Overview

The main ambitions of the Visual Cultures and Art History program from Masaryk University are:

to train students to a complex understanding of visual cultures from the Middle Ages to the present day, with a deep focus on the role of visual media in constructing and shaping the analysed societies;
to promote skills in collective work, scholarly research, intellectual independency, and cultural mediation in both academic and non-academic institutions (i.e., museums, galleries, research institutes, editing houses);
to put forward a transdisciplinary approach to visual, material, and ritual cultures, at the core of research in Bildwissenschaft and art history;

lastly, to create an international network of institutions collaborating around this master, conceived in an avant-garde way both on theoretical and practical bases.

Career opportunities

Cultural management and monument care
Art consulting
Tourism
Journalism (press and publishing, radio, television, online services)
Pedagogy (high schools, teaching to adults, university) and mediation of art
Cultural Mediation

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Debates and Topics in the Study of Modern and Contemporary Visual Cultures

Images, Media and Migrations: the Visual Cultures of the Medieval Worlds

Reflections and New Perspectives on Visual Cultures in the Early Modern Period

Seminar: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Visual Cultures

Image, Object, Text: Theories and Methods in Art History and Visual Studies

Study Trip

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Starting 2026-02-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Visual Arts Art History View 18 other Masters in Visual Arts in Czech Republic

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

This degree program is open to:

Students of the Department of Art History at MU who have had excellent results in the defense of their Bachelor’s thesis (evaluation A–B) are admitted to the follow-up master’s program without admission interview.
If a student from another programme or another university applies, he/she should present a written motivational letter, explaining the reasons for his/her interest to study in the Department of Art History. Furthermore, he/she must have successfully defended a B.A. in art history or in other related disciplines, with an excellent evaluation of his/her thesis (A–B), and with a focus on the Mediterranean, Caucasian, Euro-American art and visual cultures. He/she will then undergo an oral examination by a committee of the Department of Art History professors.

Tuition Fee

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International

1250 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1250 EUR per year during 24 months.
EU/EEA

1250 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1250 EUR per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Brno

13555 - 21979 CZK /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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