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Doctoral Studies
Doctoral Study Programmes
Doctoral Thesis Topics

Contact person for PhD studies

makovcovak@af.czu.cz
+420 224 384 586
http://home.czu.cz/makovcovak

PhD programs are aimed for the education of respected specialists in individual research areas and the formation of the new generation of scientists. Students are involved in the latest research programmes, and their results are presented in student competitions and at conferences, students will then publish their work later on as authors and/or co-authors in scientific papers. All students of doctoral study programmes are supervised by highly experienced and scientifically active professors and associated professors, who are approved by the Scientific board of the Faculty.

Recent research topics

Every year in March, list of new topics for PhD studies is published after approval by the Subject Area Board. Before the application for studies, the candidates are kindly asked to contact potential supervisor at the department of concern and discuss availability of the topic and other details.

List of Doctoral Thesis Topics for the Academic Year 2020/21

Admission procedure for doctoral study programmes taught in English for academic year 2020/2021

The applications for study in the academic year 2020/2021 are accepted in period from 1st February 2020 till 31st May 2020.

Summary of steps for applicants regarding admission procedure for doctoral study programmes:

1. Apply online

To apply for the doctoral study programme, you need to fill in an electronic application in the university information system (UIS) on https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska/?lang=en

If you are interested in more study programmes, you need to submit the electronic application for each programme separately. The completely filled in electronic application is to be submitted in the university information system by 31 May 2020 at the latest.

Documents needed when applying for doctoral study programmes

If you are applying for Doctoral study programmes, you will be asked to provide the following documents in the electronic application:

1. Document certifying the completion of Master’s study programme (Master’s diploma), ideally in the same or similar field of study as the Doctoral study programme you are applying for

2a) Certificate of Recognition of foreign higher education and qualification in the Czech Republic (“Nostrification clause”). If your Master’s diploma is issued abroad (with the exception of Slovakia*) and unless the international treaty states otherwise, you need to provide a Certificate of Recognition of foreign higher education and qualification in the Czech Republic (so-called “Nostrification” – more details on https://www.czu.cz/en/r-9188-study/r-9254-recognition-of-academic-diplomas).

*The graduates from a Slovak university submit only a notarized copy of a Master’s diploma.

2b) Notarized copy of a Masters’s diploma with adequate authentication + a notarized copy of a Transcript of records with adequate authentication (if you don´t have a Certificate of Recognition of foreign secondary education and qualification in the Czech Republic). If you don´t have a Certificate of Recognition of foreign higher education and qualification in the Czech Republic ready at the time of completing the electronic application, you can also have your foreign higher education evaluated as part of admission procedure at the Czech University of Life Sciences based on Rector’s Directive No.3/2019 – more details on https://www.czu.cz/en/r-9190-international-relations/r-9285-general-information/r-14705-foreign-education-evaluation/foreign-education-evaluation.html If you decide to proceed with the evaluation at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, please attach the following documents in your electronic application:

notarized copy of a Master’s diploma with adequate authentication*
notarized copy of a Transcript of records with adequate authentication*

*The type of authentication of both documents depends on International agreements signed between the Czech Republic and your country of origin. Documents from some countries need to be superlegalised, from other countries apostilled or just notarized. Please click on the link below to see what type of authentication applies to your country: https://www.czu.cz/en/r-9190-international-relations/r-9285-general-information/r-14705-foreign-education-evaluation/authentication-of-documents.html

The usual steps in authentication of documents are as follows (although these can vary in particular countries):

You need to authenticate the original Diploma and Transcript of records in accordance with the relevant International Agreement (Apostille or Superlegelization by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where documents were issued and by Czech Embassy in that country).
You need to visit the public notary to make the notary verified copies of authenticated Diploma and Transcript of records in such a way that each page containing information is stamped by a public notary.
If your documents are not issued in English, Czech or Slovak, you need to visit certified translator to translate the notary verified copies into Czech or English and to officially append the translation to the notary verified copies. In that way, the notary stamp is translated as well and original documents are not damaged by the attachment.

3) Two letters of recommendation written in English

4) Professional curriculum vitae including scientific papers published so far

5) Document certifying knowledge of Czech Language at B2 level (Applicants applying for a study program taught in the Czech language).

