Branch programme/details

Permitted combinations: single-curriculum or double-curriculum study; the study programme may be combined with either the Logic or Anglophone Literatures and Cultures study programmes

Study fees: Appendix No. 2 to the CU Constitution – Fees for Study

Language of instruction: English

Entrance examination: one-round (oral)
Entrance examination description

Oral exam
a) A debate on study motivation and the MA project proposal: 0–30 points
b) Jewish world realia exam (culture, history and geography): 0–40 points
c) Language competencies exam – reading and translating a text in Modern or Biblical Hebrew: 0–30 points

Ad a) Applicants submit the MA project proposal and a motivation letter through the Student Information System no later than the date specified in the Entrance exams schedule at CU FA.

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General and faculty requirements of the admission procedure: https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php?do=info_fakulta&fak=11210

Admission to Master's studies is conditioned by completed secondary education confirmed by a school-leaving certificate. Admission to Post-Bachelor studies (Master's programme) is likewise conditioned by completed education in any type of study programme.

Graduates of the Hebrew and Jewish Studies programme receive expert knowledge of Jewish languages and culture. They specialize in a specific stratum of Hebrew and its relevant textual corpus or in a specific period in Jewish cultural history, which they study using Hebrew as a source language. They have good knowledge of scholarly literature in the field. They have thorough understanding of Jewish culture and its internal diversity resulting from its rich history and diasporic nature. They understand the significance and historical transformations of the perceptions of Jews as a social and religious minority. They are able to critically interpret and examine, in the light of contemporary scholarly approaches, information related to Jewish culture in the past and at present. They have an excellent command of academic English.