Information and Library Studies
Follow-up Master's degree in full-time or combined 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 2024/2025 (beginning: Spring 2025)
Submission deadline until midnight 30 November 2024.
What will you learn?
The main aim of the submitted study program is the preparation of highly qualified specialists for their subsequent application in professional professions both in the areas of library and information science, information science, academia, science, research, development and innovation. In the context of the field of Information and Library Studies, graduates are increasingly demanding the ability to integrate, critically evaluate and use acquired theoretical and applied knowledge of the field as well as transdisciplinary. The emphasis is on a deep insight into interdisciplinary overlaps including a methodological background, which closely relates to the qualitative shift in the establishment of quality language education into the educational curriculum and related learning outcomes, including both verbal and written oral expression of students and subsequent graduates in English. Strong emphasis is placed on the development of lifelong learning and creative thinking.
Therefore, the sub-objectives of the Masters Program following the above-mentioned core objectives include graduating from the Masters Program
- gaining knowledge and deep understanding of the literary and cultural discourse of the study program in the context of digital humanities both in mirroring the needs of the knowledge society and in connection with strategic and conceptual documents concerning the development of librarianship and information science;
- gained the relevant professional language competences ability to work systematically with foreign-language literature;
- gained profound knowledge and skills to work with data and information in various professional positions in a critical and ethical manner;
- gained the ability to interact, control and set up digital technology, equipment, information systems in human interaction with information;
- had media and information literacy, I would be able to deliberately make information available to users and actively operate in public space and civil society.
- gained strong theoretical knowledge of the field methodology and had the ability to apply methodology in his own field research practice.
“We are interested in people, technology and information. We use design methods, look for technology in the company and learn from the data. We are developing the library tradition and looking for ways forward.”
Practical training
The study program emphasizes the interconnection of pregradual preparation with the field of practice. The workplace has long been developed and is constantly expanding cooperation with institutions that provide relevant interaction between students and industry practice. In the curriculum, the Jobbox - a sophisticated and functional, and a system of offers and inquiries concerning practices, internships and field projects is still anchored. The Jobbox takes the form of a web portal that gathers demand and offers for students that are specified in the educational content of the optional subjects ISKM18 Practice and Placements and the ISKM19 Field Project.
Career opportunities
Graduates are prepared to master the theoretical, methodological and ethical fundamentals of information science and librarianship, the creation and management of library and information systems, information education, work with information sources in digital libraries and database centers. They are able to apply theoretical knowledge in library and information practice using modern information and communication technologies. Within elective courses, they can focus on developing information services, processes and technologies to ensure them, work with literature and information resources, or providing information support to science. The curriculum emphasizes methodological and linguistic preparation, and graduates are also prepared to apply in the field of science, research and innovation in the field of information studies and librarianship, also in a transdisciplinary context.
Graduates will be employed in job positions focused on complex work with information:
- Libraries (professional librarians in the position of an acquirer, cataloger, collection manager, library systems administrator, teaching librarian, child librarian, reference librarian, search engineer, information services worker);
- Academic workplaces (academic librarians and experts providing information support to science and research);
- Information services in the public, non-profit and commercial sector (information systems experts, information management, analysis and interpretation of information, own business in the field of providing information services);
- Media, PR, advertising agencies (editors, publishers, redactors, information analysts);
- Advisory and educational activities (information systems experts, data and information management, information services design, informal and continuing vocational education lecturers).
Admission requirements
Deadline for submitting applications: August 1 - November 30
Who the programme is intended for: The programme is offered to graduates of all Bachelor’s degree programmes.
Subject matter of the entrance examination: The entrance examination for the follow-up Master’s programme consists of an oral interview in a group, which must be completed successfully to gain admission. The group interview is based on the solution of various field topics (information literacy, technology in education, service design, the role of libraries in society, a book in the changes of centuries, etc.) and a discussion of the problem. The applicant’s reactions and argumentation are evaluated.
Waiver of the entrance examination: The entrance examination will be waived for applicants who have passed the Bachelor’s examination in the field/programme of Information and Library Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University with an excellent (A), very good (B), or good (C) result and whose overall average study grade in the Bachelor’s programme has not exceeded 1.8. Applicants can ask for a waiver for the entrance examination via email to prijimaci.rizeni@phil.muni.cz.
Website Department of Information and Library 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: 70 points (out of 100).
Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years
Deadlines
Submit your application during this period
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
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Combined studies in czech
What will you learn?
Combined studies
Information and Library Studies – combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Information and Library Studies (major), combined studies
+ Andragogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Information and Library Studies – combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics and Culture Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Andragogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Culture Management (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Latin language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Literature and Intercultural Communication (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Medieval Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Slavistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Social pedagogy and counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Information and Library Studies – combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Information and Library Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Information and Library Studies as a minor degree programme
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Aesthetics and Cultural Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Ancient History (MA) (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Andragogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Culture Management (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
French Literature and Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Literature and Intercultural Communication (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Medieval Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Slavonic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (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
+ Information and Library Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Information and Library Studies – combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Information and Library Studies – combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Information and Library Studies – combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
Follow-up studies
After graduating from the Master's program, Ph.D. studies in Philology, Media Studies, Contemporary Arts and other creative industries can be continued at the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Studies or the Pedagogical Faculty of Masaryk University, or at other universities.
Study information
Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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Type of studies | Follow-up master's | |
Mode | full-time | Yes |
combined | Yes | |
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 |
Do you have any questions?
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PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
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