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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

Data from the previous admission procedure (1 Nov 2024 – 28 Feb 2025)

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 language exam certificate DSD II, Goethe-Zertifikat B2, ÖSD-Zertifikat B2, DSH, telc B2 or TestDaF (level 3–5), (or higher).

Criteria for evaluation

Limit for TSP percentile for successfully passing the entrance examination: 35

Recommended literature

  • Bok/Pfeiferová: Čítanka německých literárních textů (úryvky textů s otázkami)

  • Dreyer/Schmitt: Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik (klasika praktické gramatiky)

  • Jin: Grammatik aktiv B1+. Training für Fortgeschrittene zur Wiederholung der Grundgrammatik (moderní praktická gramatika němčiny jako cizího jazyka)

  • Kern/Rainer/Rainer: Stichwort Literatur (Fulltext online na webu nakladatelství, klikněte na “Blick ins Produkt”) (rakouská středoškolská učebnice dějin literatury)

  • Kosatík: Menší knížka o německých spisovatelích z Čech a Moravy (základní přehled o německé literatuře z českých zemí)

  • Müller/Vollrath/Krieger: Dějiny Německa (Originál: Deutsche Geschichte in Schlaglichtern)

  • Stromšík: Od Grimmelshausena k Dürrenmattovi (předmluvy k českým vydáním hvězd německé literatury)

  • Veber: Dějiny Rakouska

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
    + Contemporary History (minor) – 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
    + Human resource development and employment (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
    + Security and 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
  • Aesthetics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Ancient History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Catalan Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Classical Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Greek and Latin Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Combined Art Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • English Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • French Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Japanese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Greek and Latin Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Modern Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Polish Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Russian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Ukrainian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • 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)
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
  • Contemporary History (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)
  • European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + German language and literature (minor)
  • Human resource development and employment (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)
  • Media Studies and Journalism (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)
  • Security & Strategic Studies (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)
  • Social Work (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)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

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
 + Chinese Studies (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
 + Ethnology (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
 + Latin language and literature (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 studies and librarianship (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
 + 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
 + 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 and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (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
 + Contemporary History (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
 + Security and 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
 + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social 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
 + Catalan 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
 + 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
 + Classical Greek language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

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

Bold – required courses
Normal – selective courses

Detailed information about courses in the study plan German Language and Literature
Detailed information about courses in the study plan Modern Greek Language and Literature

German language and literature (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (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
 + South Slavonic and Balkan 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
 + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

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

German language and literature (major), full-time studies
 + Human resource development and employment (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

German language and literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Work (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

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