Branch programme/details

The language of instruction is English. The annual tuition fee is 2,000 EUR.

joint study programme with the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University

entrance examination: two rounds

content and subject matter of entrance examination:

first round (max. 30 points): assessment of thesis project

During the first round, the examining board will assess the submitted proposals based on their quality and compatibility with the topics identified as priority for the specific academic year.

assessment criteria:

• clearly formulated and highly professional, with only minor shortcomings: 23–30 points;
• clearly formulated and highly professional, with more serious shortcomings, though acceptable: 15–22 points;
• weak and unpersuasive, likelihood of successfully implementation of the proposal is only hypothetical: 7–14 points;
• completely insufficient, suggesting non-existent grounding in the topic: 0–6 points.

All applicants who acquire at least 15 points in the first part are invited to the second part.

second (oral) part (max. 30 points)

1. Discussion of submitted proposal for PhD dissertation: 0–20 points
2. Assessment of the applicant’s previous academic activities: 0–10 points

The discussion of the proposal will focus on the following:

• goals of the dissertation research,
• theoretical and methodological foundations of the proposal,
• feasibility of the research and its limits.

The thematic focus of dissertation projects is based on the student’s own proposal, which must reflect the current standard of research in one out of five fields (Security Science; Financial Technologies and Services; Digital Anthropology; Law and Data: Research and Policy; Language Technologies).

Applicants can request to sit the examination in the form of a remote oral eaxmination for serious and substantiated reasons through the information system, with a deadline of 30/04/2025.

Applicants must consult the Chair of the Subject Area Board about their chosen topic in advance. The Chair of the Subject Area Board is Associate Professor PhDr. Vít Střítecký, M.Phil., Ph.D. (FSV UK), e-mail: vit.stritecky@fsv.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

Graduates from the programme are trained to be capable of dealing with a wide range of issues that are a result of digitalisation of various areas of society. The cornerstone of the structure of graduates’ competences is their training in computational methods required to study digital social phenomena. Broadly conceived, these methods include data mining and machine learning, but also methods from security studies, media studies, economics, law anthropology that enable the graduates to analyze a wide spectrum of phenomena that contribute to rapid transformation of society driven by digitalisation. Graduates are expected to find employment at public institutions that handle the data dimensions of digitalisation, private companies offering services and products for the digital market, universities and other scholarly institutions that study the digital transition.