Auxiliary Historical Sciences
Follow-up Master'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.
Admission to Master's degree programmes in 2023/2024 (beginning: Spring 2024)
Submission deadline until midnight 30 November 2023.
What will you learn?
The Master’s degree study programme in Auxiliary Historical Sciences prepares qualified professionals for work with various types of historical sources. The objective of the study is to deepen interpretative and methodological skills in particular auxiliary historical sciences and application of the theoretical knowledge and skills in compiling historical sources, mainly in the form of critical editions. Students will learn basic methods of interpretation and text review and will be able to apply the acquired skills in auxiliary historical sciences within an interdisciplinary approach in a wider context of historical sciences. They will acquire language skills both in current expert communication and in historical grammar books of the main source languages in Czech archives.
Practical training
Practical training is not an obligatory part of the study plan. Students may optional practical training in selected memory and research institutions.
Further information
Career opportunities
Graduates of this Master’s degree study programme will be prepared for a further expert career, including compiling and cataloguing historical archival funds and collections in archives, libraries with historical collections, museums, and galleries.
Admission requirements
Deadline for submitting applications: August 1 - November 30
Who the programme is intended for: The programme is intended for graduates of any Bachelor’s degree programme.
Subject matter of the entrance examination: Oral examination in paleography (reading of the text), and basics of auxiliary historical sciences (sphragistics, heraldry, codicology, and medieval Czech diplomacy).
Waiver of the entrance examination: The entrance examination can be waived for applicants who have passed the Bachelor’s examination in the field/programme of Auxiliary Historical Sciences at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University with an excellent (A), very good (B), or good (C) result. Applicants can ask for a waiver for the entrance examination via email to prijimaci.rizeni@phil.muni.cz.
Website Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies.
General information on the course of the admission procedure to the follow-up Master’s degree programmes at FA MU can be found here. Documents for the current admission procedure are kept in Materials for Applicants.
Criteria for evaluation
Pass/fail line of the entrance examination: 50 points (out of 100).
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
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics and Cultural Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (MA) (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Andragogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Culture Management (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ French literature and linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Literature and Intercultural Communication (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Medieval Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Mediterranean Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Slavonic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Social pedagogy and counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions - M.A. programme (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Auxiliary Historical Sciences as a minor degree programme
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Andragogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Social pedagogy and counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Ancient History (MA) (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Study of Religions - M.A. programme (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Medieval Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Mediterranean Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Slavonic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
French literature and linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Aesthetics and Cultural Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Literature and Intercultural Communication (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Culture Management (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Follow-up studies
After completion of the Master’s degree study programme, it is possible to continue further studies in a doctoral degree study programme.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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| Type of studies | Follow-up master'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 | 2 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |
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