The aim of the support is to attract quality postdocs to FSci, bringing know-how from other workplaces. In contrast to the rectorate support, the support of FSci is aimed at minimizing the time between the submission of the application and its acceptance, and thus increasing the probability that a candidate of good quality will accept the offered position.

1) The conditions for the granting of the position of faculty postdoc are the quality of the applicant and the submission of an application for the position of a rectorate postdoc according to the rules of USB[1].

2) The management of FSci are to assess applications and forward a maximum of 3 to the management of USB as applications for rectorate positions. At the same time, they are to decide which of the applicants FSci is willing to offer a faculty position to according to the procedure described below.

3) The highest-ranking candidate from the circle of candidates selected for rectorate support (K) will be immediately[2] notified by the management of FSci of the offer of a postdoctoral position with the possibility of immediate entry (the rectorate position opens on 1 January of the following year).

4) By the decision of the management of USB on granting a rectorate postdoctoral position to a candidate from FSci[3], two possibilities may subsequently arise:

4a) The management of USB will award the rectorate position to candidate K. If K is already at FSci at that time, he/she will be assigned funding from university resources (from which he/she may be supported for the maximum period specified in the application, i.e., the total stay may be extended by the period of employment as a faculty postdoc).

4b) The USB management will select another candidate from FSci. Then the positions of faculty and rectorate postdoc are independent, K is fully funded by the Faculty and the rectorate postdoc is funded by USB, both for the period specified in the applications.

5) If K does not accept the position or moves to the position of rectorate postdoc, the management of FSci may offer the faculty position to another of the candidates in order according to point 2), if more excellent postdocs apply in the given year.

6) Postdocs (financed by FSci or the Rectorate) who have applied for the maximum length of the position may request the Dean of FSci to extend the position for a maximum period of 3 years. The application is to be assessed in the light of results up to that time as well as contribution to the Faculty.

This Dean´s Provision replaces the Dean´s Provision from 14^th of November 2019.

In Českých Budějovicích on the 16^th of August 2023

prof. RNDr. František Vácha, Ph.D.
Dean of the Faculty of Science USB

[1] According to the current rules, applications are accepted at the faculty until 6 September 2023 using this form:

https://www.prf.jcu.cz/cz/veda-a-vyzkum/podpora-vedy-na-prf-ju

[2] According to current rules, until 11 September 2023

[3] Now, most often, in the second half of November, but the granting of the position may occur much later in the case of rejection of the offer by more highly asessed candidates.

The aim of the support is to attract quality postdocs to FSci, bringing know-how from other workplaces. In contrast to the rectorate support, the support of FSci is aimed at minimizing the time between the submission of the application and its acceptance, and thus increasing the probability that a candidate of good quality will accept the offered position.

1. The conditions for the granting of the position of faculty postdoc are the quality of the applicant and the submission of an application for the position of a rectorate postdoc according to the rules of USB[1].
2. The management of FSci are to assess applications and forward a maximum of 3 to the management of USB as applications for rectorate positions. At the same time, they are to decide which of the applicants FSci is willing to offer a faculty position to according to the procedure described below.
3. The highest-ranking candidate from the circle of candidates selected for rectorate support (K) will be immediately[2] notified by the management of FSci of the offer of a postdoctoral position with the possibility of immediate entry (the rectorate position opens on 1 January of the following year).
4. By the decision of the management of USB on granting a rectorate postdoctoral position to a candidate from FSci[3], two possibilities may subsequently arise:
   1. The management of USB will award the rectorate position to candidate K. If K is already at FSci at that time, he/she will be assigned funding from university resources (from which he/she may be supported for the maximum period specified in the application, i.e., the total stay may be extended by the period of employment as a faculty postdoc).
   2. The USB management will select another candidate from FSci. Then the positions of faculty and rectorate postdoc are independent, K is fully funded by the Faculty and the rectorate postdoc is funded by USB, both for the period specified in the applications.
5. If K does not accept the position or moves to the position of rectorate postdoc, the management of FSci may offer the faculty position to another of the candidates in order according to point 2), if more excellent postdocs apply in the given year.
6. Postdocs (financed by FSci or the Rectorate) who have applied for the maximum length of the position may request the Dean of FSci to extend the position for a maximum period of 3 years. The application is to be assessed in the light of results up to that time as well as contribution to the Faculty.

