1) By March 15, 2023, the applicant must submit a motivation letter, structured CV (curriculum vitae), and an academic paper in English. The paper should be no less than 15 pages in length and adhere to standards of academic writing. The paper can be the applicant’s bachelor’s thesis or its summary, an article published in an academic journal, or any other academic text that represents their academic knowledge. The list of relevant academic topics includes but is not limited to:
A. Theoretical conceptions of Historical Sociology and its main representatives.
B. Problems of social change and long-term developmental processes in various areas of social life.
C. Modernization, globalization and their role in contemporary society.
D. Changes in everyday life, religion, and culture.
E. Nations and nationalism then and today.
The required documents should demonstrate the applicant’s academic abilities, knowledge, and skills for studies in the program on a graduate level.
The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities determines whether the submitted documents meet the specified requirements.
2) The admission requirements also include submitting a copy of the applicant’s Bachelor’s or Master’s diploma. The deadline for admitted applicants to submit a copy of their Bachelor's or Master's diploma and diploma supplement is September 30, 2023. Applicants who won't get a recognition of their foreign diploma until the end of September are allowed to complete the recognition process no later than October 22, 2023.
Those applicants who graduated outside the Czech Republic are required to provide recognition of their foreign diploma. The applicant submits one of the following documents: a document obtained in accordance with sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act proving general recognition of a foreign higher education in the Czech Republic (so-called general "nostrification"); or a foreign document concerning foreign higher education if it is deemed automatically equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international agreements without any further administrative procedures (a higher education diploma and diploma supplement from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, or Slovenia); or a foreign document concerning foreign higher education to be assessed by the Faculty (for a fee of CZK 880). More information on this requirement is available on the Faculty of Humanities website:
https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-912.html. The applicant shall pay the recognition fee when they file a request for recognition of foreign education by the Faculty of Humanities.