Admission requirements

The applicant must attach to the application form all the documents specified below and have paid the admission fee.

The deadlines for submittion of application forms can be found in the Application section.

Before registering for admission, the applicant has to find a potential supervisor whose research topics are of interest to him/her, and submit the application only after that supervisor approved the thesis‘ supervision.

Graduates of five-year university studies at natural science or related faculties can apply only.

Foreign applicants must attach to their application a certified copy of their university diploma/s (or corresponding documents from a foreign university) and the transcript of records (or a document representing the recognition of their university master's education by the Czech authorities) and a personal recommendation from two academics (other than the prospective supervisor).

The applicant must also attach a detailed curriculum vitae to the application.

At least one week before the date set for the entrance exam, the applicant must send electronically to the chair of the specialist board a draft of the dissertation project prepared in cooperation with the prospective supervisor.

The entrance examination is performed by a committee appointed by the Dean. The content of the entrance examination is to include assessment of the applicant's proposal and creative work, their prerequisites for independent scientific and research activities, their ideas about their thesis project, including previous discussions with their supervisor, and their knowledge of the field. The examination may also include verification of the applicant's language skills. Foreign applicants can complete the admission interview, which will take place on the same date as the interview with other applicants for the given study program, via SKYPE.