czhttp://www.muni.cz/fss/, http://www.fss.muni.cz
- Faculty of Sports Studies+420 +420 549 492 015, 549 492 016, 549 492 017+420 549498621studijni@fsps.muni.czwww.fsps.muni.cz








Organisation of studies
Masaryk University offers three types of degree programmes, Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral; studies last from three to six years, depending on the faculty, field of study and type of degree programme. Until recently, the basic degree at the university was the Master's, with students enrolling in a five-year programme upon commencement of studies. Since 2003, however, reflecting the university's determination to be at the forefront of educational change, students at most of the faculties have started their studies by enrolling in three-year Bachelor's degree programmes. Upon completion of these degrees they will either leave the university or enrol in a more specialized two-year Master's degree programme; these MA programmes are also, of course, open to students who wish to transfer from other universities upon completion of their BAs. This can in turn be followed by a three-year doctoral programme. The academic year is divided into two semesters: autumn semester (from mid-September to Christmas) and spring semester (from mid-February to the end of May). Exams generally take place in January/February and June. Most instruction at the university is in Czech; increasing numbers of individual courses are available in English, French and German. In addition, the complete medical degree (six years) and two two-year MA degrees (in European Politics and Sociology) are also taught in English.

Student Services
Students are accommodated in one of eight halls of residence located close to the various faculties. Most of these are newly built or refurbished, with a wide range of modern facilities. Inexpensive meals are available in three university canteens; most faculties also have coffee shops serving quick snacks and refreshments. Each faculty has its own library; most also have their own bookshop and stationer's. Computer facilities are widespread: they can be found at each department and each faculty, as well as at the University Computer Centre, which is open non-stop, 24 hours a day seven days a week. The university operates or makes use of many sports facilities - several gymnasiums, sports fields, tennis courts (outdoors and indoors), swimming pools, bodybuilding facilities, etc. Students may sign up for a wide range of sports and athletic activities; these also include week-long sports courses outside Brno.

Information for Foreign Students
International students can study full-time at all faculties of the university, either on the basis of cultural agreements or at their own expense (non-scholarship international students). Most instruction at the university is in Czech, but the full medical degree programme and two two-year MA degrees (in European Politics and Sociology) are available in English. For international undergraduate students in pursuit of a degree at Masaryk University, there is a one-year intensive course in the Czech language, culture, life and institutions. Students wishing to study in Brno for shorter periods (one or two semesters) may come on various exchange programmes (e.g. Socrates/Erasmus, CEEPUS, university bilateral agreements, etc.) or as fee-paying students. Possibilities for study in foreign languages (mostly English) include an increasing number of individual courses at the various faculties as well as a few specially designed one-semester programmes in English, including the Central European Studies Programme (CESP) and the TESOL Teacher Education Programme, which leads to the internationally recognized CELTA certificate in teaching English to foreigners. For more than 35 years the university has run a highly successful International Summer School of Slavonic Studies; a more recent addition is the International School of Museology, held in cooperation with UNESCO. Every second year the university organizes the summer Academy of Ancient Music. International students at Masaryk University live in a modern university residence that offers double rooms, each with an ensuite bathroom and kitchenette. Most of the rooms are wired for Internet access. The complex also includes a gymnasium, music rooms, a photo lab, laundry facilities, a student canteen and buffet, and a bistro that is open in the evenings. The recently established International Student Club, bringing together Czech and international students, offers a wide range of leisure-time activities, including weekend excursions to places of interest in the Czech Republic.




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