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German 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.

What will you learn?

The aim of this study programme is for students to acquire and develop language skills in German, and furthermore to introduce them to the basics of the scholarly philological reflection of language and literature in the broader context of history and culture.

The students will focus on the most topical disciplines of linguistics and literature and will acquire a broad overview of the history, culture, land and people of German-speaking countries.

Practical training

Practical training is not an obligatory part of the study plan. Selected project-oriented type B/selective courses offer opportunities for the students to develop skills in the practical usage of the theoretical knowledge and develop further praxis-related skills.

Career opportunities

Graduates with this degree are qualified for language-oriented jobs in companies and institutions, in publishing houses and various branches of the media, in archives, libraries, museums, theatres, travel agencies etc.

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 file 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:
  1. secondary school results with an average 1.5 or higher in two of the following three subjects determined by the Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies: Czech/Slovak language, English language, German language;
  2. language exam certificate DSD II, Goethe-Zertifikat B2, ÖSD-Zertifikat B2, DSH, telc B2 or TestDaF (level 3–5), (or higher).

Secondary school results may be applied for an exemption from the entrance examination by those applicants whose average grade was 1.5 or higher in each of the two profile subjects. The total average result in both 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 two 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: 30

Recommended literature

  • Povejšil, M. Mluvnice současné němčiny. Praha 1987. (poslední vydání 1994)

  • Baumbach, R., Václavková, G. Mluvnice němčiny (včetně kapitoly o nové úpravě německého pravopisu). Olomouc : Fin, 1997.

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.

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

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature as a minor degree programme

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
  • Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
  • Psychology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)
  • Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Follow-up studies

After completion of the Bachelor’s studies, it is possible to continue further studies in the Master’s degree programmes (philology, teaching for secondary schools, German translation).

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
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

Do you have any questions?
Send us an e-mail to

doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.

Consultant

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