Information for International Students

Why choose social sciences at Masaryk University? Read the general description or click directly to see information for:

The Faculty of Social Studies focuses on internationalisation and welcomes students from all over the world - be it for a full degree programme or for exchange. The Faculty offers graduate degree programmes taught in English (two Master’s and six Doctoral, others are being prepared); find the details below and contact admission@fss.muni.cz. If you are an exchange or guest student, read the information in the last section of this page - we also welcome any feedback or questions you might have.

Other degree programmes (all Bachelor's programmes and most of the Master's) can be studied in Czech language only. Applicants from abroad can take intensive courses of Czech language at the university and apply under conditions that take into account their different cultural background. However, numerous English-taught courses are part of the curricula of each department.

All degree programmes at Masaryk University can be found on this English website.

We promote our graduate programmes, together with other faculties of Masaryk University, on the MastersPortal.eu, on GoAbroad website, etc.

Masaryk University ranks high among the Top 500 universities in Europe according to Webometrics.

The Faculty also succeeded in membership in two international degree programmes - in the consortium offering the interdisciplinary European Master’s Programme in Human Rights And Democratisation (E.MA) and from 2008/2009, it was admitted into joint European PhD. on Social Representations and Communication. For application, contact their home universities.

Master's degree programmes taught in English

Master's degree programmes are designed as a four-semester course of study (120 ECTS credits). They are open to students holding a BA or equivalent degree in the social science or the humanities. You get full information by clicking on the name of the programme, which links you to its website.

  • European Politics
    • is designed to provide both practical and theoretical knowledge about European history, political systems and processes of European integration. Advanced academic level and interdisciplinarity of the programme are guaranteed by the specialists from the Department of International Relations and the Department of Political Science. [European Politics brochure]

  • Sociology
    • provides students with basic skills that enable them to conduct sociological research, and understand and explain social phenomena. The theoretical as well as methodological knowledge gained prepares students to make sense of the rapidly changing world that we live in and participate in shaping its future development. [Sociology brochure]

Ph.D. degree programmes taught in English

All doctoral programmes are accredited in English, and welcome applicants both to full-time and part-time form. Ph.D. research can be done in the degree programmes and study fields of:

  • International Territorial Studies – International Relations and European Studies
  • Political Science
  • Psychology – General, Developmental and Social Psychology
  • Social Policy and Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Sociology - European Ph.D. on Social Representation and Communication
Admission into the above mentioned programme can in some cases be carried out through correspondence. All information is available through the faculty website.

Exchange and Guest Students

Masaryk University is involved in a variety of exchange agreements that enable international students to come to Brno for one or two semesters. The most frequent types of student exchange are carried out within the frameworks of ERASMUS programme (part of Life Long Learning programme of EC), Erasmus Mundus, ISEP, CEEPUS and through partner universities mobility schemes. Apart from these, you can apply as a guest student outside of any programme; just contact us.

Faculty International Office offers information to applying students, guest students and general public.

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