What is lifelong learning?

Learning is an ongoing process that should continue after you have completed your own higher education studies. Lifelong learning ( LLL) allows you to broaden, deepen or renew your knowledge, skills and qualifications; at the Faculty of Informatics, specifically in the field of computer science. Classes are usually scheduled in the morning or evening, so it is possible to study LLL while working.

CŽV participants do not have the status of a university student within the meaning of the Higher Education Act, so they are not entitled to accommodation in halls of residence, discounts on meals in university canteens and cannot be granted other benefits common to students of regular study.

CŽV is a paid form of education, participants are issued a certificate of completion and in the case of Thematic Education a micro-certificate. CŽV is not a distance form of study, participants of CŽV attend classes together with students of regular, full-time study.

CŽV studies do not lead to an academic degree. The degree can only be obtained after a proper transition to the regular form of study. If a CŽV participant is admitted to one of the accredited regular study programmes (i.e. he/she applies for admission to regular study and successfully passes the admission exam), the credits he/she has earned during lifelong learning may be recognised up to 60% of the credits required for proper graduation and degree completion.

Price

As the LLL is a paid form of study, a fee must be paid prior to enrolment. The price for 1 ETCS credit is set at CZK 1 200 from 2025. The final tuition fee is then the sum of:

• the credit value of the selected courses
• the credit value of the completion of the selected courses, namely
  • for completion by examination (zk) +2 credits
  • for completion by colloquium (k) +1 credit
  • for completion by credit (z) +0 credits

For example, the course PV065 UNIX -- Programming and System Administration I is valued at 2 credits in the core. If you choose to end the course by colloquium, you will pay 3,600 CZK for the 3 resulting credits and 4,800 CZK for the 4 resulting credits in the case of an examination. The chosen ending also typically affects what is required of the learner in the course.

Information about the credit value of the course and the possible ways to end the course is always listed in the Course Catalogue , on the course page specifically in the Scope section.

Graduates of Masaryk University are granted a 10% discount on the final fee in the Study of Individual Courses curriculum.

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