Admission Procedures
The Chair for Dutch Studies offers three recently re-accredited bachelor programmes:
- Praktická nizozemská filologie (Practical Dutch Philology) – one subject degree (the student studies Dutch only – practical orientation)
- Praktická nizozemská filologie (Practical Dutch Philology) – two subject degree (the student studies Dutch together with another degree from the Faculty of Arts. It is necessary to announce the desired combination in the application form. Knowledge of Czech (or Slovak) is compulsory!
General information on admission procedures may be found on the faculty website. Important information for applicants – our Faculty has its own admission test, Test studijních předpokladů. This test is in Czech. Comprehensive information on admissions and offered study programmes may be found here. A sample admission test may be found here.
Knowledge of Dutch is not necessary for bachelor’s study.
At master’s level the following programmes are offered:
- Nizozemská filologie (Dutch Philology)- one subject degree (orientation translatology)
- Nizozemská filologie (Dutch Philology)- two subject degree (orientation linguistics and literature, knowledge of Czech/Slovak necessary)
Applicants for master’s studies should have a valid bachelor’s degree in Dutch or similar. Palacký University acknowledges basically all bachelor’s degrees from the European Union.
Interview (UP) - questions from the program to which the applicant is applying; in the case of Dutch Philology, the interview focuses on orientation in Dutch and Flemish literature, motivation for study and discussion of the future Master thesis. If the applicant is applying for a different study program than the original bachelor's program, or is applying to the Faculty of Arts of UP from another faculty or university, the student must provide the Diploma Supplement of his/her bachelor's degree at the interview (the DS may be replaced by a list of bachelor's degree certificates; the DS, or the list of certificates, must be verified by the study department of the relevant university).
Moreover it is necessary to demonstrate a proven of knowledge of Dutch at the level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference. This may be the certificate Profiel Practische Taalvaardigheid of the Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal.
- Requirements for admission to the doctoral study Dutch Philology
The study is intended primarily for graduates of the Master's degree program in Dutch Philology and related programs, especially Dutch Philology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University Bratislava in Slovakia and Filologia Niderlandzka at the Polish universities of Lublin, Poznań and Wrocław. The applicant will appear for an oral entrance exam before the admissions committee. The prerequisites for successful completion of the exam are: the professional quality of the submitted dissertation project, its real feasibility and compliance with the scientific and research focus of the workplace; the ability to present and defend the doctoral dissertation; basic knowledge of the methodologies necessary for solving the project; the ability to communicate in the language of the field (Dutch); an overview of current basic research problems in the field; general prerequisites for scientific and research work.
In the admission interview, the applicant will demonstrate knowledge in the field. An applicant interested in doctoral studies will send, together with the application for study, a project for his/her future doctoral dissertation of approx. 5 standard pages in Dutch, which will be discussed during the admission interview. Previous publication or other scientific activity of the applicant is welcome. The project can be carried out in Dutch, English, or Afrikaans or Frisian. In other languages after thorough justification and approval of the Subjest-area Board.