Application submission date: | 30.04.2024 |
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Faculty: | Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Study programme: | Economics and Finance (P0311D050002) |
Form of study: | combined |
Type of study: | doctoral |
Language of instruction: | English |
Standard length of study: | 4 years |
Application type: | Online |
Rate of admitted and total applicants in the past academic year
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Charge for an on-line application: | 780 |
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Completion of a master's program.
A positive approval of the admission committee.
The deadline for submitting the application is April 30, 2024. The applicant can apply to one of the four programs offered. It is possible to apply for either a full-time or combined form of study in the Czech or English language.
Please, choose study language: English, and study program: Economics and finance, when filling the application form.
The required attachments are as follows:
- Certificates of graduate education.
- Transcript of undergraduate and graduate education (a list of courses taken and grades).
- Curriculum Vitae (structured, and with a list of publications).
- Evidence of advanced knowledge of English language (if available).
- Dissertation research project (min. 3 standard pages).
- Dissertation research project abstract (max. 200 words).
Highly recommended attachments:
- One recommendation letter of a prospective supervisor, preferably affiliated with the Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University.
- One recommendation letter of an academician.
- Any additional relevant documents (such as certificates of language skills). These might or might not be taken into account by the admission committee.
Specification for the letters of recommendation:
Both recommendation letters should be attached to the application and also sent via email to the administrator of the application process at the Institute of Economic Studies Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Theodor Petrik (theodor.petrik@fsv.cuni.cz).
The letter of a prospective supervisor should confirm the willingness of the preferably IES-associated academic economist to be the applicant’s supervisor in case of a successful application.
The second letter should be written by an academician that can provide an academic and professional evaluation of an applicant.
There is no entrance exam as part of the admission process. It is assumed that an applicant possesses professional knowledge at the level of a graduate of the IES master program. The admission committee leads a technical debate about the quality of an applicant. The committee evaluates documents submitted by an applicant, especially the quality and the topic of the research proposal (max. 50 points). The committee also evaluates the motivation and overall preparation of an applicant for research (max. 25 points) and his/her pro-active attitude to consult the research proposal with his/her prospective supervisor including the prospective supervisor's agreement to become applicant's supervisor in case of successful admission (max. 25 points). An applicant can receive max. 100 points. The admission committee can ask for additional documents if necessary.
The point limit for accepting applicants is set by the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, taking into account the number of applicants and the capacity of the faculty.
Admission to Doctoral studies is conditioned by successful completion of a Master's study programme.
Verification method: | entrance exam | ||
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Confirmation date (of entrance exam) from: | 10.06.2024 | Until: | 19.06.2024 |
Alternative date (of entrance exam): | 24.06.2024 | Until: | 28.06.2024 |
Tuition [EUR] / per period: | 500 EUR / year |
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