Českých Budějovicích 14 November 2019

prof. Ing. Hana Šantrůčková, CSc.
Dean of the Faculty of Science USB

[1] According to the current rules, applications are accepted at the faculty until 31 August using this form: The form can be downloaded HERE.
[2] According to current rules, until 15.9.
[3] Now, most often, in the second half of November, but the granting of the position may occur much later in the case of rejection of the offer by more highly asessed candidates.

Provision of the Dean No. 89
on the recording of study results at FSci USB

from 30 October 2018
as amended on 1 October 2019

Beginning in the academic year of 2019/2020 the obligation to write results in the student record book (index) is cancelled, the STAG information system (hereinafter STAG) alone will be used for course enrolment, credit and examination result registration, and study checks.

Each course teacher is obliged to record the results of tests and exams in STAG and the recording of test and examination results in STAG is to be performed three days after the test/examination takes place at the latest[1] . It is necessary to record even grade 4 (failed), or “excused”, or “did not attend”, the column must not remain empty. The secretary of the department/institute (hereinafter workplace) under which the evaluation of the subject falls is to record such results for external teachers.

In the event of a written examination, the student must have the option of inspecting the corrected examination paper no later than four days after the result has been entered in the STAG.

The student is to have the following seven days to check their results as recorded in STAG (to ascertain whether the recorded result is in accordance with that which they were informed of during the examination or during their inspection of the corrected test paper corrected in their absence). In the case of the result in STAG being different to that which they were informed of, the student is to inform the appropriate member of the teaching staff without delay, who (as long as the result was wrongly entered) is to correct the result in STAG immediately. If the student does not comment on the given result at the given time, he/she is deemed to have agreed with the assessment.

Regarding the second retake examination (which is to be entered in STAG as the second retake examination), which is to take place at the end of the examination period (less than a week before the end of the examination period) the course teacher is obliged to record the result of the examination the day following the examination; in the event of the examination taking place on the last day of the examination period, the results are to be recorded in STAG on the day of the examination.      

In the event of the student not attending the second retake examination without excusing themselves, they are to receive grade 4. A brief protocol is to be written about the second retake examination detailing the date the examination took place, the results of those who attended, and the names of those who failed to attend. This protocol is to be submitted to the workplace secretary, a copy is to be kept by the course teacher.

In the event of the incorrect recording of the result of a second retake examination taking place at the end of the examination period being ascertained within a three-day period, the student is to request (in writing, without fee) the Study Vice-Dean for its correction. On the basis of this request the Study Vice-Dean (or their authorised representative) is to instruct the departmental secretary to submit the original protocol of the second retake examination. In accordance with this material, the grade in the STAG information system will be corrected at the Department of Student Affairs ².

Teaching staff are obliged to archive all documentation regarding the awarding of grades or credits at minimum until one month after the end of study result checking for the academic year in which the course took place, i.e. for examinations in the winter and summer semesters at least until the end of October in the following academic year.

Teaching staff may entrust the recording of grades in STAG to the workplace secretary.

To ascertain the current overview of all external teaching staff in every semester at the given department, the Dean’s officer responsible for the preparation of agreements of teaching work activity is, always during the preparation of agreements of work activity, to record the following information in the shared tables: the name and surname of the external teacher, subject taught, and contact information of the teacher.

The student enrolls in the subjects Bachelor’s Diploma Dissertation, Bachelor’s Diploma Practice, Master’s Diploma Thesis, and Master’s Diploma Practice according to the workplace they are assigned to (the workplace guaranteeing the study program, or the workplace of the supervisor for work undertaken in biological fields) and where they will work on and defend them.

Credits for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral practice are not to be entered in STAG by individual supervisors, but by the workplace secretaries. Supervisors are responsible for the submission of information in written form (by email) for entry by the secretary of the workplace two weeks before the end of each examination period at the latest[2]. In the case of an external supervisor (contact information entered in the employment protocol, one copy of the employment protocol is to remain at the workplace) the secretary is to request the external supervisor for this information at the same time. An overview of all qualification work at the department/institute is to be found on STAG (Browse – Dissertation/Thesis – chosen workplace – Dissertation/Thesis status, DBPOO, or DBUO).

Credits for the Doctoral study subjects Literary Research and Doctoral Seminars are recorded in STAG by the chair of the Field Board [3].

Two weeks before the end of each examination period, the secretaries of the departments are to check whether the fulfilment or non-fulfilment of the credits for Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral qualificational practice for the for the previous semester have been entered or not. If this credit record is missing, they are to ascertain from the supervisor (the supervisor appears in the list of work in progress in Browsing in STAG) whether or not the student is entitled to obtain the credit and the result of fulfilled/not fulfilled regarding the credit is to be entered into STAG.

