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About us

The Faculty of Social Studies was established in 1998 as an independent faculty under Masaryk University. The social sciences-oriented faculty’s independence is the result of the many years of existence of some branches within the Faculty of Arts that as early as in 1921 established Department of Sociology – today one of the oldest institutions of that kind in Europe. In 2005 the faculty moved to a just reconstructed building in Joštova Street that offered the students excellent conditions: a modern-layout library containing a superb choice of world publications, sufficient amount of personal computers in computer laboratories, specialised DTP studios and multimedia laboratories. Several rooms in students’ club also belong to the faculty. The glazed patio hall amazing with its layout and architecture design is a common place for social gatherings.

The Faculty of Social Studies engages in a wide spectrum of research and development activities in a number of branches that correspond to the fields of study accredited and taught here. These include both basic and applied research related to issues such as family and young generation, formation of personality in the processes of socialisation and individuation, reproduction processes and social reproduction, marginalized groups, poverty, unemployment, ethnicity, political systems in relation to the situation of the Czech Republic and European area, media analyses and environment. Research activities are funded by a number of domestic and foreign grant agencies and other institutions being carried out in association with domestic and foreign cooperating partners.

The faculty has kept developing dynamically while focused on education in the branches of sociology, political science, psychology, social policy and social work, media studies and journalism, environmental studies, international relations, European studies and, as new ones, gender studies, social anthropology and security and strategic studies. It strives for connection between education activities and research done by the departments as well as by the institutes belonging to the faculty. Thus, the courses held by the faculty are permanently enriched with the latest gnosis of both basic and applied social science researches.

The Faculty of Social Sciences has registered enormous interest in studies since its establishment as the social sciences studies offer a unique opportunity of examining still unmapped social and political changes and, also, individual adaptations in the complex world as it is today. Besides extensive collaboration in the area of research, the faculty has internationalised its classes as well. It currently offers two fields of master studies taught in English (European Politics and Sociology) and all doctoral programmes are also held in English. Integral parts of the classes are other courses held in English, mostly offered by foreign lecturers. The faculty has also involved in the lifelong learning concept since the academic year 2001/2002.

The faculty graduates realize their potential in a number of professions from government administration, service and advisory, research and analysis institutions, research and teaching activities at universities through political parties’ apparatuses, journalism or international organisations grounds.

Faculty of Social Studies in numbers

• As of 31 October 2011, there were 4,264 students of regular diploma studies at this faculty altogether, out of which 2,348 in bachelor's degree programmes, 1,646 in master's degree programmes.
• As of 31 October 2011 another 270 students were in the doctoral degree programmes.
• We have 7 departments, employing 233 personnel, out of which 12 are professors and 21 associate professors.
• The students are taught by 377 instructors altogether, out of which 141 are MU staff, 99 students and 137 externs outside MU.
• In 2011 we registered 11,218 applicants for studies in all open admission procedures, out of which 2,611 were accepted.
• We educate 23 seriously handicapped students.
• The number of students going abroad in the academic year of 2011/2012 was 208, the number of students coming from abroad in the same academic year was 28.
• The graduates from regular studies in 2011 reached the number of 989, out of which 507 from bachelor’s, 447 from master’s and 35 from PhD studies.
• Our graduates labour market very well (Graduate employment record).
• Since 1998, there have been 6,312 graduates from the studies at our faculty.

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