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Parasitology

  • Faculty: Faculty of Science
  • Type of study: doctoral
  • Length of study: 4 years
  • Language of instruction: English
  • Form of study: full-time
  • Tuition fee: 500 CZK per year
  • Programme code: P0511D030061

About the programme

Parasitology is a multidisciplinary field, specialized in studying multipartite interactions ofamong parasitic (and symbiotic) organisms, their hosts, and natural environment. Due to their biological properties, parasites represent an excellent model for approaching many general biological and evolutionary-ecological patterns. Processes affecting the distribution and modes of parasite transmission in host communities are studied on model parasite-host systems. In addition to experimental research, parasites are also studied in natural conditions with the aim to reveal their role in the formation of different types of biocenoses. Attention is also payed to the potential use of parasites as bioindicators showing the extent of degradation of the natural environment. Currently offered topics of dissertations provide the study program a multidisciplinary overlap with the fields of molecular biology, ecology and evolutionary biology. The program is accredited jointly with the Biology Centre of AS CR in České Budějovice

Programme structure

Each student's individual study plan has A. a part common to all PhD students at the Faculty of Scinece (PhD internship, literature research, regular presentation at a seminar, foreign internship, presentation at an international conference, English exam), B. a part of compulsory elective courses from the offer of PhD courses of each programme (2 to 5 courses proposed by the admissions committee) and C. possibly courses recommended by the admissions committee to supplement the knowledge of the master's degree (if the student comes from another field or another school). This Plan is binding on the student and changes to B. and C. courses are only possible after approval by the departmental board. The student draws up his/her study plan in collaboration with the supervisor and then submits it to the departmental board for approval. The rules for progression in the programme set out the conditions to be fulfilled by the student during the course of his/her studies and on completion of the programme.
This evaluation is governed by the Regulations of the Study and Examination Regulations of the USB and the Measure of the Dean of the Faculty of Scinece of the USB No. 62.

Graduate profile

You will learn to:
  • Graduates will acquire
    use the knowledge of current issues and methods of parasitology, molecular biology, phylogeny and taxonomy,
  • comprehensively design and conduct experiments and write grant proposals,
  • evaluate and critically interpret the achieved results,
  • write and present scientific publications and project outputs.
Graduate careers:
  • Graduate destinations include
    researcher,
  • specialist in research and educational institutions, universities,
  • specialist in clinical and veterinary laboratories.

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Contact

doc. RNDr. Eva Nováková Ph.D.

Phone number: 389036295

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