A week before the end of the examination period the departmental secretaries are to ascertain whether the grades and credits for all subjects which the given workplace ensured have been entered.

In the event of the grades and credits for some subjects not being entered they are to inform the head of department who is to ensure the entry of the grade. For subjects not provided by individual workplaces, this check will be performed by the Vice-Dean and the Vice-Dean for Doctoral Studies in cooperation with the study officers.

The head of the workplace is to ensure the qualificational substitutability of the secretaries in the event of sudden absence, especially in the critical end of semester period [4].

A student who has enrolled for a subject provided by another faculty and who discovers that the credit/grade for that subject has not been entered in STAG is to inform the course teacher.

Organisational information:

After receiving the logging-in information for STAG, students of the first year of Bachelor’s study are to enter compulsory subjects themselves into STAG according to their study plans within the period given during enrollment.

Upon enrolling in the first year of the subsequent Master's degree programme, students will find information on the subjects in the study plan of the relevant study programme in STAG. Enrollment is to be done in person at the Department of Student Affairs of the faculty within the deadline given by the academic calendar.

Enrolment for study from the second semester of study:

Students are to enrol on STAG within the period set by the academic calendar (June, January).

In order to confirm enrollment without changes, the student is to deliver their signed Enrollment Form B to the Department of Student Affairs by the deadline set for the confirmation of enrollment. Delivery may be in person or by email. In the latter case, the student is to attach to the report an Enrollment Form B bearing their handwritten signature or a signed qualified certificate.

If during the confirmation of enrollment the student wishes to make any change in comparison to their pre-enrollment (enroll for another course or disenroll from any of the enrolled-for courses), they are to make these changes to the enrollment form and sign it before presenting themselves at the Department of Student Affairs. The student officers are to perform the appropriate correction in STAG and file the signed enrollment form with the student’s documents.

Enrollment in or disenrollment from subjects in the first 3 weeks of the semester:
In the first 3 weeks of the semester the student is to present themselves with a confirmation of fee payment and the subject guarantor's opinion to the Department of Student Affairs where the appropriate changes will be made. The confirmation of payment with the changes marked will be filed in the student’s file. Disenrollment of subjects under Article 21, paragraph 8,  section b (creation or modification of the schedule after enrollment) is free of charge.

Late enrollment for selective excursions:
Regarding selective excursions, the excursion guarantor is to send a document including the code of the excursion, the date of the excursion, and the final list of excursion participants to the Department of Student Affairs no later than three days before the beginning of the excursion. The study officer is to forward the list without delay to the addresses of all listed participants/students and enroll all listed students for the subject. In the event of the name of a student being included in the list by mistake, such a student is to inform the Department of Student Affairs within fifteen days of receiving the email with the notification; in such an event, the officer is also to carry out the appropriate correction in STAG.

Late enrollment and cancellation of block courses (other than excursions):
The student may enrol for a block course or cancel their enrolment only before the beginning of such a course and on the basis of a request (without fee in the case of a timetable clash of block courses); the date of the course confirmed by the course guarantor is to be included in the request.

Checking of study results:
The student is to present themselves to the Department of Student Affairs after having themselves checked their own results for the given period (for all types of study: after the first semester  and then at the end of each year, for Doctoral study: even after the end of the first year). At the Department of Student Affairs they are to be provided with a document with their study results for the given academic year. This document is to be signed by the student, the student so doing confirms that they agree with the facts archived in their student file.

In the event of the student, during the checking of their results, discovering that certain information is incorrect, they may without delay submit without fee a request to the Vice-Dean for Study for an investigation of the error. The Vice-Dean for Study is to send a request to the appropriate course guarantor for documentation, according to which the veracity of the student’s request will be judged.

 Checking of study results before the state final examinations:
A student who is to take an examination in a subject in the last semester before the state final examinations is obliged to inform the examining member of staff that it is necessary to enter the grade for the examination of the subject immediately after the examination is taken, or prioritise the correcting of a written examination in order to allow the student to present themselves for the checking of study before the SFE no later than three days before the SFE takes place, the teacher is obliged to do this.

Prof. Ing. Hana Šantrůčková, CSc.
Dean of the Faculty of Science USB

[1] An exception is the English Master’s Exam (OJZ 930), where a period of 13 days is allowed for external evaluation of the TOEFL test.

