At present there are three kinds of the English Language and Literature study programmes. First of all, they comprise a full-time BA programme taught in collaboration with ÚALK (Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures); the programme has both a single-subject and a double-subject form. Second, they include a full-time follow-up MA programme, which is single-subject. In this programme, students choose between the English linguistics and ELT methodology programme (ÚAJD) and the literary-cultural specialization programmes (ÚALK). Transition from the BA to the follow-up MA programme is not a default process (neither for students from our departments, nor students from elsewhere), but is contingent on meeting certain requirements (comparable previous study programme, entrance test and interview). The third kind of programme, an integrated five-year MA programme, is presently being phased out and was not open for the 2008-2009 academic year as its accreditation comes to an end on 31 October 2013. The standard length of study is 3-4 years in the BA programme and 2-3 years in the follow-up MA programme. The programmes can be finished sooner. The maximum period of study is 3 years in the BA programme, 5 years in the follow-up MA programme, and 10 years in the integrated MA programme.

After finishing their MA studies, graduates may apply for a PhDr. degree or for a doctoral study programme. The PhDr-awarding procedure involves submission and defence of a PhDr. thesis and PhDr. finals, the doctoral study programme which offers the award of PhD., corresponding to the previously awarded scientific degree of CSc., candidate of sciences, requires completion of a doctoral programme, PhD. finals and dissertation defence. Graduates of the English Language and Literature programmes may choose from three doctoral programmes, English Language, English Language Teaching Methodology, and English and American Literature. Doctoral programmes are divided into full-time (prezenční) programmes, of up to a maximum of three years, and extramural ones (kombinovaný) with a maximum of 8 years of study (3-year programme of courses concluded by PhD. finals followed by a subsequent period of writing and defending the dissertation).

Graduates of the BA programmes are awarded the academic degree of bakalář; Bachelor (Bc., used before the name); graduates of the MA programmes are awarded the academic degree of magistr, Master (Mgr., used before the name); and postgraduates are awarded the academic degree of doctor (PhD., used after the name, or PhDr. used before the name, see above).

The BA programme is advantageous in that it takes a relatively short time. The disadvantage is that for a number of professions an MA degree is required, or rather a BA degree confines you to lower income brackets and limits the scope for career progress. For instance, ACT No. 563/2004 Collection of Law, on Pedagogical Staff states that starting with primary school teachers the professional qualifications are acquired by completing an accredited MA programme. An MA degree is a prerequisite for doctoral studies and the PhD degree is nowadays a precondition for teaching and research jobs in academic institutions and departments in universities. Naturally, the situation on the job market in the private sphere is somewhat different.