Standard duration of studies:

a) Standard study period

The duration of studies is determined by the accreditation of each programme. The following study programs are currently running at FAMU:

• Bachelor study programs - 3 years
• Continuing Master's study programs Czech and English study program Photography and Cinematography (8204T048) - 2 years
• Continuing Master's study programs in English - Directing Cinema and Digital Media, Cinematography (N0211A310003), Montage - 3 years
• Doctoral study program in Czech language Audio-visual techniques and media production - 3 years
• Doctoral study program in Czech language Research and theory of audiovision - 4 years

b) Standard study period + 1 year

This is the period for which you may study free of charge (Czech study programs). With bachelor’s programmes, it is possible to study free of charge for up to 4 years (1,460 days); with post-bachelor programmes, up to 3 years (1,095 days).

For students who did not complete the previous studies successfully, the number of days studied will be added to their FAMU studies under the conditions defined by Act No. 111/1998 on tertiary education.

Section 58 Fees associated with studies

(3) If a student studies a bachelor’s or master’s programme for longer than the standard period of studies plus one year*, the public tertiary school shall charge the student a tuition fee, which shall amount to at least 1.5 times the basis for each additional commenced six months of studies; the duration of studies shall also include the periods of all previous studies under bachelor’s and master’s programmes completed in a manner other than standard under Section 45(3) or Section 46(3) except for previous studies, after whose completion the student duly completed a programme of the same type.

The periods in which the student studied under such programmes or under such programmes and concurrently under the current programme shall be included only once in the duration of studies.

At first, however, the recognised period of parenthood will be deducted from the total duration of studies calculated under this paragraph.

*Three-year bachelor’s programmes: four years; two-year post-bachelor programmes: three years.

Maximum length of study

• Bachelor’s programmes – 6 years
• Continuing Master’s programmes – 4 years

This is the maximum permitted length of studies within which you can complete your studies successfully.

Students who commenced studies in the academic year 2019/2020 and in subsequent years will find the information on the maximum duration of studies in the KOS. The rules for the maximum duration of studies are defined by the Attendance and Examination Regulations in effect from 1 October 2019 and Attendance and Examination Regulations in effect from 1 February 2023.

Under Act No. 188/2020 on special rules for education and decision-making in universities in 2020 and on assessing the duration of studies for the purposes of other acts:

The period of studies under a programme within the period from 1 March 2020 to 31 August 2020 (the “period of disrupted studies”) is not included in:

a) duration of studies under Section 58(3) of the University Act for the purposes of determining the tuition fee;

b) maximum duration of studies for the purposes of observing academic duties, if such a period is defined by an internal policy of the university;

c) maximum duration of studies for the purposes of approving grants where such a period is defined by an internal policy of the university.

The period during which a grant is allocated under Section 91(3) of the University Act shall be extended by the period of disrupted studies, but not longer than until the due completion of studies.

If a person’s studies interrupted during the period of disrupted studies are interrupted under Section 54 of the University Act, such period is not included in the total duration of the interruption, if the person so applies.