[2] Course guarantors and the secretaries of workplaces do not have access to the insertion of marks into STAG  after the examination period.

[3] These courses are divided into individual study boards, eg Literary Research KZO 806, KBO 806,…   or Doctoral Seminar KZO 805, KBO 805……

[4] The head of the department is authorized to enter grades from subjects belonging to the given workplace. An alternative is that two people may have the right of secretary access at one workplace.

In accordance with Section § 58, par. 5 of Act no. 111/1998 Coll. On Higher Education Institutions and on the modification and amendments to other Acts (Higher Education Act) and in accordance with the provision of the Rector on Setting Fees Related to Study for the academic year 2021/2022 (R 461), I set the fee for study in the study programme carried out in a foreign language (English) at the amount of CZK 500 (or EURO 20) for the whole academic year.

The reciept of payment is to be submitted during enrollment, a student may be enrolled only after submission of this receipt.

In České Budějovice 10^th August 2021

Prof. Ing. Hana Šantrůčková, CSc.
Dean of Faculty of Science SBU

Provision of the Dean No. D 79
on the awarding of scholarships

on 1 June 2017
as amended on 24 May 2024

This measure defines, in accordance with the Rules for Scholarships of Faculty of Science and with § 91 of Act No. 111/1998 Col., the conditions for the awarding of scholarships, and the conditions for their payment at the Faculty of Science USB (FSci hereafter).

Article I

Achievement scholarship

1. Achievement scholarships are to be awarded to full-time Bachelor’s and Master’s students who fulfil the conditions detailed below in this measure. The scholarship is to be approved by the Dean.
2. An achievement scholarship is awarded from the 3rd semester of study until the end of the standard period of study if the student's weighted average for the whole study in particular study programme is up to and including 1.20, the student has successfully completed all enrolled courses and has also earned at least 60 credits for the previous two semesters of study. The scholarship is awarded automatically once a year after finishing of whole year of study.
3. A student who does not meet the weighted average criterion under paragraph 2 of this Article due to a lower grade in an elective course and at the same time the above average does not exceed 1.25 may apply for a scholarship with evidence of the calculation of the weighted grade point average for required and compulsory elective courses.
4. If the student has participated in any of the international mobility programmes, he/she may receive a scholarship for one more year above the standard period of study.
5. The amount of scholarship is set at CZK  2 000,- per month.
6. The scholarship is to be paid for a period of 10 months or until the end of the studies, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Article. In the event of interruption of studies, payment of the scholarship is to be suspended until the student re-enrolls in studies.
7. The payment of the scholarship (by bank transfer to the student’s bank account) is always to be performed on the last day of the month at the latest.

Article II

Scholarship for excellent study and research results

1. The scholarship for outstanding study and research results is awarded to full-time students of Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes who meet the rules set out below and have submitted an application for this scholarship by the deadline.
2. The scholarship may be awarded on the basis of an application submitted by the student. The application form is available on the FSci website. All required information must be filled in.
3. The applicant for a premium scholarship for excellent study and research results must have fulfilled the following conditions in the previous Two semesters:
      a. Achieve a result which demonstrates active involvement in research activity in one of the following forms: the personal presentation of a poster at an international conference with a text in an international language (in this case the student must be the first author in a multiple-author group) or the personal presentation of a lecture in an international language at an international conference or the joint authorship or authorship of a paper published in a journal with an assigned IF (the paper must at least be accepted by the editorship for publication) or the co-authorship of a chapter in a book published by a foreign professional publishing house or the authorship of an article in a peer-reviewed periodical without an assigned IF (the applicant is the only or first author). In all cases this may be regarding results gained within the framework of work at the institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, nonetheless in such cases the student’s membership of the FSci must be stated in the results.
      b. Gain at least 60 credits during the previous two semesters.
      c. Properly complete all subjects for which they have enrolled.
      d. Achieve a weighted study average of no more than 1,50.
4. Along with the scholarship application form the student is to submit documents enabling the assessment of the fulfilment of the set conditions – a certificate regarding a conference presentation, a copy of a published paper, a confirmation from the editorship of a journal etc. A panel consisting of the Vice-Dean for Study and the Vice-Dean for Doctoral Study are to make the selections, based on the submitted application from the student, for which they make recommendations to the Dean regarding awarding of the scholarship, in the following way:

Every applicant is to be awarded evaluation points as a sum of the following two parts:

