Branch programme/details

The language of instruction is English. The annual tuition fee is 25,000 CZK.

Entrance examination: single round – oral interview

Entrance examinations for all applicants will be held remotely via video conference.

Content and subject matter of entrance examination

1. Discussion of submitted proposal for PhD dissertation: 0–30 points
2. Assessment of the applicant’s previous studies, research, and other academic activities: 0–15 points
3. Assessment of the applicant’s knowledge of secondary literature (based on list submitted by the applicant): 0–15 points  

Possible dissertation topics (this is not a list of recommended topics; the Subject Area Board invites candidates to offer their own topics):

• The Picturesque and Historical Novel
• Power in British and American Gothic Fiction
• Imaginary Geographies in British and American Romanticism
• Narratives and Histories of the Settlement of the American West
• Globalisation in Contemporary Irish Drama
• Reflections of the "Celtic Tiger" in Contemporary Irish Fiction
• The Politics of Northern Irish Theatre, 1900–1969
• Belfast as a Literary Topos
• Old English Documentary Prose as A Background to Old English Poetry
• Fabliaux Elements in Middle English Poetry
• Narrative Theory and the Development of Contemporary Canadian Fiction by Aboriginal Writers
• Tropes of Immigration, Migration and Travel in the History of Canadian Literature
• Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the Poetry of Modernism
• Ideology and Nation in 19th -century Irish Poetry
• Translation as Theme in Twentieth-Century Irish/American/British Poetry
• Politics on the Restoration Stage
• Family in the Eighteenth-century Novel
• Travel Writing and Women
• History in British Post-war Women's Fiction
• Theoretical Otherness, Local Color Fiction and Kate Chopin
• Narrative Space and Thomas Pynchon

Applicants must consult the Chair of the Subject Area Board about the topic of their PhD dissertation in advance and, following the consultation. Their potential supervisor. The Chair of the Subject Area Board is prof. Ondřej Pilný, Ph.D., e-mail: ondrej.pilny@ff.cuni.cz.

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Conditions of the admission procedure: https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php?do=info_fakulta&fak=11210

Admission to Doctoral studies is conditioned by successful completion of a Master's study programme.

proof of language competence, i.e. scan of any of the following documents of language competence in English is a mandatory attachment:

• secondary school-leaving examination with a curriculum realised in English;
• proof of completion of any university degree programme accredited in English;
• proof of completion of a language examination in English at B2 level or higher, completed as part of any university course;
• proof of successful completion of any certified examination in English at B2 level or higher according to the list below, whereby no certified examinations other than those listed above will be taken into account:

English

Level B2

• FCE – First Certificate in English
• IELTS 5.5 – 6.4
• BEC 2 - The Business English Certificate 2
• STANAG 6001 - 2nd degree (examination of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic)
• state basic language examination
• TOEFL paper 513–549
• TOEFL CB 183-212
• TOEFL iBT 65-78
• TELC (The European Language Certificates) - Certificate in English - advantage (B2)
• TELC – Certificate in English for Business Purposes - B2
• TELC – B2 English for Technical Purposes
• TESA - Test of English for Studies Abroad 42-49 points
• International ESOL and Spoken ESOL – Communicator (City&Guilds)
• International ESOL and Spoken ESOL – Communicator LanguageCert
• Pitman Intermediate (Level 2) – Intermediate First Class Pass - B2 Vantage
• Pearson PTE General Level 3
• Pearson PTE Academic 42–58 points
• Pearson JETSET 5
• Education First certificate in English 10, 11, 12
• UNIcert II

Level C1-C2

• IELTS 6.5 – 9
• CAE - Certificate in Advanced English
• CPE - Certificate of Proficiency in English
• BEC 3 - The Business English Certificate 3
• CEIBT - Certificate in English for International Business and Trade
• STANAG 6001 - 3rd degree (examination of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic)
• TESA - Test of English for Studies Abroad 50-60
• TOEFL paper 550-677
• TOEFL CB 213-300
• TOEFL iBT 79-120
• Pitman Higher Intermediate (Level 2)
• Pitman Advanced (Level 3)
• Pearson PTE General Level 4, 5
• Pearson PTE Academic 59-90 points
• Pearson JETSET 6
• Pearson JETSET 7
• International ESOL and Spoken ESOL – Expert (City&Guilds)
• International ESOL and Spoken ESOL – Mastery (City&Guilds)
• International ESOL and Spoken ESOL – Expert LanguageCert
• International ESOL and Spoken ESOL – Mastery Language Cert
• ILEC – International Legal English Examination (Cambridge)
• Education First certificate in English 13, 14, 15, 16
• UNIcert III-IV
• special state language exam -- interpreting, translating
• state general language examination
• school-leaving (maturita) examination in English as the first foreign language in grammar school classes with teaching of selected subjects in a foreign language
• diploma on completion of a subject area in English (English/American studies) at the Faculty of Arts or Education