Study programmes

Anthropology and Human Genetics

Study program:
Anthropology and Human Genetics
SP code:
N0511A030016
Study form:
full-time
Study type:
Master's (post-Bachelor)
Standard duration of study in years:
2
Language of instruction:
Czech
Title:
Mgr.
Title:
Yes - RNDr.
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SP name in English:
Anthropology and Human Genetics
SP name in Latin:
Anthropologia et doctrina genetica humana
SP profile:
academically oriented

SP characteristics

The Anthropology and human genetics is oriented to the biological anthropology with connection to retrospective anthropology, biomedical anthropology and genetics, and human ecology. The study program is oriented also on ontogeny and human evolution, on studies of variability and adaptability recent and past human populations both in the level of molecular anthropology and morphology. The field is also concentrated on studies of growth and development, studies of human body. Molecular genetics is oriented on studies of human polymorphic variation associated with different human pathologies. The applied anthropological fields are oriented on forensic anthropology. One of the core specializations is toward the study of human osteology, both in the level of morphology ang function, but also in archeothanatology for example in the education in field anthropology and bioarchaeology.
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Graduate profile for the public:
The graduates in Anthropology and human genetics becomes experts in broad spectrum field focused on biological anthropology, human genetics and human biology. The graduates are educated in retrospective anthropology, molecular anthropology, and biomedical anthropology. They also have deep knowledge in human evolution, ecology, forensic anthropology, and auxology. Orientation toward human genetics helps to the good orientation in biomedical genetics and molecular aspects of human pathology, cytogenetics, and in techniques used for the study of human genome. The master program is oriented also toward practical education helping the graduates to participate in broad spectrum of activity in biomedical laboratories as well as in different museum institutions.

Related accreditations

Faculty Name of the study program Language of instruction Study form
Přírodovědecká fakulta Anthropology and Human Genetics angličtina prezenční

Teaching provided by

Faculty:
Cooperating institutions:
No
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Foreign university joint diploma type:
No
External department:
No

Classification

Area of education:
  • Biology, Ecology and The Environment

SP structure

Specialisation:
No
Double-curriculum study:
No
Data for persons with disabilities
Contact person for persons with disability:
RNDr. Dana Fialová, Ph.D.
Web page for persons with disability:
Further information about the study of persons with disability:

Personal provision

Garant SP:
  • doc. Mgr. Vladimír Sládek, Ph.D.
Study plans

Plans according to accreditation:

full-time study form with language of instruction Czech

Instruction

Admission procedure requirements:
Study programme (branch) is open for applicants for the academic year 2026/2027:
Admission procedure requirements in the acaademic year 2025/2026:

Can be studied in combination

No combinations have been found