• 100*(1.5–WSA) with WSA being the weighted study average for the previous academic year.
• 10 points for the authorship of a scientific paper in a reviewed journal without an IF, 60 points for the presentation of a poster at an international conference in an international language, 100 points for lecturing at an international conference in an international language, 125 points for (joint)authorship of a published paper with an IF ≤ 0,5 or for (joint)authorship of a chapter of a book published by an international scientific publisher, 150 points for the (joint)authorship of a scientific article in a journal with an IF > 0,5. An applicant with more publishing or presentational activity in the decisive period is to submit the highest scoring activity – individual activities are not to be added up. Based on the resulting evaluation points a ranking list is to be formed, from which the top 20 applicants are to be chosen. In the event of more than one applicant having equal points in 20th place the number of proposed scholarships is to be increased accordingly.

5. The deadline for the submission of applications for the award of scholarships for excellent study and research results to the Department of Student Affairs FSci is to be 11:00 on 15 October or 10 March. In the event of the date for delivery of the application falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it may be submitted on the first working day following the specified date by 11:00 a.m.
6. The scholarship is paid for 10 months or until the end of the studies. In the event of an interruption in study, payment of the scholarship is to be delayed until the student enrolls again for study.
7. The amount of scholarship ranges from CZK 1 200 to CZK 3 000 per month.
8. The payment of the scholarship is always made by transfer to the student's account on the last day of the month at the latest.
9. There is no legal entitlement to the payment of the premium scholarship under this measure and payment may be interrupted at any time without compensation.
10. The award of the scholarship, including its justification, without specifying the amount of the awarded scholarship, is published in the public part of the FSci website in accordance with the JU Scholarship Regulations (Article 4, paragraph 4).

Article III.

Extraordinary scholarship for talented students entering the first years of the Bachelor's degree programme

1. Students enrolled in the first years of the Bachelor's degree programme accepted on the basis of the defence of independent professional work at FSci or those who have placed 1st - 5th in the national round of one of the Science Olympiads or in the national round of the SOČ can apply for a scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a maximum of three selected applicants, and includes a CZK 15 000 premium scholarship as a reward and CZK 15 000 intended to support a research project on which the applicant is to begin work as a student at FSci USB.
2. An extraordinary scholarship is awarded to a student during the first semester of study, the support of the research project will be provided to him/her after the start of his/her own research project at one of the departments or institutes of FSci USB. Written applications for scholarships in the form of a letter are accepted by the Department of Student Affairs of FSci USB and may be sent together with the application for study or as a separate document after submission of the application, no later than the beginning of the winter semester of the given academic year.
3. The payment of the scholarship is always made by transfer to the student's account on the last day of the month at the latest.

Article IV

Extraordinary scholarship for support of students of study programmes conducted in English language

1. A scholarship may be awarded to a student on a programme conducted in English if the fees for studies conducted in a foreign language have not previously been waived or reduced by another decision. The scholarship is awarded by the Dean.
2. A scholarship may be awarded on the basis of an application submitted by the student. Applications received will be processed by the Study Department after the end of the examination period of each semester and will prepare the basis for the Dean's decision.
3. The applicant must have settled all obligations to the JU and properly fulfill his/her study obligations, i.e., for example, successfully obtain credits and grades for compulsory and compulsory elective courses of the study plan within the set deadlines, properly register for courses, etc.
4. The amount of the scholarship for each study programme is set as follows:
      a) N0619P140001 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science – 2 000 EUR per year of study;
      b) N0521A030002 Ecology – 2 500 EUR per year of study.

Article V

Dean’s Award

1. The Dean’s Award is a premium scholarship for excellent research results gained with regard to a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis. It is to be awarded according to the Rules for Scholarships of USB by a decision of the Dean and its awarding is to be made public in a spoken announcement during the graduation ceremony in accordance with the Rules for Scholarships of USB (Article 4, Paragraph 4).
2. The Dean's Award for the Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis is awarded on the basis of a proposal by the head of department or institute. The amount of the one-time scholarship is to be CZK 5 000.
3. The Dean's Award for the Doctoral thesis is awarded on the basis of a proposal by the chairmen of the subject councils. The amount of the one-time scholarship is to be CZK 10 000.

Article VI

Final provisions

1. The amendment of this provision which was valid from 14 February 2023 is repealed.
2. This updated amendment takes effect on the day of issue.
3. This updated amendment takes effect on the day of issue.
4. In the event of a conflict between the language versions of this measure, the Czech version shall be binding.

prof. RNDr. František Vácha, Ph.D.
Dean of the Faculty of Science, USB