Detail programu/oboru

The program is opened to students who finished the graduate study (master, MSc., mgr.) in biology and wish to continue their professional career in zoology. The participants are instructed in conceptual, methodical and technical issues of particular disciplines of zoology and trained in practical invesigation of particular scientific problems. The PhD study is centered with the PhD project which concept and actual performance is largerly subjected to student´s personal initiative and skills.
A broad spectrum of problems in animal systematics, phylogenetics, ecology and behavioral biology can be studied typically with a routine application of various modern methods and approaches (molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography, histochemical analyses, experimental morphology and evo-devo, quantiative behavioral analyses, neuroethology, acoustic biology etc.) combined with extensive field investigation, comparative studies and laboratory analyses. Almost all major groups of animals are covered, typically Acarina, Aranea, Psedoscorpionea, Mollusca, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and several other groups of insects (including fossils) and all major clades of vertebrates (including fossils) as well. For current examples consult a list of the past and recent projects undertaken in frame of the PhD Program in Zoology (at the web page of the Programe: web.natur.cuni.cz/zoologie).

The entrance exam is a one round in the form of an interview. Based on a written request submitted electronically together with the application but no later than by 19 May 2019, the Dean may permit the entrance examination to take place via information and communication technology, but only for serious and documented reasons such as health or study abroad.
During the entrance examination the candidate must demonstrate the technical and linguistic skills to study the given program, along with attributes necessary for scientific work. The examination is graded with a maximum of 100 points, of which 30 points are awarded as a bonus for giving a more specific idea of the study content and planned dissertation work in the voluntary application appendix, including the dissertation topic, a brief annotation, the anticipated supervising department and the consent of a specific supervisor to supervice such doctoral project.

Podmínkou přijetí ke studiu v doktorském studijním programu je řádné ukončení studia v magisterském studijním programu.

Způsob ověření:	přijímací zkouška
Datum ověření (přijímací zkoušky) od:	17.06.2019	Do:	28.06.2019
Náhradní termín (přijímací zkoušky):	08.07.2019	Do:	19.07.2019

The entrance exam may be waived based on a written request from the candidate, provided they have successfully applied for a STARS project in the given academic year. Such a request, along with documentation that the conditions have been met, must be submitted (but not electronically) by 19 May 2019.

Doktorské studium zoologie je soustředěno na doktorský projekt , který pojednává pro obor aktuální tématiku a musí být konceptuálně i metodologicky konsistentní. Záměrem je vést studenty k samostatné výzkumné práci, schopnosti formulovat a řešit vědecké problémy a zvláště pak publikovat shromážděné výsledky. Absolventi jsou schopni pracovat ve výzkumu, publikovat výsledky v mezinárodních časopisech a přednášet na vysokých školách. Nacházejí uplatnění ve vědeckých, výzkumných a vysokoškolských pracovištích v zoologii a příbuzných oborech, dále v organizacích zabývajících se ochranou přírody, muzeích, zoologických zahradách a aplikovaném výzkumu.