Masaryk University in Brno

After the First World War Brno became the second city of the Republic of Czechoslovakia in both size and significance. In 1919 three institutions of higher learning were founded here, among them Masaryk University, which soon became a hub of activity for students, teachers, and researchers. Masaryk University in Brno is the second largest university in the Czech Republic in terms of number of students in accredited degree programmes. An ever-growing number of applicants are seeking places. The university's curriculum is based on disciplines grouped under the faculties of Law, Medicine, Science, Education, Economics and Administration, Informatics, Social Studies, and Sports Studies. Masaryk University links high requirements for original research with systematic efforts to create the conditions for as broad an approach as possible to university education, on a level corresponding with the capabilities of students and the demands placed on their qualifications by the employment market in a modern society. The recent introduction of the three-year Bachelor's and two-year Master's degree model, as well as of a university-wide credit system based on the principles of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) has ensured greater flexibility and helped foster the internationalization of curricula. Member of the Association of Universities of the Third Age, contact: Miroslava Černošková, cernoskova@cdvu.muni.cz