Branch programme/details

The program is carried out without any specialization.

The entrance exam is one round and the interview will deal mainly with the dissertation plan and candidate’s knowledge in the given field of study.

To facilitate and accelerate the admissions process for doctoral study, the candidate prepares a short summary of their previous professional activities and possibly presents their master thesis, publications, research results or abstracts from conferences they have attended.
In the second part of the interview the candidate presents the scientific aim of their doctoral project.
The committee assesses the candidate's motivation, current study and research results, along with the quality and feasibility of the project.

The applicant must demonstrate scientific expertise and capability of independent scientific work.

The examination is graded with a maximum of 100 points and consists of an interview with the applicant about their chosen dissertation topic. The quality of the dissertation project, its feasibility (also in regards to the form of the study) and the quality of the presentation (as specified in the entrance examination description of the individual study programmes) are all part of the assessment. Additionally, their ability to communicate in the English language (or in Czech language in case of Czech doctoral study programme) is likewise assessed.

In order to be admitted to part-time (‚combined‘) study form, the applicant must obtain the minimum number of points required for passing the entrance examination, which is the same as the minimum number of points required for admission.
The minimum number of points required for passing the entrance examination for full-time as well as part-time study form is set to 50 points.

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

Verification method:	entrance exam
Confirmation date (of entrance exam) from:	08.06.2026	Until:	19.06.2026
Alternative date (of entrance exam):	22.06.2026	Until:	26.06.2026

The graduate gained deep theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of applied geoscience (focus on environmental geology, geology of mineral resources, technical mineralogy and petrology, engineering geology, rock mechanics, hydrogeology, applied geophysics) and related technical disciplines. Deep scientific background and special skills are closely related to the actual topic of a doctoral thesis; commonly based on solving problems by combination of approaches from several scientific disciplines. By acquiring methodical and experimental approaches of independent scientific work, the graduate is acquainted of individual creative thinking. The graduate is able to propose an optimal solution for the given problem, to evaluate rigorously the results and to present them in an appropriate form.