Dean's Decree No. 11/2019 - Conditions and course of the admission procedure for the follow-up master's programme in English at the Faculty of Music and Dance AMU in Prague

 

Art. 1 Introductory provisions

Pursuant to Articles 18 and 19 of the Statute of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Dean of the Faculty of Music and Dance of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) declares the following admission rules and conditions for admission to the full-time master's degree programme in English in the academic year 2020/2021.

Art. 2. List of HAMU programmes opened for academic year 2020/2021

Art of Music Programmes:
Composition
Conducting
Voice
Opera Direction
Harpsichord
Piano
Organ
Harp
Violin
Double bass
Guitar
Viola
Violoncello
Bassoon
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
French horn
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Percussion
Music Direction
Sound Design
Music Production
Chamber music

Art of Dance Programmes:
Choreography
Dance Pedagogy
Dance Theory
Non-verbal Theatre
 

Art. 3 Course of entrance examination

 

• Date of entrance examinations 1.6. – 12.6.2020
• Deadline for applications: 31.3.2020
• Administration fee: CZK 818 to be paid by bank transfer to the AMU's bank account No 19-5373180297/0100, variable symbol 64911, special symbol = application code.
• Electronic application to be filled in using the following application https://prihlaska.amu.cz/apps/kos/prihlaska/wpr_webapp_pg.main?p_session_id=&p_view=&p_action=changeLang&p_lang=AN, the generated application must be printed in pdf, signed by the applicant, provided with all mandatory attachments (see annex to this Decree) and sent by post to: Studijní odd. HAMU, Malostranské nám. 13, 118 00 Praha 1
  alternatively brought in person to AMU's MAILROOM,
  Malostranské nám. 259/12, Praha 1. For opening times see: https://www.amu.cz/cs/vse- o-amu/organizacni-struktura-pracoviste/
• Further information at https://www.hamu.cz/en/study/admission-procedures/
• The web application of the AMU's "Application" study system will be opened from 1.3. to 31.3.2020
• Applications sent or brought after the deadline (determined by the post stamp) will be excluded from the admission procedure.

 

Art 4. Admission procedure rules and admission requirements

 

• Each department and section sets their specific dates for the admission procedure. The time frame for these dates is set out in the Academic Year Timetable 2019/2020. Invitations with further information will be sent to candidates by the relevant departments' officers to the e-mail address provided in their application form.
• The master's programme is accredited as a two-year follow-up to a previous successfully completed bachelor's programme in the same field of study. If it is not unambiguously clear from the candidate's application that the requirement of the same field of study/programme is satisfied, the Dean may, upon written request of the examination board of the relevant field of study/programme approve the participation in the admission procedure for the master's programme in case the completed bachelor's programme was the same or related in terms of the relevant programme's contents. See also Annex No. 1 to the Dean's Decree No. 8/2019. A condition for admission to the master's degree programme is also a successful completion of the entrance examinations in the English language and meeting the admission procedure requirements.
• All conditions for meeting the set criteria as well as the minimum and maximum scores for the entrance examinations for each programme are available at: https://www.hamu.cz/en/study/admission-procedures/

 

Art. 5 Alternative dates of entrance examinations

 

• There are no alternative dates for the admission procedure. If an applicant is unable to attend the entrance examination on the dates specified for health reasons and submits a medical confirmation within 3 days of the date of the entrance examination, the Dean will assess the circumstances and, in exceptional and justified cases, may set an alternative date for the entrance examination, as proposed by the relevant department and agreed with the relevant admission committee.

 

Art. 6 Announcement of the results of the admission procedure

Applicants will be informed about the result of the entrance examination in writing within 30 days of the decision of the admission committee.

 

Art. 7 Final provisions

The Decree was discussed and approved by the Academic Senate of HAMU on 19 November 2019. The Decree comes into effect on the day of its publication on the HAMU website and official notice board.

In Prague, 20.11.2019
prof. Ivan Klánský
Dean of HAMU

 

Annex to Dean's Decree No 11/2019, Conditions and course of admission procedure at the Faculty of Music and Dance of AMU Prague

Mandatory attachments to applications for the follow-up master's programmes for 2020/2021

Mandatory attachments to applications for the follow-up master's programmes Applicants will complete the electronic application form, and send it to the faculty's study system (KOS) and further deliver it in printed form and signed by hand with all mandatory attachments to the address of the faculty within the set deadline.

MANDATORY ATTACHMENTS TO THE APPLICATION:

• Programme sheet, i.e. an overview of previous work including significant compositions or creative works studied (does not apply to Music Production, Music Theory and Dance art) in English,
• Proof of payment of the administrative fee,
• Artistic/professional curriculum vitae with a portrait photo signed in hand in English,
• Applicants who graduated from a foreign university shall submit officially certified and translated into Czech copies of the bachelor's diploma and diploma supplement with a nostrification clause. In the case of previous study at a Czech higher education institution, the applicant shall submit an officially verified bachelor's diploma and a diploma supplement or a confirmation of studying in the final year at university (in the application box) issued by the Office of Studies; after completing the bachelor's degree, the relevant documents must be delivered to the Office of Studies of HAMU immediately,
• medical certificate of eligibility to study the selected programme confirmed by a doctor in the box in the application form - in Czech,
• Applicants applying for study in English will enclose to their application a certificate from an accredited institution confirming their language proficiency at CEFR level B2,
• Singing: applicant will submit a statement no more than 1 month old from a phoniatric specialist – in Czech.

The documents provided will not be returned.