Follow-up master's study 2020/2021

Criteria for admission to study at the Faculty of Informatics, MU

The condition for admission to study in all subsequent master's degree programs at the Faculty of Informatics, MU is successful passing of the entrance exam and passing the bachelor's or master's degree, including passing the state final exam, accompanied by an officially certified copy of the diploma. Applicants must provide an officially certified copy of the diploma at the latest at the time of enrollment (studies from MU do not provide a copy of the diploma).

All programs except Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics

The entrance exam is written and its aim is to verify the basic knowledge of computer science and mathematics.

The following provisions do not apply to applicants who have previously been enrolled in a follow-up master's degree at FI MU.

An applicant who has successfully completed a bachelor's degree in computer science or related fields or, if he / she is a student in the last year of a bachelor's degree program in computer science or related fields, may apply for a waiver of the entrance examination to a follow-up master's degree program. At the same time, the applicant must have a study average for the entire bachelor's degree of no more than 2.00 (according to the classification scale corresponding to ECTS principles used at MU; in case of different classification scale at school it is necessary to contact the study department of the Faculty of Informatics MU) its study program. An applicant who has successfully completed a master's degree in computer science or related fields, or if he / she is a student in the last year of a master's degree program in computer science or related fields, may also apply for a waiver of the entrance examination for a follow-up master's degree. study average). The relationship of the field will be assessed when submitting the application.

The applicant for the waiver of the examination will send a written application to the study department so that it is delivered by the end of the application deadline.

1. To waive the entrance exam on the basis of a bachelor's degree, the applicant will attach to the application a list of completed courses in the bachelor's degree together with the achieved study average issued by the relevant university (it is also possible to document the percentile achieved). If the applicant has already completed a bachelor's degree, a list of courses must be issued after its completion. If the applicant is a student of the last year of the relevant study, the list of courses must be issued no earlier than 3 months before the date of the entrance examination.
2. To waive the entrance exam on the basis of a master's degree, the applicant will attach to the application a list of completed courses in master's and bachelor's studies issued by the relevant universities (or colleges). The list of subjects from the bachelor's study must be issued after its completion. If the applicant has already completed a master's degree, a list of courses must be issued after its completion. If the applicant is a student of the last year of the relevant master's study, the list of courses must be issued no earlier than 3 months before the date of the entrance examination. The condition for admission to the study in this case is the completion of the relevant master's degree, including passing the state final examination, accompanied by an officially certified copy of the diploma.

In both cases, the list of subjects must be documented in Czech, Slovak or English, or in other languages after consultation with the Foreign Affairs Department. If the applicant has completed or is studying a study program at the Faculty of Informatics, MU, a list of courses is not required. Requested and unsolicited materials are not returned.

An applicant who is studying in a bachelor's study program at the Faculty of Informatics, MU and who meets the criteria for submitting an application for waiver of the entrance examination does not have to submit the application. The waiver of the entrance exam will be evaluated automatically on the basis of a duly submitted application for study on 13 May 2020 for studies from the autumn semester 2020 and on 10 December 2020 for studies from the spring semester 2021. Applicants will be informed of the waiver of the entrance exam electronically. .

Teacher Training Program for Secondary Schools

Graduates of the bachelor's study field with a focus on informatics, graduates of the Informatics program and the second field at FI MU in a two-subject combination with a field with a focus on education at the Faculty of Science, or university graduates who have obtained a bachelor's degree in previous studies are usually admitted to this program. education in both fields of the chosen teaching combination.

Applicants for the program pass a written entrance exam at the Faculty of Informatics, MU, the aim of which is to verify basic knowledge of computer science and mathematics and undergo an additional motivational interview. If you are interested in studying a joint study plan (major / minor), applicants for admission to the study program Teacher Training in Informatics for Secondary Schools must also meet the conditions for admission and be admitted to the associated study program.

Applicants who have completed a bachelor's degree program with a focus on education at Masaryk University in the same two-subject combination in which they enroll in this program are exempted from the obligation to complete a motivational interview.

Deadlines and method of application

The application for the study is submitted electronically . The electronic application can be created at: https://is.muni.cz/prihlaska/ .

Deadlines for submitting applications:

Entrance exam dates:

General content and form of the entrance exam:

The entrance exam examines the applicant's ability to successfully study a follow-up master's program at the Faculty of Informatics, MU. It consists of questions from basic knowledge in computer science and mathematics and takes the form of choosing one of the five options offered, with always one being the right one.

One point is added for the correct answer, 0.25 points are deducted for the incorrect answer; zero points are counted for multiple answers or no answer.

The computer science test will be in English.

Thematic areas for the entrance exam

Informatics

1. Algorithmization and data structures (algorithm complexity, sorting algorithms, basic abstract data structures and their implementation).
2. Programming (writing and interpreting a program in a common imperative programming language or pseudocode, principles of object-oriented programming, basic properties of imperative and object-oriented programming languages) and basics of software engineering.
3. Databases (relational data model, normal forms, SQL, applications).
4. Computer networks (unconnected networks, ISO OSI and TCP / IP models, functions, addressing and basic protocols of individual layers, switching and routing in IP network, applications).
5. Principles of computer systems (number systems in computer practice, processors, memories, operating system, peripheral devices).

Mathematics

1. Graphs and graph algorithms (types of graphs and data structures, distance in graphs, connection of graphs, trees, traversal of graphs, graph skeleton).
2. Sets, relations, functions (Cartesian product, potential set, order, equivalence, bijection) and logic (propositional and predicate logic, syntax and semantics, satisfiability, equivalence of formulas).
3. Mathematical analysis (analysis of the course of a function, limit, derivative, integral).
4. Linear algebra (operations with matrices, linear mappings, solving systems of linear equations).
5. Probability and descriptive statistics (elementary combinatorics, conditional probability, distribution of random variables, mean, median, variance, correlation).

Evaluation of the entrance exam

Only the answer form is used to evaluate the entrance exam, which is scanned by computer and processed anonymously electronically. The answer form is identified by an assigned identification number (application number), which will be sent to the candidate electronically and in a written invitation to the entrance exams. The determining criterion for success in the entrance exams is the so-called percentile calculated on the basis of the number of correct answers in the entrance exams and the variant of the entrance exams that the candidate wrote. The percentile expresses what percentage of bidders performed less or the same.

Estimated number of students admitted

For studies from the autumn 2020 semester

For study from semester spring 2021

Approved by the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Informatics MU on xx. July 2020.