To apply for the doctoral study programme taught in English you must hold or be working towards a master's diploma and have the necessary abilities for research. The latter consists mainly of the knowledge of the chosen field, English language, and the ability of independent creative work as well as teamwork. The assessment of these abilities is based on the documents submitted with your application and on the entrance examination, if the latter is not waived (see below).
The entrance examination has two parts – examination in the expertise in the field and examination in the English language.
The admission procedure commences with the submission of an application form.
Important dates:
• Application's submission till April 30, 2024
• Letters of recommendation are due till April 30, 2024
• Invitation to take the entrance examination in mid-May, 2024
• Entrance examination dates: June 18, 2024
• Alternative entrance examination date: June 25, 2024, can be requested for serious reasons only
• A document certifying completion of a university education at Master's level needs to be delivered as soon as possible after the application submission, and in any case no later than September 30, 2024. If the applicant has submitted an application for recognition of foreign education and no decision has yet been made on it, the deadline for delivery of the document is extended to October 22, 2024. For students graduating between September 1, 2024 and September 30, 2024, the deadline is also extended till October 22, 2024.
Admission for studies
Admission for studies in the doctoral study programme taught in English will be granted to the applicants, who
• Submitted a complete application form together with all obligatory attachments before the deadline,
• successfully passed the entrance exam
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Applications are to be submitted electronically via the Student Information System of Charles University at
https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/. The fee will be determined by a Dean’s measure. You need to fill in the application form, confirm it, and submit it in the system. Electronically submitted applications do not need to be sent in paper form.
After the completion and submission of an electronic application, the information system generates a 6-digit ID number for each applicant; this ID should be given in any subsequent correspondence about the application with the Department of Student Affairs.
In the application the applicant chooses a study programme, and states an expected doctoral thesis topic (from those offered by the programme). We recommend discussing these at the department concerned before submitting the application.
ATTACHMENTS TO THE APPLICATION
1. a document proving the completion of a master's study programme;
A document certifying the completion of a university education at Master's level needs to be delivered as soon as possible after the application submission, and in any case no later than September 30, 2024. If the applicant has submitted an application for recognition of foreign education and no decision has yet been made on it, the deadline for delivery of the document is extended to October 22, 2024. For students graduating between September 1, 2024 and September 30, 2024, the deadline is also extended till October 22, 2024. This is not required from students and graduates of the Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics.
Those applicants, who completed their education at a university abroad, must deliver one of the following documents: a document about a general recognition of equality or validity of a foreign university graduation certificate in the Czech Republic (so called "nostrification"), or a foreign document about a foreign university education if it is automatically recognized in the Czech Republic, according to its international agreements, without further official processing (university diploma from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia), or a foreign document about completing university education which will be assessed by the faculty itself (no fee is being charged).
2. two letters of recommendation; letters of recommendation from professors and employers who can comment on your recent professional accomplishments and your qualifications for pursuing a doctoral degree in Bioinformatics. You should arrange for letters of recommendation to be sent directly by your referees to the e-mail address phd@mff.cuni.cz till April 30, 2024.
3. a brief CV
4. a written proposal for a doctoral project (approximately 250-500 words)
APPLICATION FEE
An application fee must be paid for each application. The fee is 1500 CZK. The fee is to be paid by the application submission deadline to the bank account below with the 6-digit ID applicant number as “a specific symbol” or a message for the recipient. The fee can either be paid in EUR or in CZK. The application fee is non-refundable. The fee can be paid by postal order or by bank transfer. When paying by bank transfer, the applicants are obliged to pay any additional fees charged by the banks (esp. when paying from abroad).
Bank details for the application fee:
Bank: Komercni banka
Account number: 21210277/0100
IBAN: CZ49 0100 0000 0000 2121 0277
SWIFT: KOMB CZ PP
If the application is not completed and confirmed, or the application fee is not fully paid in due time, and the deficiencies are not corrected in the additional time permitted, the faculty will officially terminate the admission procedure.
Invitation to an entrance examination
The invitation to the entrance examination will be sent around mid-May 2024 to those applicants, who
• submitted a complete application together with its obligatory attachments 2,3 and 4 before the deadline,
• paid the application fee
Entrance examination
The entrance examination take place in front of a committee consisting of representatives of both faculties. It will be conducted in English and will have two parts. In the first part, the applicant will present himself/herself and his/her doctoral project in a short (max 10 minutes) presentation. In the second part of the examination, the committee will ask the candidate three questions. One question will focus on the project itself, and the other two questions will test the orientation in the field regarding the proposed project's topic and the applicant's field of study. The committee will evaluate each answer with a Pass/Fail statement. The candidate must receive a Pass for all three answers.
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