Masaryk University  is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the third Czech university (after Charles University established in 1348 and Palacký University existent in 1573–1860 It is named after Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of an independent Czech Republic. Since 1922, over 171,000 students graduated from the university.

As of 2014, Masaryk University has over 35,000 students and over 2,200 pedagogical staff and offers over 200 bachelor, 290 masters and 130 doctoral full-time study programs, some of them being offered in English or German as well as in combined form.

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