Portuguese 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.
Submission deadline until midnight 28 February 2025.
What will you learn?
Studying the Portuguese language and its literature opens the door for students to understand the multicultural Lusophone world. They can go on to master Portuguese; become familiar with the Lusophone cultures of Europe, South America, and Africa; and understand their cultural contexts and ties. Beside acquiring knowledge of the practical language and specialized linguistic disciplines, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax, students will learn about the history, culture, basic facts, lifestyles, institutions, and literatures not only of Portugal and Brazil but also of the Lusophone countries in Africa.
Studying Portuguese will, on one hand, improve students' linguistic knowledge of the skills required in fields based on communication and communication technologies, such as translation or public service, while on the other it will build analytical capabilities, independence, and creativity.“Ianua linguarum reserata”
Through a systematic training in connection with practical language, specialized linguistics, and literature, students will master the main principles of a cultivated written and spoken style in both Portuguese and Czech.
Career opportunities
Graduates of this programme have the knowledge and skills to be able to perform independent work in intercultural communication, in internal and external company communication, in cultural institutions, as editors in translation agencies and translation sections of national and international institutions and companies, and as editors in the media and publishing houses. In all of these fields, they will be able to apply their linguistic competence and knowledge of a different cultural milieu.
Admission requirements
This programme is accredited in Czech and requires students to have a native-speaker or C1 knowledge of Czech or Slovak.
The criteria for admission for studies are the results of the written Field of Study Examination. 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.
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.
Basic description of the Field of Study Examination:
In the motivation letter, the applicant:
The criteria for admission for studies are the results of the written Field of Study Examination. 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.
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)
For admission for studies in this degree programme, you do not need to take the TSP.
Field of Study Examination
This examination is intended to check the applicants’ knowledge of the given field of study. It is done in the form of a motivation letter written in Czech or Slovak languages with a minimum length of 1800 characters including spaces. Upload the motivation letter in PDF format directly to your e-application, in the section Příloha 2, no later than 8 April. Select the correct type of attachment, i.e. "Portugalský jazyk, literatura a kultura: Motivační dopis", and do not forget to click on "Save" at the bottom of the page.Basic description of the Field of Study Examination:
In the motivation letter, the applicant:
- will explain why they have chosen to study at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University
- will explain their reasons for choosing the programme
- will determine their priority interests (linguistics, literature, culture of Portuguese speaking countries)
- will state their personal experience with the environment of Portuguese speaking countries, if any
- will state whether they have already familiarised themselves with any aspects of the study (such as they studied life and institutions, history, have read a Portuguese or Brazilian book in its Czech translation).
Admission without the entrance examination
You may be exempt from the entrance examination based on at least one of the following criteria:- submission of a diploma/certificate not older than 3 years proving at least a B1 level of knowledge of the respective language;
- secondary school results in the subjects determined by the faculty: Czech/ Slovak language, English, basics of social sciences and one more subject of the applicant’s choice from the following subjects: Chinese, history, music, information technology, Italian, Latin, maths, Russian, Spanish.
Secondary school results may be applied for an exemption from the entrance examination by those applicants whose average grade was 1.5 or higher in each of the four profile subjects. The total average result in all subjects is not taken into consideration. Secondary school seminars are also disregarded. The average grade of each profile subject is calculated based on the results of the last four years of study in the following way: the mid-year grade is calculated from the final year, whereas the final grades are calculated from the previous three years. It is also necessary that applicants have studied each of the profile subjects for at least two years during the last four years.
Enter your grades in your e-application. Then print the grades out and let your secondary school certify them with a stamp and a signature. Upload the scan of the certified grades into your e-application. You can also upload officially certified school reports or any other documents certifying your school results.
Please upload the officially certified documents directly to your e-application in the section Application for the Exemption from the Entrance Examination no later than 28 February.
Criteria for evaluation
- Total number of points in the Field of Study Examination: 100
- Limit for successfully passing the Field of Study Examination: 50
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
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
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Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Catalan language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Classical archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Classical Greek language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ German language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Information studies and librarianship (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Latin language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of interactive media (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Contemporary History (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Human resource development and employment (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Security and Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
Portuguese Language and Literature as a minor degree programme
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Aesthetics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Ancient History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Catalan Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Classical Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Greek and Latin Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Combined Art Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
English Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
French Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Japanese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Greek and Latin Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Modern Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Polish Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Russian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Ukrainian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Contemporary History (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Human resource development and employment (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) -
Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor)
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
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
Follow-up studies
Graduates of the Bachelor's programme may subsequently continue in any related Master's programme (after fulfilling the conditions for admission).
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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| 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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