Humanitarian specialties

Training in humanities at Czech universities

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Any professions that involve activity in the field of “human-human” belong to the category of humanitarian specialties. Training in this area presupposes empathy, patience and a certain mindset. The list of specialties is very broad, and, contrary to popular belief, is not limited to philologists and teachers. The list includes hundreds of professions related to the humanities, which overlap with social and even natural sciences, representing the opposite of exact scientific disciplines.

The highest priority humanities professions are:

• Andragogy and HR
• Aesthetics and Art History
• Philosophy
• History and Archivistics
• Information Studies and Library Science
• Political Science
• Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Religious Studies and Theology
• Social Work
• Sociology

Top Humanities Universities in the Czech Republic

The leading universities in the field of humanities are Charles University and Masaryk University in Prague and Brno, respectively. They are universities with a century-long tradition, employing the best academic staff in the field, including foreign ones.

You can also find faculties and specializations in this field at the following universities throughout the Czech Republic:

• Charles University in Prague
• Masaryk University in Brno
• Prague University of Economics
• Palacký University in Olomouc
• University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
• University of Hradec Králové
• University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice
• Silesian University in Opava
• Technical University in Liberec
• University of J. Е. Purkine University in Usti nad Labem
• University of Pardubice
• J. E. Purkine University in Usti nad Labem
• T. Bati University in Zlín
• University of Ostrava in Ostrava

Admission to humanities universities

When applying for most humanities majors, applicants must demonstrate their knowledge of history (world, European and Czech), culture, one or two foreign languages and pass an interview.

Admission to such specialties is not an easy task for applicants. It requires a sufficiently deep knowledge of the above-mentioned disciplines as well as an interest in the specialty, which will be tested in the interview. But with appropriate aptitude and good long term preparation the chances are greatly increased. Among the students at the Center, few preferred such majors, but those who made the decision always achieved their goal.

Is it promising?

The prospectivity of this direction strongly depends on the specific specialty. Although we can safely say that humanities education, which develops general abilities, is valued in all areas of social life in Europe. Those sciences that deal with the study of social life and can be applied to a wide range of fields are very important and in demand.

Prague Education Center’s training programs in the humanities

The following branches of the Prague Education Center offer training in the selected field of study: Prague.

What the training program includes:

• 980 hours of training, including major subjects;
• Study of the Czech language to level B2/C1;
• Preparation for entrance exams in accordance with university requirements;
• Nostrification and visa counseling;
• Meetings with students studying in technical specialties.

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