Japanese Studies

Much more than just a "chicken scratch"

Degree programme specification

The study of Japanese Studies provides a basic insight into philologicaly oriented study of Japanese culture and society. The Bachelor's degree programme is based on two basic grounds: intensive cours in modern Japanese language and set of courses specialized in Japanese history, literature and society topics. The goal of the language course is to equip students with complex passive and active knowledge of modern Japanese (both spoken and written) in a short period of time. The specialize courses equip students with theoretical knowledge of the Japanese culture and society, that is supposed to be further developed in a philological manner, e.i. through a conscious work with texts. Besides a general introduction to a philological form of Japanese Studies, the students are taught also application of scientific work on specific japanological topics that are related to teachers' specializations. In this way the Japanese Studies programme does not educate students through the Japanese language, but also serves as an example of a philology on a general level.

Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Type of study	bachelor's
Mode	full-time
Standard length of studies	3 years
Language of instruction	czech
Results of entrance exams from previous years	here

Graduate destination

The graduates of this study programme are equipped for work in a broad spectrum of institutions, where knowledge and skills acquired during the study can be put into practice. Besides general philological skills the graduates can apply their linguistic competences in modern Japanese language, knowledge of intercultural communication and skills for work with texts. Some areas of potential employment include tourism, language services (translation, interpretation), international business, communication mediating in Japanese production companies, cultural institutions, media and others.

At the same time the graduates are equipped sufficently for continuing in a graduate study program both in the Czech republic and abroad.

Report on the results of the admission procedure

Study options

Single-subject studies

Full-time studies in czech

Combined studies

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Aesthetics (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Ancient History (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Archaeology (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Archival Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Art History (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Baltic Studies (minor)

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Chinese Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Classical Archaeology (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Combined Art Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Computational Linguistics (minor)

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Ethnology (minor)

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: General Linguistics (minor)

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: History (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Information and Library Studies (minor)

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

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Mediterranean studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Museology (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Musicology (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Pedagogy (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Philosophy (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Polish Studies (minor)

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Russian Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Social Education and Counselling (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor)

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

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Study of Religions (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Theatre Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Theory of Interactive Media (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Ukrainian Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Arts: Vietnamese Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Economics and Administration: Economic Policy (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Economics and Administration: Economics (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Economics and Administration: Public Economics and Administration (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Environmental Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: European Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: International Relations (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Media Studies and Journalism (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Political Science (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Psychology (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Security & Strategic Studies (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Social Anthropology (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Social Work (minor)

Japanese Studies (major) – full-time studies
+ Faculty of Social Studies: Sociology (minor)

Further studies

After completion of the Bachelor's studies and on fulfilling requirements for entrance, it is possible to continui further studies in Japanese Studies Master's degree programme (F15001 or F15003) at the Masaryk University's Faculty of Arts.