Archival Studies
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 2024/2025 (beginning: Spring 2025)
Submission deadline until midnight 30 November 2024.
What will you learn?
The Master’s degree study programme in Archival Studies prepares qualified professionals for specialized and managerial positions in archival practice and records management. The objective of the study programme is to gain a thorough knowledge of pre-archival care and records management, compiling major fund groups, and making archival sources accessible for research purposes (mainly in the form of creating metadata for digitalized archival material). Students further deepen their knowledge of the archive networks in the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries and develop their knowledge of modern diplomatics and palaeography, modern administration, and modern history. They strengthen their language skills for work with archival material by studying historical language systems. They will learn to combine knowledge and apply it in practice. Based on individual study, they will work with unfamiliar archival material and successfully solve demanding archival tasks. They will gain basic managerial skills.
Practical training
Practical training is not an obligatory part of the study plan, but it is possible to realize 3 weeks of practical training in selected memory institution.
Further information
Career opportunities
Graduates of the Master’s degree study programme in Archival Studies will be prepared for independent expert work and for carrying out complex activities in all types of archives, registries, administration, and state and local government, or in the relevant departments of museums, galleries, and libraries. They will be competent in positions at various management levels in such institutions.
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), basics of diplomacy, archival studies, and history of administration.
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 Archival Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University with an excellent (A), very good (B), or good (C) result. The entrance examination may also be waived for applicants whose overall result of the Bachelor's State Examination in programme of Archival Studies at the MU Faculty of Arts was assessed as “passed with excellent results”. Applicants can ask for a waiver for the entrance examination via the e-application form, section "Application for waiver of the entrance examination".
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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Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics and Culture Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Andragogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Culture Management (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Latin language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Literature and Intercultural Communication (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Medieval Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Slavistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Social pedagogy and counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Archival Studies (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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Archival Studies (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Archival 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
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Ancient History (MA) (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Andragogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Culture Management (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
French Literature and Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Literature and Intercultural Communication (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Medieval Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Slavonic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Archival 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
+ Archival Studies (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
Follow-up studies
After completing the Master’s degree study programme in Archival Studies, it is possible to continue further studies in a doctoral degree study programme (after satisfying the admission requirements).
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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Mgr. Stanislav Bárta, Ph.D.
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