2. Letter of acceptance to studies

Applicants who meet the requirements set in the electronic application and also do provide a Certificate of Recognition of foreign education and qualification in the Czech Republic (“Nostrification clause”) in their application, will be provided with a decision about acceptance to studies (“Letter of acceptance”) by 30 June 2020.
Applicants who meet the requirements set in the electronic application but do not provide a Certificate of Recognition of foreign education and qualification in the Czech Republic (“Nostrification clause”) in their application, will be nominated for evaluation of their foreign education as part of admission procedure to Rectorate of our University.

Rectorate will get in touch with you, inform you about the necessary evaluation process, the required documents you will need to submit, the payment procedure and will stay in contact with you. Rectorate will evaluate your submitted documents, issue the result of evaluation and inform us (the Study department of doctoral study of Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources by email to makovcovak@af.czu.cz ) about the result. We will inform you about receiving the result of the evaluation:

If the result is positive, we will issue a decision about acceptance to studies (“Letter of acceptance”). This process may take 1 to 2 months (depending on how fast you provide the complete set of documents to the Rectorate).

If the result is negative, you need to apply for a Certificate of Recognition of foreign education and qualification in the Czech Republic. Once you obtain the Certificate, please provide it immediately to us and a decision about acceptance to studies (“Letter of acceptance”) will be issued.

Applicants whose electronic application is incomplete or who haven’t paid the registration fee, will be asked to remove these deficiencies by 31. May 2020 at the latest. If you don´t remove these deficiencies, your admission procedure will be terminated.

The decision about acceptance to studies and an invitation to enrolment to studies will be provided to you through the university information system of the CZU on https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska/?lang=en.

You will also receive both the decision about acceptance to studies and the invitation to enrolment by post to the address you specified in your application.

3. Apply for accommodation

The applications for accommodation at CZU dormitories need to be submitted electronically through the portal https://iskam.czu.cz.

The submission of applications for accommodation for academic year 2020/2021 is open from 10th February 2020 to 10th August 2020. For more information please visit: https://www.kam.czu.cz/en/r-10442-documents-and-forms a Prices and Contracts a Accommodation scenario for foreign full-time students.

NOTE: There is a refundable deposit in dormitories paid in advance in the amount of CZK 7000 (EUR 280). The Contract of Accommodation is understood as concluded at the moment the deposit is paid.

4. Apply for visa/long-term residence permit

If you are not a citizen of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, please apply on time for visa/long-term residence permit at the Czech Embassy in your country. The list of Embassies of the Czech Republic is available here: https://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/czech_missions_abroad/index.html

The list of documents required for visa/long-term residence permit is available on the website of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic on https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/third-country-nationals-third-country-nationals.aspx (Purpose "studies") and also on the website of the relevant Embassy. Please read both websites carefully as some Embassies may have specific requirements and some of the documents may take you longer to obtain.

It is important that you have all your documents ready for your interview at the Embassy otherwise the whole process of your application for visa/long-term residence permit could be delayed. Please make sure that you are also familiar with information about the Czech Republic, our University and Faculty, your selected study programme and your motivation to study in Prague when you attend your interview at the Embassy.

5. Pay a tuition fee

The level of tuition fees can vary in each academic year. The tuition fee for academic year 2020/2021 is EUR 500.

Please inform the Study department of doctoral study by email to makovcovak@af.czu.cz that you paid the tuition fee and please attach the proof of your payment (bank account receipt).

If you already paid the tuition fee and did not obtain visa/long-term residence permit, please send a scanned copy of a decision about visa refusal and your bank account details to the Study department of doctoral study by email to makovcovak@af.czu.cz The paid tuition fee will be returned back to your bank account. The payment of bank fees connected to the return of tuition fee will be divided between the payer (the CZU) and the receiver (you), where each of them will pay the fees to their own bank.

6. Arrival and enrolment to study

Please inform the Study department of doctoral study, supervisor and the contact person in your accommodation about the date of your arrival. The enrolment date for students who are accepted to the first year of Doctoral Study Programmes will be on September 2020 (will be specified in time). You will need to bring the following documents to the enrolment:

An identity card or a passport;
Writing utensils;
A notarized copy of the Master’s diploma), or a notarized copy of the Certificate of Recognition of foreign education and qualification (if the Master’s diploma is issued abroad and if the international treaty doesn´t state otherwise); the graduates from the Slovak secondary schools/University submit only a notarized copy of the Master’s diploma.