International Relations
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?
The study field of International Relations (taught in Czech with growing number of elective courses taught in English) makes students familiar with basic issues of international relations, with strong emphasis on international relations theory. Key areas of the study program include the history of international relations, the foreign policy of the Czech Republic, and security aspects of international relations. Students can further specialize within optional courses focused on specific issues of international relations and organizations, and also on foreign policy of specific countries and regions.
Students also obtain or further develop many practical skills which they may apply in their study as well as in their future professional careers.“Seeing the world in context”
Practical training
Students may take internships at various institutions in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. The may serve at both institutions with which the department has a memorandum or agreement of cooperation, or at institutions where they arranged for an internship on their own initiative (such an internship is subject to approval of the department head).
Serving as interns, students will improve their skills to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice, they will gain new practical skills, will learn teamwork as well as to work individually.
Further information
http://www.fss.muni.cz/?lang=en
Career opportunities
Graduates of International Relations can pursue careers in a whole range of fields, including work as analysts, in the scientific or academic fields, in the administrations of political parties, or in the media.
Significant opportunities may also be found in state administration and in the diplomatic service, mainly in international organizations (particularly in European Union institutions), as well as in the economic sphere. This range is naturally broadened if taken in combination with a second major (subject).
Admission requirements
No information available
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.
Recommended combinations
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Contemporary History (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Security and Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
International Relations (major), full-time studies
+ Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Recommended combinations
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
Follow-up studies
IR (graduate program)
European Studies (graduate program)
Security and Strategic Studies (graduate program)
Political Science (graduate program)
Additional Master's programs as warranted
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Social Studies | |
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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 | |
Do you have any questions?
Send us an e-mail
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Mgr. Vladan Hodulák, Ph.D.
Consultant
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